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IRELAND dominated the Leading Show Jumper of the Year competition at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham, England tonight (Sunday), with Cork’s Billy Twomey taking first place and Meath’s Cian O’Connor claiming second. On a challenging course that saw the Irish riders posting two of only three zero scores in the Grand Prix’s [...]
Week ending 13th October 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Paddy Hughes had his other cap on as he competed in Saturday’s Horse First indoor arena eventing league at Ravensdale Lodge. Founder and owner of Horse First, Paddy is also a keen producer of quality young horses of all disciplines and he has [...]
FRIDAY 1ST & SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER NIFOR is the highlight of the racing year at Down Royal and the 2013 Festival is set to be the best yet. NIFOR is a celebration of everything that Down Royal embodies from the best and bravest horses in the National Hunt world, to the colourful silks in the [...]
Free Spirit Equestrian held a fun show to raise awareness and funds for Crosskennan Lane Sancturary Co Antrim, by kind permission of Lorraine Hutchinson. It was a relaxed start to the day with leadrein ponies setting the style, as the day progressed, classes got busier with the arrival of cobs, horses and exracers. The judges on [...]
Note from Horse Sport Ireland IN the official Longines World Show Jumping Rankings published today (Friday), covering competitions during the month of September, Ireland has seven riders in the top 100, with 18 year-old Bertram Allen from Wexford holding his place amongst the global elite of the sport. Leading the Irish entries in the monthly [...]
Saturday 5th October saw a great start to the Dressage For All Autumn League at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough, which was kindly judged by Ivor Harper. The league is open to everyone and classes range from Walk/Trot only tests, Preliminary, Novice and Open Bitless. The league continues with 1 more qualifier on the 12th October [...]
The rescheduled Ballygraffin Derby, Sponsored by Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast, takes place this coming Sunday (13th October) with classes at 1.10m, 1m, 90cms, 80cms, 70cms. There is a wide variety of knockable fences, making the most of the natural features of this Co Down venue, once home to a number of very successful International Events. The [...]
The Alltech/Gain Autumn Grand Prix League Two Day Show held at Kernan Equestrian Centre, Crossmaglen on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October was very well supported. Fortunately the good weather on both days was an added bonus to the occasion. Saturday Saturday’s jumping kicked off with the 1 metre class with four combinations dividing 1st [...]
What an exciting day was had by competitors, horses and sponsors when they attended Connell Hills’ Grand Prix Horse Show on Saturday. The sun shone adding to this most exuberant show with a fast flowing technical course of colourful fences designed by Mr W Crean, which was a huge success attracting competitors from all arts [...]
With Autumn drawing in closer the noticeable change in the evenings means less outdoor training so Connell Hill has the ideal facilities to come along to and train so that you can keep up that fitness you put so much time and effort into. Competitors of all ages and abilities are welcome to attend which [...]
Knockaghview Equestrian Centre was a hive of activity on Saturday for the first round of the Ulster Schools’ Show Jumping Championships. Schools from all over the province made the journey to Greenisland, some as far away as Donegal. The arena was looking brilliant thanks to course builder Alistair Megahey and the team at Knoackagh [...]
With good weather, good ground conditions and a total of 59 runners The Route Hunt Point To Point Races at Carrowclare Road, Myroe, Limavady on Saturday 5th October were ideal for a great day of racing. A reasonable crowd had turned out and racing started promptly at 1pm. In total there were 6 races. The [...]
On Saturday 5th October a Mid Antrim Hunt Jump Cross was held at Castlehill Equestrian Centre and it proved to be an extremely successful event with very respectable entries considering how many other things were happening on the same day. A great deal of work was involved in setting up the course which was designed [...]
Connell Hill will host the second league date of this ever popular £1,000 Indoor Derby League on Saturday 12th October, with the final being held on Sunday 3rd November. At the final the 60 cm and 70 cm classes, first placed will each receive £50 and a Rug, first placed in the 80 cm and [...]
Results of Horse and Pony jumping held on Monday 30th September. 60cm 1st Willow, Jonathan Reain. 70cm No result 80cm 1st= Haze, Lynne Spence; Holiday Dancing, Megan McCully; Jasper, Hannah Agnew; Blue, Sian Berry. 90cm 1st= Jasper, Hannah Agnew; Holiday Dancing, Megan McCully. Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 4th October. Cross Poles 1st= [...]
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, [...]
