INTERNATIONAL dressage rider Tara Hayes is currently raising funds for Cancer Trials Ireland as she prepares to take part in the Pat Smullen Charity Race, which forms part of the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Charity Race Day at the Curragh Racecourse on Saturday, August 29th.

Hayes first represented Ireland at the European Championships for Ponies in 2016 and, in the intervening decade, she has won 17 national titles, most recently with the home-bred and produced Sandora BS at Prix St Georges level last year.