Horse Sport Ireland, in conjunction with the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, can announce the dates and venues for the 2023 Dressage Autumn Development Series.
This year, the Autumn Development Series will run as a league, with four qualifying legs and a final.
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A minimum of two appearances are required at the qualifiers, with minimum scores of 63% in each appearance, to be eligible to attend the final.
Prize money of over €48,000 will be available across the league with prizes for Four-, Five-, Six- and Seven- & Eight-year-old horses, as well as breeders’ prizes.
In 2023, three legs of the Autumn Development Series will feature pony-only classes, for Five- and Six- & Seven-Year-Old ponies.
The Autumn Development Series is open to all horses that are either Irish-bred or Irish-born* as documented on their passport or registered in a DAFM Approved Studbook. That, or registered in a WBFSH-member studbook with a specific breed documented within their studbook passport.
This can include main section studbook equines OR supplementary section studbook equines.
Ponies must have a breed recorded on their passport to be eligible to compete and receive prize money.
Horses and ponies with Identity Documents are not eligible to compete.
Breeders’ prizes will only be paid to breeders residing on the island of Ireland.
The dates and venues are:
September 10: Horses & Ponies: Ower Equestrian Centre, Ower, Co. Galway.
October 8: Horses only: The Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan, Co. Armagh.
October 21: Horses & Ponies: Danescroft Equestrian Centre, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
October 30: Horses only: Ballindenisk, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork.
November 5: Horses & Ponies: Coilog Equestrian, Kilmeague, Co. Kildare.
The Horse Sport Ireland Autumn Development Series is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine.