AS others started planning their qualifying strategies for this year’s Dublin Horse Show, members of Pony Club Branches in both jurisdictions of the country learned that the combined training classes have been dropped from the programme.

Both Kate Harvey, chair of the Irish Pony Club’s Dressage and Combined Training Committee, and Fran Rowlatt-McCormick, Area Representative of Area 17 of The Pony Club (Northern Ireland), expressed their disappointment at the decision taken by the Royal Dublin Society’s Equestrian Committee following their review of last August’s fixture.