COMBER’s Carolyn Mellor rode two horses at last weekend’s Dressage Ireland national championships in Ballindenisk where she won five titles, most significantly departing the Co Cork venue on Sunday as the 2024 national dressage champion.

“I went down to Ballindenisk thinking I would have a good weekend but what I had was a fantastic one!” said the Co Down international whose trip to the Fell family’s farm didn’t start on a great note as her Vision Sport Horses lorry was nearly forced off a country road at one point. On arrival, she was then dragged along the ground through gravel when unloading a horse she had transported down for someone else.