We are delighted to announce the dressage awards for 2008 are being very generously sponsored by Patricia Ranby Nuttall, of Haugh Manor, Lincolnshire, in memory of her mother Jessica Ranby late of Grimblethorpe Hall, Louth, Lincs.

Patricia and her family are very committed horse people, indeed her late mother held horse trials at Grimblethorpe Hall for 15 years. Patricia’s son, who is Chairman of the Beverley Polo Club, regularly plays polo, which she also sponsors.

Patricia says: “I have an Irish Draught Sport Horse called Knightsbridge who was Champion Irish draught at the Great Yorkshire, Lincoln and many other shows in 2007.
At the Breed Show in Lincoln he won the Novice 33 Dressage, Ridden Irish Draught Sport Horse and was Reserve Champion. He came 5th in the Blue Chip and IDHS(GB) £2,000 Challenge.
We have three horses who have qualified for the Regional Winter Dressage Championships.”

All horses with at least 50% Irish Draught blood competing affiliated dressage and who qualify for the BD competitions as listed below, can register for inclusion for the awards. All horses must be registered with IDHS (GB). The prizes will be awarded to the highest placed ID bred horse in each of the following sections. If there is only one horse qualified in a section, providing they present themselves on the day and compete in that section, they will still be awarded the prize. There will only be one prize per level for the Regionals, the prize being awarded to the horse that achieves the highest percentage. A horse that has won an award in previous years cannot qualify again at the same level, but we welcome horses that qualify at a higher level.