Bad weather at the start of the day didn't deter 30 riders from taking part in the recent autumn dressage series in Dannevirke.
"Fortunately, the weather improved and the sun shone later in the day and we only had one scratching, which wasn't due to the weather," organiser Tania Simmons said.
Sunday's event was run by the Dannevirke Social Riding Group, which was founded by Nicola Smyth in 2009.
![Nicola Smyth's Yukon looking quite happy sporting a blue rosette for third place.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PHW7JX2WDW2GDSMU6K5M2RFEPA.jpg?auth=409bae106fee43c25789dcf2c043a3574ca9cecd85517c2132f26aae5c418fd4&width=16&height=25&quality=70&smart=true)
"It started simply from one dairy farm rider wanting to ride on hills and a hill-country farmer wanting to ride on the flat," Nicola said.