FASTEST combination to go clear in the first round of Saturday’s big Longines Grand Prix at La Coruna, Spain, Ireland’s Denis Lynch and All Star 5 came home in second place and 100,000 euro richer after the thrilling 12-horse jump off. The first round speed of Thomas Straumann’s bay stallion gave the Tipperary rider the [...]
AGNELLI Motor Park, Dublin and Jeep Ireland have announced that they have joined forces with Eventing Ireland’s number one event rider, Olympian Joseph Murphy, as official Ambassador. No stranger to horse power, Murphy and his team will be on the ‘Road to Rio’ with a different type of horse power. To be precise, the international [...]
SHANE Breen grabbed Ireland’s biggest prize pot of the weekend so far when finishing first in Friday’s feature class at the five-star show jumping fixture in La Coruna, Spain. The Tipperary rider out-jumped a top 38-strong field to collect 30,000 euro with a double clear round on the nine year-old stallion Farao van’t Vennehof, with [...]
Portmore are now holding their Christmas show on Sunday 14th December with a 10.30am start. The schedule for the day is shown below: Class 1 70cm Speed Round (no doubles all ponies welcome) Class 2 Novice Speed Class 80cm/85cm Class 3 Open Speed Class 90cm/95cm Class 4 King and Queen of the ring 1m [...]
Christmas All Silver Show Knockagh View Equestrian Centre is holding their all Silver Christmas show in Sunday 21st December, jumping starts at 11am with 30cms to 1M. All our competitors in 30cms to 60cms leave with a rosette and prize! There are beautiful trophies for the winner of each class. For full schedule visit our [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone are holding their annual Christmas Show this Saturday 20th December in the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh commencing at 10am with the ponies. Classes for the ponies will be 40cm, 60cm, 70cm, 80cm open, 90cm open. Horses will commence at approximately 12 noon with 60cm, 70cm, 80cm, 90cm open, 1 metre open. There will also [...]
Results Sunday 7th December 2014 Sunday saw the final show of the show Jumping League at Lime Park Equestrian. Although the weather was cold and wet, all those who qualified turned out in force. Sponsors for day were Stonebridge Horse Feeds of Crumlin, who put up bags of feed and a lovely body warmer, also [...]
HORSES 90cms- 1, J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin); 1m- 1, M. Clarke’s Crosskeys Lady (Abby Morton); 1, C. Cornyn’s Dutch Sprout (Ciara Cornyn); 1,J. Haffey’s John L (Joe Haffey); 1,J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin); 1.10m- 1,L. Fahey’s Bronan (James Kernan); 1, J. Murphy’s Javas Scarlot (Jamie Landers);); 1.20m- 1, J. Morton’s Patch Mills [...]
The second week of Knockagh View Equestrian Centre’s working hunter league took place last Sunday. We would like to thank our judges Sandra Hamilton, Bianca McIlnea, Jacklin Bingham and Shannon Baird and scribes Edel Quinn, Cheree Mcclelland, Sarah Brittain and Megan Norton. The next week of the working hunter takes place on Sunday 28th December [...]
IRELAND now has nine show jumpers in the official World Top 100, with 19 year-old Bertram Allen from Wexford reaching his highest place to date, coming in at No. 17. The Longines World Show Jumping Rankings published on Friday, and covering competitions during the month of November, show Ireland punching well above its weight in [...]
Christmas is most certainly on its way as festivities broke out at Connell Hill on Saturday for the ‘All That Glitters Xmas Show’. Competitors arrived full of enthusiasm eager to jump their chosen challenges having the opportunity of competitive tracks with the added bonus of a friendly welcoming environment over-spilling into ‘enjoyment’. The first line [...]
The Geoff Billington Masterclass and training clinics due to take place at Emerald International Equestrian Centre on Friday December 12th 2014, have been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It is hoped that the event will now be held during the Emerald International CSI2* show in March 2015. All ticket purchases will receive a full refund [...]
Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 5th Cross Poles 1st= Pip, Sarah Craig drew the trophy; Dusty, Chloe Agnew. 40cm 1st= Dusty, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Pip, Sarah Craig; Taz, Laura McClelland. 50cm 1st= Meg, Todd Bryson drew the trophy; Casper, Robert Russell; Toby, Robert Russell. 60cm 1st= Casper, Robert Russell drew the [...]
Week ending 7th December 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. This week’s three autumn / winter league finals brings to a close the competition year at Ravensdale Lodge with only one show remaining before the short winter break. The show in question happens to be the centre’s Bumper Christmas Show on Sunday 28th [...]
As the temperatures dropped on Friday night things were hotting up indoors at Connell Hill Training League Show as competitors become increasingly more excited nearing the final of this league which will be held on Friday 19th December, so only one more qualifying date next Friday 12th December. Connell Hill welcomes all competitors to join [...]
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, [...]
