HSI announce DAFM Dressage Development Series dates for 2024

Horse Sport Ireland, in conjunction with the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is delighted to launch the dates and venues for the 2024 DAFM Dressage Development Series.

This year, as in previous years, the DAFM Dressage Development Series will run as a league with four qualifying legs and a final.

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 €46,000 will be available across the league with prizes for 4-, 5-, 6- and 7- & 8-year-old horses, as well as breeders prizes.

In 2024, three legs of the DAFM Dressage Development Series will feature standalone pony-only classes, for 5- and 6- & 7-Year-Old ponies.

The DAFM Dressage Development Series, delivered by Horse Sport Ireland; the National Federation, is open to all horses registered in a Studbook, main or supplementary section, with a specific breed documented within.
This can include main section studbook equines OR supplementary section studbook equines.

Ponies must also have a studbook passport with a breed recorded 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 for the 2024 DAFM Dressage Development Series are as follows:

Weekend of September 20th – 22nd: Horses only: Marlton Stud, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow

Weekend of October 4th – 6th: Horses & Ponies: Ballindenisk, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork.

Weekend of October 11th – 13th: Horses only: Meadows EC, Lurgan, Co. Armagh.

Weekend of Weekend of October 25th – 27th: Horses & Ponies: Danescroft, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.

Weekend of November 2nd – 3rd: Horses & Ponies: Coilog Equestrian, Kilmeague, Co. Kildare.

The DAFM Development Series is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine under National Breeding Services.