HAVING qualified at Forth Mountain, Ashwood Rio will be back at the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show next week to defend his title as the Junior/Young Rider event horse champion.

The seven-year-old Dignified van’t Zorgvliet gelding, who competes at EI115 level and won the 50-runner CCI2*-L at Ballindenisk last September, is ridden by Ciara O’Connor for her aunt Sharon who bred the bay out of her Ramiro B mare Pikeur.