This year’s Dublin Horse Show has been replaced by the RDS National Championships, which take place from this Friday to Sunday.

The event is not open to the public and there are no international competitors but there is good prize money to be won and a lot of horses will increase in value for having competed at such a prestigious venue. All classes are being streamed live on the RDS website.

A total of 24 horses will contest the four-year-old championship

Arguably the highlight of the three-day show will be the show jumping finals for young horses – the four-year-olds go on Saturday evening and those aged from five to nine have their finals on Sunday, all of them in the main arena.

A total of 24 horses will contest the four-year-old championship. They qualified at events held in The Meadows, Mullingar Equestrian and in Barnadown from May to July and they will be judged as normal and awarded scores for future potential, rideability, jumping technique and natural ability.

The final six horses with the highest scores from round one will then be ridden by an international rider before the judges decide the winner.

This class would normally be staged next door in the Simmonscourt arena, and it will test these young horses to jump in the main arena.

Another tipped to do well in this class is the gelding Liscarrow Sinatra

There are 38 qualifiers for the five-year-old championship early on Sunday and they include some very exciting prospects. Keep an eye out for Go Lightly, who won her qualifier at The Meadows and will be ridden by part-owner Greg Broderick.

Another tipped to do well in this class is the gelding Liscarrow Sinatra, who defeated 70 rivals to win at Mullingar for Francie Derwin.

Go Lightly’s year-older sibling Lissadell is expected to show prominently in the six-year-old final, having won at The Meadows. There are 38 horses in this section and they include Luicruz, who won the qualifier in Mullingar, and Whitetree Endeavour, a winner at Barnadown in Wexford.

On Sunday afternoon 27 horses will contest the seven-year-old championship, and there are 30 combinations qualified for the eight- and nine-year-old final.

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RDS National Equestrian Championships Schedule

Friday 20 August

Main arena

09.00-10.20 – 148cm six & seven-year-old ponies

10.50-12.15 – 148cm ponies

12.45-14.05 – 138cm ponies

14.40-16.40 – 128cm ponies-final

17.10-18.05 – Children on horses

International Warm-Up Arena

17.30-19.30 – Three-Year-Old Potential Event Horse

17.30-19.15 – Class 61

19.15-19.30 – Cup 152

Saturday 21 August

Main arena

09.00-10.35 – Amateurs-final

11.05-12.10 – Young riders (1.10m-1.15m) final

12.40-13.45 – Young riders (1.25m-1.30m) final

14.15-15.10 – Young riders (1.35m-1.40m) final

15.40-17.05 – Four-year-olds final

International Warm-Up Arena

17.30-19.30 – Three-Year-Old Loose Performance

17.30-19.15 – Section A and Cup 59

19.15-19.30 – Section B and Cup 27

Sunday 22 August

Main arena

09.00-10.50 – Five-year-olds final

11.25-13.15 – Six-year-olds final

13.50-15.20 – Seven-year-olds final

15.55-17.25 – Eight and nine-year-olds final