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Thursday saw competitors seizing their last chance to qualify for the Grand Finale of the SJI Summer Horse League, which will be held Thursday 31st July at 10.00 am, competitors to have jumped at four league dates to qualify for this Grand Finale. It certainly felt to all that we were in the ‘amazon’ with [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone held the final night of their 2014 Annual Summer Showjumping League in glorious sunshine at Ecclesville, Fintona. Huge thanks go to the competitors for supporting the league & very well done. The Club would like to thank everyone who helped each week & to those who helped on the [...]
Class 410 Brood mare, likely to produce a high class hunter with foal at foot or due foal in 2014 1st R. Hughes & Ballyarton Down Comet Class 411 Foal Born in 2014 1st R. Hughes & (unnamed Foal) Class 412 1 year old Filly, Colt or Gelding suitable for saddle, not eligible for entry [...]
THE 2014 Irish Sport Horse Studbook Showjumping Series culminates this weekend with the eighth and final leg taking place at the Tattersalls Ward Union Hunt Show, which runs from 26th to 27th July. At each leg of this year’s Series there has been €9,500 in prize money on offer from Horse Sport Ireland. At Tattersalls there will be a [...]
Downpatrick Race Course are once again set to Sponsor The 2014 Race Horse To Riding Horse Class at this years Saintfield Horse Show to be held at The Corbett Family Estate at Tyrella Downpatrick on Saturday 16th.August. The lucky winner will be treated to a delightful lunch for two in the glamorous Hospitality Suite at [...]
‘Clogher Valley Riding Club is excited to be hosting a two day jumping clinic with Eric Smiley! Eric has represented Ireland at two European Championships; gaining team bronze medals, he has competed at three World Equestrian Games and been on four Olympic Teams competing at Barcelona and Atlanta. Eric was the Belgium Olympic Team Eventing Coach in 2012 and is an [...]
On Sunday 20th July the Down Royal Racecourse played host to the final of the Down Royal Ridden League. Qualifiers had been held for several weeks at a number of County Shows, bringing together retrained exracehorses from Dublin to North Antrim to compete for the Title Down Royal Ridden Exracehorse champion 2014. The league based [...]
Penninsula Equestrian centre in Greyabbey are hosting a show on sunday 3rd August to raise funds for Crosskennan in a joint venture with Racehorse to riding horse by kind permission of Marie Rogan. The schedule will be available this week on the peninsula Equestrian Facebook page. There will be classes for all ridden hunters, racehorses, cobs, [...]
The seventh leg of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Showjumping Series 2014 took place this weekend at The Meadows, County Armagh. The classes attracted 52 Five Year Olds, 35 Six Year Olds and 14 Seven Year Olds for Saturday’s qualifiers. There was €9,500 in prize money on offer for these young horse classes from Horse Sport Ireland over the two days of [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland’s show jumping team manager Robert Splaine tonight (Tuesday) announced the Irish squad for the Hickstead Nations’ Cup in England on August 1st. The five-strong squad, from which Splaine will select his team of four prior to the Nations’ Cup is, in alphabetical order: Bertram Allen/Molly Malone V Shane Breen/Golden Hawk Cameron Hanley/Antello [...]
Week ending 20th July 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Sure as one run of shows comes to an end another is been scheduled to keep competitors happy at Ravensdale Lodge. This coming week sees the final of all spring / summer leagues which commenced at the end of April with five finals [...]
The Mini League Showjumping at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough, continued with a lovely couple of nights on Fridays 4th and 18th July It will continue on Friday evenings throughout July and August, starting at 6pm sharp with cross poles followed by the 50cm, 60, 70 and 80cm League classes, then 90cm and 1m for anyone [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone held a very successful 3rd week of their showjumping league at Ecclesville, Fintona. Jumping continued to 10.30 pm with over 70 entries. The Club were delighted to welcome their regular competitors as well as some new faces to the league. Thanks to Raymond Caldwell for building a nice flowing course, Sandra [...]
The 13th July proved to be a lovely day for the third leg of the Laurel View Summer Dressage League, with entries from the extremities of Ulster. After Ivor Harpers Intro B Test results were announced, to say that Diane Jones was delighted would be an understatement when she and JJ won first place [...]
FORMER World Champion Dermott Lennon and Caspian (ISH) won the latest leg of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Show Jumping Series at The Meadows in Armagh today (Sunday). Caspian is a 2007 gelding by Lux Z (HANN) out of Thirza (KWPN), by Burggraaf (HOLST) The breeder is Andries de Bont of Cork, while the owner [...]
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, [...]
