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Week ending 8th February 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. There was a touch of spring fever in the air around Ravensdale Lodge this week as large numbers of horses and ponies turned up on Sunday last to school in advance of the forthcoming Pony Spring Tour on Saturday 14th February and Sunday [...]
On Saturday 7th February 2015, Route hunt members and visitors met at Ballyhacket primary school for their weekly hunt. For many members this was their first visit to Ballyhacket as it has been several years since The Route has hunted at Ballyhacket but for a few it was a return to familiar ground. The hunt [...]
Connell Hill hosted the second of their four ‘Unregistered Horse Show – Grab The Cash’ shows on Saturday with professionally designed tracks. This show saw competitors arrive jumping at the opportunity to get their horses out easing them back into work in a relaxed environment with the added benefit of sunshine. This venue is certainly [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone held an Arena Eventing Show recently at Ecclesville, Fintona on a lovely dry & sunny day! Thanks to all those competitors who came along to take on the challenge of Andrew Bogle’s Arena Eventing course. Thanks go to Chris Bogle for judging, Andrew Bogle course building, Natasha Gilchrist entries, [...]
The Antwerp Arena at Gransha Equestrian Centre played host to the Doggarts Showjumping league on 7th and 8th February. Competitors both young and old were delighted to get out competing again after the recent cold snap. Day 1 saw the pony classes get underway with a good turn out in the cross pole class with [...]
Results of pony jumping held on Friday 6th Cross Poles 1st Taz, Eva McClelland won the trophy. 40cm 1st= Inky Dinky, Zara Smyth drew the trophy; Taz, Laura McClelland; Special; Dusty, Chloe Agnew. 50cm 1st Inky Dinky, Zara Smyth drew the trophy. 60cm 1st= Taz, Catherine McClelland drew the trophy; Hunbug, Hannah Orr. 80cm 1st [...]
UP against some of the world’s top equestrian stars, Ireland’s 19 year-old show jumping sensation Bertram Allen on Saturday won his second World Cup competition outright at Bordeaux in France and propelled himself to the top of the Western European league table. Riding Billy Twomey’s 17 year-old chestnut stallion Romanov, the Wexford rider dazzled the [...]
DENIS Lynch and Bertram Allen delivered two definitive wins for Ireland at the big five-star World Cup show in Bordeaux, France on Friday. Lynch collected 20,300 euro for his victory in tonight’s feature speed class, the Prix Generali, riding Thomas Straumann’s 15 year-old bay gelding Abbervail van het Dingeshof. Seventh-last to jump from a starting [...]
RONAN McGuigan won the opening speed class in Florida on Wednesday night, making it the third week in a row that Ireland has claimed this prize at Wellington’s Winter Equestrian Festival. Second place also went to Ireland, with Co. Down’s Conor Swail and Ariana just an eighth of a second behind McGuigan and his Baloubet [...]
Dressage competitors should be greatly commended for their dedication turning out in strength for competition at Laurel View even on a most bleak winter’s day like the 11th January. The judges and scribes should be praised also for managing to keep going despite the dismal conditions, it’s wonderful how motivational a cup or two [...]
One of the world’s largest purpose built equestrian venues, Emerald International Equestrian Centre, has been placed on the open market for sale, with selling agents REA McDonald Bros beginning a tender process which will end on February 27th 2015. Set on 58 acres of prime pasture land, Emerald International Equestrian Centre is located in Co [...]
The Down Royal Meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday 4th February but was cancelled due to frost, will now take place on Wednesday 11th February 2015. This meeting will close for fresh entries on Thursday 5th February with declarations to run to be made by 10am on Tuesday 10th February and the same programme of [...]
Saturday 31 January saw the first leg of its Working Hunter League. After the earlier cold snap during the week we were very fortunate to have no frost and a good dry fresh day! The first class of the day was a heavily subscribed Amateur Performance class. Sonia Kinnear riding her coloured Seamus took first [...]
The Pony Club’s Annual Conference is being held on March 4th at its bi-annual venue of Cheltenham Racecourse. The event boasts a jam-packed and varied line up that reflects feedback from volunteers on what would help them, and will also act as the final official engagement for Chief Executive, Judy Edwards. There will be ‘Inspirational [...]
Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 9th January. Cross Poles 1st= Dusty, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Jo, Shea Knox; Puzzle, PJ, Alice Perkins; Special; Dolly, Chloe Agnew. 40cm 1st= Dusty, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Taz, Laura McClelland; Specials; Jo, Kaitlyn Kearns; Puzzle, Kaitlyn Kearns. 50cm 1st= Meg, Todd Bryson drew the trophy; [...]
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, [...]
