Let It Snow! – As the horses and riders prepared for what was a fantastic days jumping ahead flurrys of snow fell but the sun shone through and heightened everyones spirits. 2013 has started superbly well for Emma Barkley who jumped double clear rounds in the 80 and 90 cm classes with her two horses [...]
Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary in Antrim is having a Spring Open Day on Sunday 3rd March at 1- 4pm. The charity is inviting friends, sponsors and the public to come along to enjoy the afternoon’s fun. There will be pony rides with Thomas and Jake, two of Crosskennan’s sponsor animals. Other attractions include BBQ, Novelty [...]
Week 4 of the Ecclesville Spring Showjumping Training League saw the number of competitors just fall short of the 100 mark! It has been encouraging for the organisers to see so many new competitors taking part in this league. Ecclesville Centre will be running a series of Showjumping Leagues throughout 2013 and will be catering [...]
Horse Sport Ireland has just announced that GAIN Horse Feeds will be the Official Feed Consultants to Team Ireland Equestrian Teams. In addition to this, Glanbia and GAIN will be the Official Sponsor of Team Ireland Equestrian underage Eventing and Show Jumping teams. This exciting new partnership will run for four years and offers a [...]
Training continues at Connell Hill as more young horses and indeed novice riders turn out to enjoy the experience of competing. The friendly warm atmosphere saw father and daughter team John and Anna Mulholland jump at Friday nights’ training show when John swapped four wheels and steering wheel, for four legs and a pair of [...]
Winter/Spring SJI Horse & Pony League, Sunday 24th February 2013 HORSES 80cm – 1, K. O’Hagan’s CHS Fortune (Kathryn O’Hagan); 90cms- 1,L.Keery’s Ferro Diamond (Laura Keery); 1,D. Walker’s In A Pickle 11 (Debbie Walker); 1m-1,J. Dunlop’s Cashbach (Judith Dunlop); 1, J. Morton’s Patch Mills Laura (Abby Morton ); 1,L. Keery’s Ferro Diamond (Laura Keerey); 1.10m- , [...]
Colin McClelland, Hose Sport Ireland KILKENNY’S Marion Hughes claimed Ireland’s first big international victory of the weekend when she steered the Irish Sport Horse mare Heritage HHS Fortuna to a win at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates this afternoon (Saturday). The Portuguese-based rider went against the clock in a five star competition that [...]
The final leg of the current series of Flexi Eventing took place at The Meadows Equestrian Centre on Saturday where a great number of competitors and their supporters turned out to enjoy one of the nicest days so far, albeit a little cold. In the dressage Suzi Berry replicated her fine performance of last week [...]
NATALYA Coyle and Eanna Bailey made history in the USA yesterday (Sunday) where they won Ireland’s first ever medal at a World Cup competition. The pair claimed Silver in the Mixed Relay event of the modern pentathlon in Palm Springs, California. Both athletes produced an excellent display in the fencing to score 31 victories and [...]
Despite the chilly 3 degrees temperature and the threat of snow on Saturday 23rd February, 17 members of The Route hunt and 2 visitors meet at Ballyhome for another day of hunting. There was no hunt the previous Saturday because of the wet ground conditions and this meant that the Route Hunt ladies had plenty [...]
Results of Horse and Pony jumping held on Monday 11th February 70cm 1st= Pippa, Victoria Boville; Spencer, Shannon Clingan. 90cm 1st Oskar, Caitlin Stuart. 1m 1st Dan, Caroline Black. Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 15th February Cross Poles 1st= Sox, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Mini Me, Jake Mitchell; Daisy, David Gibson; Specials; [...]
Graham and Andrea Wylie enjoyed success today in the Grade 2 Pendil Novices’ Chase at Kempton with Tattersalls Ireland graduate GRANDIOSO. The Paul Nicholls trained son of Westerner continues to progress over fences, this being his third success over the bigger obstacles and a career highlight to date. GRANDIOSO was sold as a foal at [...]
The Cavan 2013 sales year kicks off on Monday 4th March with Registered Connemara, Registered Irish Draught and Young Stock Sport Horse Sales and International Performance Sale fills the following two days on Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th March. With nearly 400 entries catalogued for these sales it will undoubtedly have something of interest for everyone. Monday March [...]
The Equine Council for Northern Ireland has issued the following statement following their meeting with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O’Neill MLA:- A delegation from The Equine Council for Northern Ireland (ECNI) met with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O’Neill MLA at Parliament Buildings on Monday to discuss issues [...]
Derby Sunday 10th March Classes range from 50cm to 1m.A mixture of show jumps, working hunter fences and portable cross country jumps. 2pm start, £10 per class. Entries on the day. Please ring 07808923894 for more details. Dressage Sunday 24th March 2pm start. £10 per class or £15 for both This is ideal for people [...]
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, [...]
