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Down Royal Racecourse welcomed 15 members from YouthAction to Down Royal Racecourse on Friday 20th June, the opening day of Down Royal’s two-day Summer Festival. The YouthAction Group were treated to a tour of the racecourse and saw first-hand what goes on behind the scenes of the County Down racecourse. The group walked the track with [...]
IRISH show jumping team manager Robert Splaine today (Monday) announced a list of combinations for the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, France, where the jumping competitions take place from 2 – 7 September 2014. Splaine said: ” At this point these are the main contenders being considered. However my decision will be announced in [...]
The continuing Mediterranean weather led competitors to Connell Hill for the third week of this Summer SJI Horse League to jump in the outstanding outdoor arena, where competitors are to jump at four league dates to qualify for the final on Thursday 31st July. This arena has a most superb surface which encourages horses forward [...]
The Mid Antrim Horse Show will be held as usual at the Ballee Playing Fields, Ballymena on Saturday 28th June and following the success of last year’s prestigious new 1metre30 Grand Prix, it will be repeated again this year. Volvo Dennison Commercial Trucks have very kindly agreed to sponsor this again with an extremely generous [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB in Omagh, Co Tyrone are holding their annual summer showjumping league commencing on Wednesday 2nd July & continuing on Wednesdays 9th, 16th & the final is scheduled for Wednesday 23rd July. Everyone is very welcome to come along, ponies/horses, members & non members. Jumping commences at 7pm each night at Ecclesville, Fintona. The 1st class is The [...]
The Pony Club is pleased to announce that Weatherbys Private Banking have come on board as the headline sponsor of The Pony Club Championships, to be held at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, August 15-18th 2014, by kind permission of The Marquess of Cholmondeley. The Pony Club Championships draw a crowd of over 5000 spectators and competitors each year, [...]
WEXFORD teenager Bertram Allen was 20,000 euro richer this afternoon (Sunday) when claiming fourth place in the elite five-star Grand Prix in Rotterdam with Ballywalter Farms’s ten year-old mare Molly Malone V. The 18 year-old for a time held second place in the 12 horse jump-off, but in the end was outpaced by France’s Patrice [...]
Racehorse to riding horse competitors had a busy weekend in the Northern region with Armagh Show’s packed programme including everything from the popular riding classes for exracers which included a qualifier for the RDS also a sidesaddle class a class for the unraced thoroughbreds and the fun event of Racehorse to Hunt which caught the imagination [...]
THE Irish Eventing Squad for the World Equestrian Games 2014 has been announced. The selected squad in alphabetical order is: •Clare Abbott riding Cormac Mackay’s Euro Prince (ISH) •Aoife Clark riding PJ Hegarty’s Fenyas Elegance (ISH) (or Henrietta Duchess of Bedford & Jacqueline Norris’s Vaguely North as a direct reserve horse) •Sarah Ennis riding Tom [...]
Congratulations to Rachael Coulter and Justine Harding of East Antrim Pony Club who have made it to the final selection of young rider development receiving specialist training and development. Naturally both East Antrim members were absolutely thrilled with their achievement. To have two members make it through this selection process is a very positive reflection [...]
IRELAND’S team for today’s Nations’ Cup in Rotterdam, Holland was tonight announced by Show Jumping Manager Robert Splaine last night. The team will jump in the following order: Denis Lynch/Coulisa Cameron Hanley/Antello Z Cian O’Connor/Quidam’s Cherie Dermott Lennon/Loughview Lou Lou (ISH) Robert Splaine said tonight: “We know we have a very tough task in Rotterdam, [...]
Training plays a major role in any sport and none more so than the ‘equine athlete’ with the rider aboard and taking advantage of this massive opportunity was horse enthusiasts who arrived to jump at Connell Hill on Friday night. This show not only gave riders the opportunity of training over tracks attaining controlled distance [...]
Cavan’s TWO DAY SUMMER SALE OF PERFORMANCE HORSES & PONIES takes place on Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th June. This sale has a quality and a varied selection catalogued and is sure to get the summer sale season off to an excellent start. The sale will run in the usual order commencing Tuesday 24th starting [...]
The very popular venue, Connell Hill, saw a host of competitors arrive to jump outdoor tracks in the glorious sunshine making for a most Mediterranean setting with riders enjoying the opportunity of offloading their show jackets to jump in their shirts. This a relaxed safety conscious environment saw youngsters jump these tracks with the more [...]
On the weekend of 7th and 8th June the Mid Antrim Hunt hosted a two day Inter Hunt Chase with a Barbeque on the Saturday night and, as a Dublin Qualifier for the finals at the RDS Show in August, it attracted a good entry of teams from the Southern packs. Davy McLaughlin and his [...]
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, [...]
