SOME 78 horse and rider combinations are arriving in Versailles, Paris, this weekend ahead of the beginning of the para dressage competition at the Paris Paralympic Games which begins on Tuesday, September 3rd.

There will be 33 medals awarded over two individual and one team competition and eyeing up those medals is Ireland’s para dressage high performance director Debora Pijpers. For the Dutch native dressage rider, it is her second Games in charge of the Irish para dressage team and she is relishing the journey.