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BANBRIDGE-born Dermott Lennon today claimed his second Grand Prix victory of the month at Vilamoura in Portugal withJudith Sossick’s Irish Sport Horse Loughview Lou Lou on Sunday. The former show jumping world champion picked up 11,250 euro as first prize in the three-star competition this evening, outpacing nearest rival, Belgium’s François Brichart on Boosty Chavannais, [...]
Truthfully no-one appreciates the unpredictable ‘March’ weather which realistically can see ‘four seasons’ in one day, so with nearing end of March, clocks going forward and Easter just around the corner spirits were extremely high on Saturday, the fourth leg of the ‘Spring SJI Horse League Show at Connell Hill. The seasonal courses set in [...]
Sunday 22nd March saw the final of the Chris Semple Photography Dressage League at Gransha Equestrian Centre. It was a beautiful spring day and riders and horses were turned out to perfection. The Antwerp Arena was the setting for the first of 9 classes taking place throughout the day. Medium 61 was judged by Joanne [...]
Friday nights Training at Connell Hill was a real family night out which saw non equine siblings give support, encouragement and thoroughly enjoy the friendly welcoming atmosphere. Everyone makes a start somewhere, so if you think I would love to jump a track and have never done so or it has been a number of [...]
The Laurel View Spring Show Jumping league is off to a great start, with a great crowd of competitors turning out to vie for the rosettes and try to earn some points in the pounds for points league. Jumping continues on Wednesday evenings right through to the final on 29th April. The start time [...]
The final week of Knockagh View’s working hunter league was extremely busy with the sun shining making it a glorious day. There was a fair bit strong course to set competitors up for the Northern Ireland Festival at the end of April with lots of competitors picking up qualifying cards for this and the Equifestival. [...]
Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland is holding an Easter show on Saturday 4th April. There are classes for everyone with showjumping classes getting underway at 11am with 30cms to 1M and ridden classes starting at 12 noon with lead rein, first ridden, family pony, show pony/ show hunter, M&M, riding horse, cob, ridden hunter and [...]
Iveagh Branch of Pony Club is pleased to announce that Kehoe Kars of Newry has again generously agreed to sponsor the Easter Derby at Moyallon, to be held on Easter Tuesday 7th April 2015. There will be 3 classes consisting of 70cm, 85cm and 1m courses of approximately 20 fences, including a bank and a Devil’s Dyke, over [...]
Saturday 14th March saw the second round of the Working Hunter For All Spring League take place at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough. With levels of classes to suit every ability the show was once again very well supported. Mill Yard would like to thank all competitors, judge Pamela Furphy, scribes, supporters and JHd Photography. [...]
Spring was most certainly in the air as competitors travelled to Connell Hill to compete at the Ulster Region Pony Show in classes which were scheduled for the newcomers 50 cm up to the more experienced 148 cm 1.20 m competitors. The day was filled with competitive fun, enthusiasm, pride and above all the enjoyment [...]
Saturday 14 March 2015 saw our Annual St Patrick’s Show. The weather was on our side after the very wet run up to the show. All classes were held in the two arenas to ensure a sure footing for all competitors. The day commenced with a strong Lightweight Show Horse Class with Diane McCully riding [...]
Iveagh Branch of the Pony Club recently hosted the Area 17 NFU Mutual National Quiz at the Village Centre in Hillsborough. This was the first Area 17 competition of 2015 and was attended by approximately 30 teams from Branches and Centres throughout Area 17. Competition was fierce with the winners qualifying to go to the [...]
FOLLOWING the FEI Individual Pony dressage competition on Saturday at the Addington CDIP, Buckinghamshire, UK, Ireland’s Katie Burns and Caracas qualified for Sunday’s Freestyle to Music (Kur) where they scored 64.62% to place 14th. The class was won by Great Britain’s 2014 European silver medallist Pheobe Peters riding SL Lucci, with 2014 gold medallist, Germany’s [...]
It was a fabulous spring day at the third league date of Connell Hills’ SJI Spring Horse League inspiring riders to jump their challenges with true grit; and with four league dates remaining before the final, on Saturday 25th April, there is still time to qualify as horses need to compete at three legs to [...]
The pleasantries of the past weeks glorious weather had competitors buzzing at Connell Hills’ Training Show so as we head to-wards summer time next week-end – don’t forget to put your clocks ‘Forward’. So with ‘forward’ in mind riders not wishing to be left behind jumped at the opportunity of training/schooling confidently at this ‘training [...]
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, [...]
