KATE Dwyer’s historic win in the Grand Prix Special at Doha (CDI5*) in late February with the 14-year-old British-bred gelding Snowdon Faberge concluded her only competitive trip abroad in this pandemic-affected year.

Judy Reynolds didn’t compete internationally during 2020 but the two other riders who had also secured a team place for Ireland at the now postponed Olympic Games, Anna ‘Petzy’ Merveldt and Heike Holstein, both did so. The former first had to recover from breaking her wrist when falling down a narrow wooden staircase in January.