DAFM Studbook Series Leg 3 – The Meadows Equestrian Centre

The Meadows Equestrian Centre was the host of the third leg of the DAFM showjumping Studbook series at their Spring Championship show which took place on Saturday and Sunday, 26th and 27th of April. The DAFM studbook series classes featured on the Sunday of the show. The series is delivered by Horse Sport Ireland, and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) under National Breeding Services. This leg saw a large entry of 150 young horses from five to seven years of age contesting their relevant age categories. Following the trend of the previous two legs, it was the five-year-old section that saw the largest field with fifty-nine entries in total. Thirty-five of these horses successfully navigated Aaron McCusker’s track double clear to share the prize fund. Eleven of the fifty-three entries in the six-year-old section produced a double clear to split their prize fund also. […]