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‘The Correct Training of the Dressage Horse’ ON Monday, April 29, RDA Coleraine will welcome Dale Roberts, Lucy Adams and Alison Mastin Moore to the Causeway Coast Arena for a dressage demonstration on ‘The Correct Training of the Dressage Horse’. Together, these riders will take you through the paces and movements from preliminary to Grand [...]
Not sure whether to wear the blue, black or tweed? Does the decision between a tie and a stock leave you in knots? Well fret no more, and simply pull The Pony Club Guide to Equestrian Dress out of your pocket! This new and important guide to correct, safe and practical clothing, aimed primarily at [...]
Saintfield Horse Show have organised a Dinner and Dance at The Temple Golf Club on Saturday 25th.May. The Evening will begin with everyone arriving from 7.30pm to enjoy a Sumptuous Carvery Dinner at 8pm. The Carvery will include four roasts, a selection of vegetables, potatoes, salads and dressings.This will be followed by a choice of sweets and finally [...]
Tim Hadaway, London 2012 Equestrian Competition Manager at Greenwich Park and the man widely credited for the success of last year’s Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events, has joined the FEI staff as Director of the newly created Games and Championships Department. The new Director’s role will be mainly to ensure that all FEI technical requirements [...]
Due to the continued wet weather, the Rademon date scheduled for Saturday 4 May has been cancelled. The National Dates Committee will a new date confirm shortly. In the meantime, online entries to Finvoy have been extended to Tuesday 23 April at noon. Entries can be made by clicking here
Sunday 14th April was the date for the Laurel View leg of the Inter Venue Tour. A wind that meant business made things more than a little difficult for the organisers, particularly as the newly resurfaced outdoor arena was the location for the jumping on this occasion. The show was very well supported despite the [...]
The Working Hunter show for horses at Connell Hill was a huge success as this was the second opportunity to qualify for the Northern Ireland Festival to be held at Cavan Equestrian Centre on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2013. Riders and horses were all groomed and impeccably well turned out each putting their [...]
The Friday night training show saw young riders and young horses entering the world of show jumping. These shows are ideal for introducing the young horse to a course of jumps, warming up along side other horses, pa system, music etc and also the younger and ‘not so younger’ riders to the circuit. Riders of [...]
Ireland’s largest agri-food show has moved! And there is no moving away from the fact that one of the biggest attractions of the 2013 Balmoral Show is likely to be its new home, Balmoral Park. After 117 years at its south Belfast site, the RUAS annual show will begin a new chapter in its [...]
A qualifier for RUAS Balmoral Show was held at The Kernan Equestrian Centre on Saturday April 14th. The decision to stay indoors proved to be the right one as although the storms forecast did not materialise the winds were very strong. The first competition, the 2 phase run Amateur kicked off in good time with [...]
As the snow has finally cleared, competitors that were house-bound were once again able to travel to Connell Hills’ Friday night training show. It was a friendly, relaxed family night, where competitors had the opportunity of jumping young horses and also horses new to their riders. To start the night off Lauren Fleming on ‘Lola’ [...]
Sat 4th May 2013, Leaving Crosskennan at 12 noon Light refreshments on return to sanctuary Tiny Tim, the Crosskennan Collie, says, ‘’If you can’t take part in the 4 mile walk but still want to help, why not sponsor me? I’ve been in training to raise funds for my rescued friends.’‘ To sponsor Tim visit his [...]
The Pony Club and Society of Equestrian Artists (SEA) are looking for the next generation of talented equestrian artists! In conjunction with the SEA, The Pony Club is encouraging its Members and volunteers to use their artistic skills to depict a favourite memory from their Pony Club experiences, and win the chance to have their [...]
Come along on Sunday 5th May to The Meadows Equestrian Centre in Lurgan to help raise money for the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children. We will have 2 arenas running with something for everyone. (Both arenas will start at 9.30am sharp) The pony arena will start with cross poles and will run up to [...]
The Racehorse to Riding Horse held a recent show at Limepark for an enthusiastic and delighted crowd of competitors and spectators on Sunday 14th April. A number of new faces joined the group with everyone commenting on their great day. Invited judge for the day was Linda Buchanan, who kindly judged both the retraining and [...]
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, [...]
