The first leg of the DAFM Showjumping Studbook Series took place on Saturday 29th March in Tipperary Equestrian Centre by kind permission of the Ryan family. The Series is delivered by Horse Sport Ireland, and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) under National Breeding Services. The 2025 series is open to all DAFM-approved studbooks with a total prize fund of 90,000. Over 120 young horses competed across the three age categories over the brilliant courses designed by Killian Clarke. Fifty-one hoses contested the 5-year-old section with 17 of these delivering a double clear to claim the first points on the leaderboard for 2025. The 17 clears shared a prize fund of 1,800, with breeder and groom prizes of 300 and 100 respectively awarded at random amongst the clears. The Groom Prize fund was introduced in the series for 2024 to recognize and reward bona fide []