Richard Meade (GBR) OBE, triple Olympic gold Eventing champion, former member of the FEI Bureau, FEI Eventing Committee and Chairman of Group II (Northern Europe), has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. He became the first British athlete to win individual Eventing gold at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, after making [...]
With Christmas and New Year now a distant memory as everything returns to normality after the seasonal break, show organisers at Ravensdale Lodge are applying the finishing touches in advance of the commencement of the 2015 season in a week’s time. All arenas have been worked on over the holiday period and the annual “spring [...]
CORK-born Billy Twomey notched up Ireland’s first win at the weekend at the prestigious five-star show in Basel, Switzerland, and did so riding an Irish Sport Horse. The 37 year-old, who is now based in England, showed a notable turn of speed at the St Jakobshalle stadium this afternoon (Friday), when he piloted Joe Flynn’s [...]
‘In riding a horse we borrow freedom…’ Helen Thompson This intimate observational documentary series follows the day-to-day and season-by-season rhythm of life inside a remote community of horse-riding enthusiasts. The Donegal Gaeltacht Riding Club is based in the north-west region of Cloich Ceann Fhaola in Co. Donegal. Against the backdrop of the Derryveagh Mountains, the [...]
Strule Valley are hosting an evening with Jim Coor, dubbed as ‘The Monty Roberts from Gortin!’ The join up demo will take place on Wednesday 14th January at 7.30pm in RDA Omagh. The riding club would like to extend an open invitation to anyone who would like to attend and there will be a small [...]
Toggi footwear is renowned for its comfort, style and performance. To ensure that there is a Toggi boot for every country and equestrian need, several new styles of long leather riding boots have been added to the highly successful Toggi footwear collection. Highlights from the Riding Boot new collection: Toggi Cartwright features a curved side [...]
Olympia is a fantastic Equestrian Christmas Party and is host to the UK’s only Show Jumping and Dressage FEI World Cup Qualifiers. It also has outstanding Equestrian Displays and a great Shopping Village and a special Christmas Finale. This year saw Extreme Driving which is a high speed indoor driving competition with the World’s top [...]
Saturday 3rd January saw the launch of the latest Young Equestrians group at Nine Acres Equestrian in Mattishall, Norfolk. Designed to offer a social and training programme, Young Equestrians aims to give the opportunity for young people aged 13-18 to connect and re-engage with equestrian sport through a fun and informal hub. The Young Equestrians group at Nine [...]
With Christmas just round the corner there were a few festive decorations adorning the twisting and turning course at the Laurel View Derby league competition on 14th December. Seeing Santa put some off their stroke, or perhaps it was a runaway reindeer! Claire Dobbin took it all in their stride and rode a super [...]
Horse & Pony Training Shows Every Wednesday evening Starts Wednesday 14th January at 6.30pm Every Wednesday evening AIRC NER Drynam Riding Club Winter Showjumping League Sunday 1st February Starts 10am. Equestrian Interschools Ireland Saturday 7th February with 1.10m Premier League Starts 9.30am SJI Winter Horse & Pony League Starts Sunday 15th February [...]
On Saturday the 27 December 2014 Ardnacashel Equestrian held its annual Christmas Jump Cross which was kindly sponsored by Top Star Christmas Trees, Tullynagee Road, Comber. There were lots of new faces together with our regular competitors eager to get the day underway. The complimentary mince pies and mulled wine kept the cold at bay for both spectators [...]
Sunday 28th December brought a crisp bright sunny morning and a large number of competitors to Ravensdale Lodge for the last show of the 2014 season. The “Bumper Christmas Show” had seven scheduled classes, all of which were timed, starting with the X poles class which was won by Shea Griffin riding his own Blackie, [...]
There is lots on at Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland. Wednesday’s 7th & 14th January are mid week trainign nights with jumping from 60cms to 1M from 6.30pm. Starting on Wednesday 21st January is a Mid week showjumping league running over 6 weeks, jumping starts at 6.30pm every week with jumping from 60cms to 1M. [...]
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) have launched their programme of Equine short courses for the beginning of 2015. These courses have something for everyone wishing to learn more about horses. Online Equine Health A free online workshop covering Equine Health will be delivered in an interactive webinar beginning on 21st [...]
Gransha’s 2015 schedule of events kicked off this weekend with the continuation of the Equestrian Centre’s Winter Horse and Pony Show Jumping League sponsored by Doggarts of Newtownards. Saturday the 3rd January saw the ponies competing in the fifth round of the league to a course built by Simon Jackson. A great turn out ensured [...]
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, [...]
