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Week ending 22nd September 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Trekking centre Following on from the excitement of the MSL Mercedes-Benz Autumn Grand Prix show the weekend before there was the matter of three leagues and finals to be sorted out at Ravensdale Lodge last week. League and final winners and placed combinations can be [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB are holding their ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on Thursday 17th October at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh at 8 pm. Everyone is welcome – members & non members. Members are reminded that membership is now due £30 RIDING MEMBERS/£10 NON RIDING The Dolly Mixture Shield will be awarded to member who has attended most riding club events [...]
This Saturday kicks off the first of the Winter leagues at Mossvale with the BOTANICA INTERNATIONAL Adult team and individual league. All entries taken on the day with clear round jumping from 2pm competition starting at 3pm. Results of Horse and Pony jumping held on Monday 23rd September 70cm 1st= Toffee, Ryan Boville; Holiday Dancing, [...]
Connell Hill held the first league date of this ever popular £1,000 Indoor Derby League on Sunday, this was the first qualifying date with second qualifier on Saturday 12th October and the final on Sunday 3rd November. At the final the 60 cm and 70 cm classes first placed will each receive £50.00 + a [...]
DRESSAGE DAY AT CONNELL HILL Sun 6th Octover Connell Hill will host a Dressage Show on Sunday 6th October at 10.00 am, Class 1 -Intro A (2008), Class 2 – Prelim 10 (2002), Class 3 – Prelim 14 (2006), Class 4 – Novice 30 (2006), Class 5 – Elementary 58 (2004), with the show commencing [...]
The car parks were a hive of activity as competitors turned up to jump at the Training Show at Connell Hill on Friday night. These Training Shows are proving more popular as competitors have the opportunity to jump a course designed to school and train both rider and horse as they progress through their career. [...]
The Meadows Equestrian Centre was a hive of activity on Saturday for the start of the Annual Inter-Schools’ Showjumping League. One could easily have thought that the Agha Khan Trophy was up for grabs, such was the intensity of competition at all three levels. The Novice class attracted most entries with over twenty teams and [...]
Written by Louise Parkes Japan will be first to go while Canada will be last into the arena when the opening round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final gets underway in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow afternoon. The draw for order-of-go took place this evening, and a total of 18 countries will line out in [...]
Riders representing 18 countries, who will be competing for the €2million prize money on offer at the first ever Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final, gathered in front of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia on the eve of the event. Featured in the picture are (left to right): Pieter Devos (BEL), Taizo Sugitani (JPN), Oleg Krasyuk [...]
Racehorse to Riding horse Ireland held their annual Festival of Exracehorses in Coilog Equestrian Centre Kildare combining the final of the Irish Thoroughbred marketing Racehorse to Riding horse 2013 competitors travelled from all over Ireland to attend the festival, with two competitors travelling from County Down. Both were consistent throughout the day, the Mossbank gelding by Kadeed [...]
The Northern Ireland Indoor Amateur 2-Day show was held at Kernans Equestrian Centre Crossmaglen by kind permission of the Kernan Family. National Course builder Alistair Megahey set the test for the classes over the weekends jumping, starting on Friday evening 20th September with a warm up class. Judges Mary Mahon and Noeleen Jones kept a [...]
BHS ‘Coach Training Day – to Develop and Refresh Coaching Skills’ on Monday, 30 Sept From 10am to 4pm (Pre-booking is essential) At Danescroft, 21 Waterloo Road, Lisburn, BT27 5NW Cost:- £30 per person or the equivalent in Euros (Lunch is included) This training day will be of benefit to all those teaching/coaching within the [...]
CAFRE are running a health and safety course at Tullymurry Equestrian Centre, information is shown below: Health & Safety at Equestrian Events Tullymurry Equestrian Centre on Friday 27th at 7pm and Saturday 28th September at 10am. Caroline Neville, the Safety Officer at Dublin Horse Show and Tattersalls Horse Trails, will explain how to think about [...]
Portmore held the fourth round of their unregistered horse and pony league on Saturday 21st September. Several junior riders are really setting the standards as they blaze ahead in the leagues overall placings! Ella Heron and Princess Judy continue to strengthen their lead in the 60cm class, while it’s tight at the top in the [...]
As October draws near, its time for the popular team and individual leagues to get underway with the BOTANICA INTERNATIONAL Adult league starting on Saturday 5th October. Clear round jumping from 2pm competition getting underway at 3pm. The following Saturday (12th October) will host the first round of the HORSEWARE Junior league with clear round [...]
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, [...]
