Impressive tests ridden at NIRC Dressage Championships

Riding Club members from all over Northern Ireland compete for dressage titles

Northern Ireland Riding Clubs held their Dressage Championships on Sunday, October 13 at Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland. The weather was kind and everyone had a great day.

Thanks are extended to the organisers, scorers, scribes, judges and all the helpers, who the show could not run without!

Lyndsey Kirk and ‘Paris’, representing Lecale, won the Intro class at the NIRC Dressage Championships. PICTURES: courtesy of Ellie Johnston Photography

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Thanks also to Ellie Johnston Photography, who was taking photos all day and finally to Ruth and Scott Logan for the use of their excellent facilities and for keeping everyone well fed throughout the day.

RESULTS

Sunday, October 13

NIRC Dressage Championships

Class 1 – BD Intro B (2009) - Combined:

1) Lyndsey Kirk, Paris, Lecale; 2) Holly Hamill, Big Eagle, Sixmilewater (Jnr); 3) Lucy Prior, Drumcoo Bobby Dazzler, Gransha (Jnr); 4) Marian Tennyson, Allegro X, Gilford & District; 5) Chantelle Herron, Emily Dan, Mossvale.

Class 2 – BD Prelim 1 (2024) - Junior:

1) Kaitlyn O’Brien, Castle Ellis Missey, North Coast; 2) Grace Morton, Kinnego Glencorran Archie, Sixmilewater; 3) Isabella Graham, Kildenage Boy, Gransha.

Grace Morton and ‘Kinnego Glencorran Archie’, representing Sixmilewater, were runners up in the Junior Prelim 1 class at the NIRC Dressage Championships.

Senior:

1) Eimear Watson, Gaurlin Lady, Strule Valley; 2) Mya Morrison, Levante, Sixmilewater; 3) Joanne Dow, Orions Carribawn Star, Downshire; 4) Joanne Clough, Juno, Lecale; 5) Marian Tennyson, Sensations Bay Rum, Gilford & District; =6 ) Dominique Winpenny, Ella, Portmore; Hannah Ogle, Casements Cavalier, Craigantlet.

Class 3 – BD Prelim 14 (2006) - Junior:

1) Kaitlyn O’Brien, Castle Ellis Missy, North Coast; 2) Grace McCafferty, Sparky, Causeway & Glens; 3) Grace McCafferty, Mission Accomplished, Causeway & Glens; 4) Eva McCafferty, Sparky, Causeway & Glens.

Kaitlyn O’Brien and ‘Castle Ellis Missey’, representing North Coast, won both the Prelim 1 Junior class and the Prelim 14 Junior class at the NIRC Dressage Championships.

Senior:

1) Rachel Kernaghan, Scarborough Fair, Sixmilewater; 2) Eimear Watson, Gaurlin Lady, Strule Valley; 3) Heather Champion, Royal Getaway, Gilford & District; 4) Sarah Cowan, Gleann Rua Storm, Mossvale; 5) Dominique Winpenny, Ella, Portmore; 6) Heather Champion, Duncara Red, Gilford & District.

Heather Champion, representing Gilford & District, placed third and sixth with her two mounts in the Prelim 14 Senior class at the NIRC Dressage Championships.

Class 4 – BD Novice 1 (2024):

1) Poppy Moore, Gee Whizz, Mossvale; 2) Judith Bankhead, Carrabawn Polly Cruise, Craigantlet; 3) Kate Latimer, Coco, Lecale; 4) Sarah Russell, Downstown PJ, Craigantlet; 5) Helen Hoffin, Rachel, Sixmilewater; 6) Rachel Kernaghan, Scarborough Fair, Sixmilewater.

Nicky Nesbitt, representing Sixmilewater, riding her test at the NIRC Dressage Championships.

Class 5 – BD Elementary 44 (2002):

1) Poppy Moore, D’Imagine That, Mossvale; 2) Judith Bankhead, Carrabawn Polly Cruise, Craigantlet.

Sandra Morton, representing Mossvale, rides a lovely square halt at the NIRC Dressage Championships.