SARAH Slattery’s international para dressage career continued its rapid upward trajectory in 2024. The Team Ireland Grade V rider described her first international season in 2023 as “a whirlwind” and followed it with a dream para dressage debut at 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

Team selection was on the mind of all the Irish international para dressage riders at the start of the 2024 season. Sarah Slattery and her 16-year-old Pferdezuchtverband Brandenburg-Anhalt mare Savona started their year scoring 70.925% for a top five placing in the Grade V Grand Prix Freestyle at the Belgian CPEDI3* in Waregem in the middle of April.