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Exhibiting at the Show

Exhibiting at the Show is easy, our Competition Schedule contains all of the details.

For information on the various classes and competitions at the Show please click here to download the 2021 Competition Schedule. 

Exhibitors who have exhibited with us in the last two years will automatically receive a Competition Schedule by post. 

To receive a copy by post simply email equestrian@rds.ie with your postal details. 

The classes at the RDS National Championships can be categorised as showjumping classes.

National Jumping Classes

These competitions are only open to horses and ponies which have qualified at shows run by Show Jumping Ireland (SJI).  For more information see www.sji.ie

Irish-bred classes

The 2005 Show demonstrated a significant increase in the number of horses bred outside of Ireland competing at Dublin.  The rationale behind the Show and its classes is to promote Irish breeding and the Irish horse and it is for this reason, in support of the Irish-bred horse, that we have introduced a restriction to a number of classes.  These classes are restricted to horses foaled in Ireland with appropriate documents to support that fact. Horses entered in a class with the Irish-bred restriction must also be micro-chipped under this rule. The Irish-bred classes provide the ideal opportunity to showcase the best of Irish horses. 

Classes with Irish-bred restriction:

  • The 4 Year Old Show Jumping (Class 101), 5 Year Old Show Jumping (Class 102) and 6 Year Old Show Jumping (Class 103) classes are restricted to animals registered as being bred on the Island of Ireland and those entire animals (stallions and mares) bred outside Ireland that are registered and approved / preliminary approved, or selected for breeding in an Irish Studbook (Approved by the Dept of Agriculture) prior to the qualifying competition.