FIVE combinations appeared before judges Hanneke Gerritsen (The Netherlands) and Bernie Foley (Ireland) for the seven and eight-year-old championship last Sunday at CoilÓg, where the Leinster Region of Dressage Ireland hosted the final of this year’s Horse Sport Ireland dressage autumn development series.

Here, the honours went to Jennifer Rea and her ISH gelding Fermoyle Charles (75.6%), who narrowly got the better of Courtney Stuart and Favorino (75). Stuart, one of many Northern Region members who travelled down to Co Kildare on Sunday, also partnered her nine-year-old Follow Me gelding to win one of the show’s Advanced Medium classes.