THE North Munster Region of Dressage Ireland held the final of its winter league last Sunday at the Clonshire Equestrian Centre outside Adare, where Ethan Boles won the Preliminary division when bringing up a hat trick in the DI18 on Bliss.

Six combinations appeared before Paula Geiger (List 3), four of whom were in contention for league honours. Boles had a one-point lead going into Sunday over Noírin Taylor and secured the title when winning again on Donie McNamara’s Dutch Warmblood mare Bliss (69.58%), a 19-year-old bay by Upperclass, while Taylor had to settle for second on her 22-year-old cob mare Attyrory Dixie (68.96).