THE Irish Pony Club has again been invited to send a dressage team to compete in the UK Pony Club home international on the Friday of the Royal Windsor Horse Show (May 15th to 18th) and is now seeking applications from members.

The team of five will comprise one UK PC Novice level rider (equivalent to Dressage Ireland Preliminary), two UK PC Intermediate level riders (DI Novice) and two UK PC Open level riders (DI Elementary). Members interested in being selected should video themselves riding the relevant test/s on the animal/s they intend to compete. The videos will be assessed by an independent listed DI judge. The closing time and date for submissions to CGP Equestrian is 23.59 on Thursday, March 6th.

The IPC will also be represented at Royal Windsor by a mounted games team, who had a first trials day last Sunday at Barnadown, where they have a second tomorrow. Training will be held at the Co Wexford venue on the first four Sundays in March.

Triathlons

Also tomorrow, but across two venues in Ennis, the Co Clare Branch is holding the first of a series of Winter Triathlons. The second is being hosted by the Co Wexford Branch next Sunday, March 2nd, with the third being staged a week later by the North Kilkenny Branch. Carr & Day & Martin are sponsoring the final in Co Kildare on Sunday, March 16th.

Hosted by the United and Araglen Branches, Area 5 is running an arena eventing series at Ballindenisk, which commences next Sunday, March 2nd and continues on March 15th and 30th with the final taking place on Sunday, April 13th.

In Area 17 of The Pony Club (Northern Ireland), qualification continues for the Barrier Animal Health Spring Festival at Castle Irvine, Necarne (Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th) while, there, too, they are compiling dressage and mounted games teams for Royal Windsor. On Sunday next, March 2nd, the Route Branch is holding a triathlon at the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre in Ballymoney.