A YEAR since the official opening, the National Horse Sport Arena based in the National Sports Campus, Abbottstown, Dublin is proving to be a popular venue with both professional and amateur riders alike.

Situated just outside Blanchardstown, the facility has been used by many of Ireland’s high performance athletes across the various Horse Sport Ireland affiliates including show jumping, eventing, dressage, para dressage, Irish Pony Club, pentathlon and it has, by all accounts, ticked all the boxes. Although the high performance squads get priority on training days, the arena is open to the general public for hire, either as individuals or as groups.