Racehorse to Riding Horse
Class: Open to THOROUGHBRED, MARES or GELDINGS, 4 years old and over. To be ridden by riders who have attained their 16th birthday by 1 January 2025.
Aim: To showcase successful Irish bred or trained racehorses as useful and suitable riding horses. The horses entered in this class should demonstrate quality, substance, bone, correct conformation, presence and true action.
The class may include racehorses of hack, riding horse or hunter types with the best of type being judged the winner.
Rules:
This class is open to thoroughbred horses only.
This class is open to ‘Irish bred’ horses and / or foreign bred horses that have been trained (for racing) in Ireland for a minimum of 1 year.
Please note once a combination obtains an invitation, they are not permitted to compete in any further invitational events. If the combination competes in a second invitational event, they will be eliminated from the event and forfeit their invitation to the DHS.
The winner (only) of this ‘Invitational Event’ will be eligible to enter and compete at the Dublin Horse Show.
Please note entries close on Wednesday 18th June. All entries after this incur €20 extra per entry. Entry cut-off midnight Sunday 22nd June. No late entries accepted after this. NO SHOWING CLASS ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE DAY!