Holstein helps Irish Dressage team secure Olympic Qualification in Rotterdam

For the first time the history of the Olympic Games, Ireland will have a Dressage team at Tokyo 2020 after the ‘Girls In Green’ secured Olympic qualification today after a stunning performance at the Longines FEI European Championships which are taking place at Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The Irish team of Foran Equine Rider Heike Holstein, Anna Merveldt, Judy Reynolds and Kate Dwyer, finished on a final score of 213.540, to finish second of the eight teams who had been chasing one of the three tickets to Tokyo that were on offer at the final Olympic qualifier for European teams.