Week ending 5th May 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Four finals over four days will always create a buzz of excitement as the curtain fell on the winter / spring season of leagues at Ravensdale Lodge. This particular run had a heightened sense of anticipation as the hugely successful “Smart league initiative” [...]
Written By Kate Green The two leading riders in the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014 go head to head in the fourth leg of the series, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), this weekend (8-11 May). William Fox-Pitt, winner of Pau (FRA) last year and Kentucky (USA) last month, and Christopher Burton (AUS), who triumphed on [...]
The inaugural St Patick’s Coast Endurance event was judged by all to be a grand success. Over 100 riders from juniors to pensioners competed in a wide selection of competitions from FEI to pleasure rides. Indeed it was very much a family affair for Kelsie Erskine who rode along side her daughter and three grandchildren [...]
The Spring Laurel View Show Jumping was a relatively short one, with the sixth and final competition on Wednesday 30th April. Competition had been strong throughout the league, with a couple of particularly busy evenings during the school holidays. This league had been run on a points basis, so those attending regularly throughout the [...]
The Bank Holiday weekend started on Friday night with a ‘marathon’ training show when competitors arrived to jump courses at Connell Hills’ outdoor arena. This is the perfect show to attend testing riding skills and the horses ability over courses with a first class surface. This carefully maintained surface enhances performance as horses and riders [...]
This Sunday 11th May sees the start of the summer dressage league at Knockagh view equestrian centre, Greenisland. The league runs once a month on 8th June, 6th July, 10th August and the final on 14th September. There are beautiful embroidered Rambo Grand Prix show rugs for the winner of each class! There will be [...]
Portmore Equestrian Centre held their annual May Two Day Show over the Bank Holiday weekend on 3rd and 4th May this year with competitors coming from right across Ireland to compete. Photographs from Sunday’s classes can be found by clicking here, or click on the photographers gallery tab at the top of any page on [...]
Results of pony jumping held on Friday 25th April Cross Poles 1st= Rocket, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Rusty, Chloe Agnew. 40cm 1st Toby, Robert Russell won the J Priestly Cup; 2nd Merlin, Emma Burns; 3rd Molly, Eva Sloan. 50cm 1st Toby, Robert Russell won the Bertie Hale Cup; 2nd Merlin, Emma Burns; 3rd Teddy, [...]
Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary Annual Sponsored Dog Walk 2014 Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary, CLAS, in Co. Antrim will be holding it’s Annual Sponsored Dog Walk on Saturday 10th May, leaving the Sanctuary at 1pm with light refreshments on return. Traditionally this is a chance for everyone to get together to support the charity and to [...]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR), multiple Olympic, World and European medallist, and the first British rider to lead the FEI World Eventing Rankings in 2002, is back as world number one. Fox-Pitt, who also led the world rankings in 2009 and 2010, has a 16-point lead over Andrew Nicholson (NZL), who had led the world Eventing rankings [...]
Portmore Equestrian Centre are expecting a busy bank holiday weekend with their two day show scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The schedule includes classes from 90cm to 1.35m and also includes a leg of the 1.35m Ulster Grand Prix. The full schedule can be found on the Portmore Website and Bank Holiday Monday will see the [...]
The Amateur accumulative points Eventing league began on 19 April at Tyrella (3). In their third year of sponsorship Dunboyne Castle Hotel has kindly agreed to sponsor the CNC1* Amateur class. Castle Leslie has agreed to sponsor the EI90 Amateur class for a third year and we welcome our new sponsor the Old Ground Hotel [...]
Week ending 27th April 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre It seems such a short time since the announcement of the Smart Leagues initiative at Ravensdale Lodge, in actuality it was nearly five months ago! After fourteen weeks of great competitive action at the centre it came down to three finals on Friday, [...]
Kernan Equestrian Centre Spring SJI Horse & Pony League Sunday 20th April FINAL 2014 HORSES 90cm- 1, J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie ( Jim Griffin); 1, E. Duggan’s Libero Flight (Eileen Duggan); 1m- 1,L. McEntaggart’s Explorer Z (Louise McEntaggart); 1, J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin); 1,J. McMurphy’s Iroko Molly (William Anderson); 1, P. McCourt’s Kardo [...]
It was a most spectacular finale to the Spring SJI Horse League at Connell Hill as competitors arrived, after painstaking hours of preparation cleaning tack and grooming horses, to jump colourful tracks in the great outdoors. These colourful tracks, designed by Mr Will Crean, demanded control with concentrated riding skills on this first rate surface [...]
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, [...]
