Saturday 1st September at Solihull Riding Club
Over the last few months British Dressage (BD) and RDA have been working together to create a new opportunity for RDA Intellectually Disabled (ID) riders to compete. With the help of Rachel Smith (Sport Operations Officer), Natasha Pearce (Para Officer) and Julie Frizzell (Para Director) from British Dressage and John Robinson (RDA Dressage Chairman) this would never have come to fruition.
Riders that had competed in the RDA Regional Qualifiers in ID walk only, walk & trot and walk, trot and canter classes were selected and invited to attend the Championships at Solihull. 27 entries came forward from around the country to proceed down the centreline and deliver some excellent tests. It was amazing to see so many happy faces, thanks also go to triple gold medallist Julie Payne for presenting all of the riders with their rosettes and taking the time to pose for so many photographs with her gold medals.
Congratulations to all the highest placed junior riders, Jonathan Rigby in the walk only class, Jessica White in walk & trot and Kasia Dudek-Mcgee in the canter class who received extra rosettes
We are really looking forward to working with BD again on this Championships. Please keep a look out for news on the 2019 event.