YOUNGER dressage enthusiasts were well-served in the past week as the weekend’s Premier Performance Dressage Ireland national winter finals at Castle Irvine, Necarne were followed on Tuesday by the Equieire/Irish Pony Club national dressage day at CoilÓg.

There were of course a number of withdrawals from the programme at the Co Kildare venue but chairperson Kate Harvey and other members of the IPC’s dressage and combined training committee, and their support team, had faced the mammoth task of doing the times for over 300 tests.