RACHEL Dowley and GFL Nava followed up their win in last year’s four-year-old championship by claiming the South East Region five-year-old title during Dressage Ireland’s National Championships in Mullingar last weekend.

Dowley and her tall, dark brown Dutch Warmblood mare by For Romance scored 77.6% in the eight-strong class which left them well clear of Sadhbh O’Toole and her Dutch Warmblood gelding Next Diamond (69.8) and the third-placed pairing of Iris Walshe and Nirvana RH (69.6).