THE number of national events held in 2017 was down slightly on the previous 12 months at 39 but otherwise figures supplied by Eventing Ireland show increases all round.

Membership grew by 2% on 2016 with the number of horses registered increasing marginally to over 1,250. The total number of day memberships/registrations was 7% up on the previous 12 months: approximately 400 riders competed on day tickets (850 registrations) with some doing so up to eight times.