Armagh Riding Club are running a Show Jumping Event this Monday (6th May) at Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan. Jumping starts at 10am sharp with 2courses built in the one arena. This first class will be the beginners which will be around 30-40cm followed by 60cm, 70cm, 80cm, 90cm, 1m & 1.10m. Everyone is welcome so come along [...]
As the sun came out on Saturday and Sunday a huge number of competitors travelled to Connell Hill from all arts and parts keen to jump at the final legs of the SJI Spring Horse and Pony Leagues. Competition was high and intense as a challenging course of fences, designed by Mr Will Crean, was [...]
Mossvale will continue with its Friday night Pony jumping for the next 2 weeks – 3rd and 10th May The final of the BAILEYS Inter schools league came to its climax with results as follows: Results of sixth round Team results 1st Shimna College Houdini, Chloe Rooney; Cindy, Tara Finlay; Lottie, Chloe Rooney; Lottie, Tara [...]
Cavan Horse Marketing Centre’s April two International Performance Sale on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th saw 63% of the horses and ponies on offer finding new homes over the two days. Vendors were thrilled with the some of the fantastic prices their lots reached, while existing and new clients were kept on their toes during [...]
There was great excitement at Ravensdale Lodge over the past four days as the centre played host to four finals in a row. With a fantastic turnout on all four days as qualified combinations battled for the treasure trove of prizes, generously put up by all four league sponsors. Results can be viewed below or [...]
Saturday saw the Eventing fraternity from all over Ireland head north to Finvoy for the latest Northern Region event which was hosted by Mr and Mrs Alan Campbell and family. This was the second year for this venue, nestled in the North Antrim hills, where there was plenty of attention to detail in all aspects [...]
Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary, Antrim are looking for a special home for a special little couple – Danny and Dara the Jack Russells. Danny and Dara had been heartlessly dumped from a car at the end of last summer. By sheer chance a concerned lady saw what was happening and managed to catch the frightened [...]
Written by Louise Parkes, FEI Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg lived up to all the promise she has shown over the last few seasons to clinch the 2013 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage title in style today with the fabulous stallion, Damon Hill. She was a lady on a mission from the outset, driven on by [...]
My last blog was about our daily routine so I thought I would follow it up with some of my favorite questions and conversation we have daily. What happened to the guy riding the other horse? We have three horses. Two to ride and one to carry the pack. Sometimes our hosts drive our pack [...]
Press release, written by Colin McClelland IRISH riders collected four trophies in European shows over the last 36 hours, while at Gothenburg in Sweden, Denis Lynch and All Star 5 qualified for the final day of the Jumping World Cup Final. This evening at Ebreichsdorf in Austria, Ireland’s Olympic medallist Cian O’Connor returned from his [...]
April 27, 2013 — Andrew Nicholson of New Zealand is holding all the cards at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Land Rover: He’s standing in first place on Quimbo (38.0 penalties) and in second place on Calico Joe (40.8). Nicholson, a six-time Olympian, rode both horses to faultless rounds over the cross-country course [...]
As the weather is still not in everyone’s favour it still did not put the competitors off jumping at Connell Hills training show, these shows are ideal for introducing and bringing on a young horse, the novice rider and indeed a new combination of horse and rider. Taking advantage of this opportunity some new faces and horses did turn out to jump [...]
Racehorse to Riding Horse Ireland were invited to parade at the Punchestown Racing Festival 2013 on wednesday 25th so they were delighted to showcase a few of the most successful popular re-trained Racehorses who take part in competitions held by the association. Silver Birch, previously trained to win Aintree a few years ago by Gordon [...]
Congratulations to all those who managed to win a Championship at the all new two day Spring Show held at The Meadows Equestrian Centre on Saturday 13th and Sunday14th April 2013. The Spring Show has not been run for several years so the new format of one day of horses and one day of ponies [...]
A wonderful weekend of competitions was enjoyed by everyone who attended the Spring Show at Gransha last weekend. The weather was very kind at last and the decision to split the show over two days and stay in the all weather arenas was fully justified and appreciated. The footing was excellent in all three arenas [...]
Balmoral Thursday Showing Results
Yearlings 21 COLT or GELDING, foaled in 2016, thoroughbred and non thoroughbred, entered in their respective stud book, likely to make a high class performer. Prize Cat. No Cat. Name Details 1st 53 Gibson, Mr Desmond ROLEX 2nd 60 O Gorman, Mr Kieran MURPHY 2 3rd 58 Martin, Mrs Pat CLOVER CHOICE 4th 55 Kirkpatrick, Mrs [...]
Balmoral Results Wednesday 10th May 2017
28 MARE or GELDING, 4 years old, capable of carrying over 14st [89kg]. Prize Cat. No Cat. Name Details 1st 137 Tierney Mrs Daphne BLOOMFIELD BADGER 2nd 134 McElligott, Richard F PUSHKIN 3rd 136 Rothwell, Mr. Derry GREENHALL HUNTSMAN 4th 139 Williams, Mr Ian MARLFIELD 5th 138 Wallace, Mr Trevor APPLE JACK 29 MARE or GELDING, 4 [...]
Knotts Bakery Sponsor Young Event Horse Championship
The RUAS are delighted to announce that Knotts Bakery is continuing their sponsorship of the Young Event Horse Championship at Balmoral Show 2017. There will be four year old and five year old classes which aim to identify high calibre horses bred in Ireland with the potential to become top class eventers. The Knotts Bakery [...]
RUAS Launch Four Day Balmoral Show
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) today launched the 149th Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank. This year’s Show will provide an exciting mix of food, farming excellence and showmanship alongside an exhilarating entertainment schedule from 10th – 13th May 2017. With many new additions to the Show, news of a fourth day is proving the most [...]
Dublin Horse Show Officially Launched
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD officially launched the Dublin Horse Show today June 15th at the RDS, Dublin. The participation of many Rio-bound gold medal hopefuls at this year’s Dublin Horse Show means a change from the traditional August dates to July 20-24 for this summer institution. Despite the earlier date, [...]
