“PLEASE remember to bring your envelope for your test and masks must be worn unless mounted. One groom per person only please.” These guidelines, included on the North Munster Dressage Facebook page before their recent show, are fast becoming the new normal for riders to expect at competitions.

After learning the full details of her accident 12 years ago, you wonder if Tara Flynn ever expected to compete again. Yet she and her mother/groom Mary were at Roscrea Equestrian Centre last Sunday when the Clare woman competed in two Para Dressage classes with Master Columbus.