THE Eastern Region of Dressage Ireland held its first show of 2025 last Saturday at its usual venue of Marlton Stud, Wicklow, where the judging duties were split between Jane Whitaker (List 2), Bernie Webb (List 3a) and Lindsey Ilona Brady (List 4).

On a busy day, there weren’t many scores in the 70s, but Brady awarded Iris Walshe 70.83% for her Preliminary DI18 test with Olaf van Lange Weeren, a six-year-old brown son of Hennesy out of Therese van Lange Weeren (by Jetset-D) who was making his debut under DI rules. Hannah Lynam won the Webb-judged Novice DI21 with the Hanoverian mare Dark Diamond (71.38%), a five-year-old dark bay daughter of Donnersmarck.