Charity
On February fifth Olivia and I left the ranch and boarded a flight headed for Italy. Today, March fifth I’m sitting in an apartment above a barn in Fronreute Germany. It’s hard to explain and harder to believe how we’ve managed to get from Santa Fe to Fronreute in four weeks. We’ve experienced drama, trauma [...]
Get ready for one of the biggest steps of your life! Stepping back out over the top of the Europa Hotel, Belfast. After the success of last year’s CLAS Charity Abseil, the charity is organising another big adrenaline rush to raise funds. Crosskennan,CLAS, is now recruiting volunteers for the Crosskennan Abseil Challenge and aim to [...]
Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary in Antrim is having a Spring Open Day on Sunday 3rd March at 1- 4pm. The charity is inviting friends, sponsors and the public to come along to enjoy the afternoon’s fun. There will be pony rides with Thomas and Jake, two of Crosskennan’s sponsor animals. Other attractions include BBQ, Novelty [...]
Do you work on a farm or stable yard and have problem with rodents? We have a perfect solution to eliminate your problem. Currently we have a number of outdoors cats of all ages who would are looking for ‘employment’ – all they ask in return is food and shelter. They are all very healthy; [...]
Bienvenue, Welcome, Come on in! After a long but very pleasant flight from JFK to Milan and only a minor delay collecting our baggage we headed for customs and the exit with our luggage piled on two carts. I walked with my head held high, managed my best 10,000 watt smile and walked right past [...]
After months of planning and several unexpected changes, Olivia and I left the ranch on time with an obscene amount of baggage and as many warm wishes. But as fate would have it there was one more change in future. Once we reached Atlanta we experienced, as so many travelers before us, unexpected delays. So [...]
With preparations for Journey Europe at a fevered pace and our living room looking like part tack room part crime scene we took some time off on Sunday to visit some friends and enjoy some music. If you’ve read the “Our Story” page you will know a little about Popcorn. She and her mother were [...]
I have two very strong positive qualities, tenacity and flexibility. Some may define them as stubbornness and irresponsible spontaneity but I choose to look at the positive impact these qualities have on my life. The main difference between stubbornness and tenacity is the motivation behind the action. Tenacity is the refusal to quit or the [...]
Welcome to our new website for 2013! We would like to introduce you firstly to our new look home page featuring our latest news articles in headlines and photographs so you get to read the freshest stories and articles without even having to look for them. You can still select your favourite discipline from our [...]
Over the past week, the subject of horse welfare has been widely reported in the media, most notably due to horse meat found in ‘beef’ burgers and the uncover footage exposing the abuse endured by horses sent for slaughter. Questions have now been raised about the lack of adequate regulations enforced within the horse meat [...]
Get ready for one of the biggest steps of your life… Stepping back out over the top of the Europa Hotel, Belfast. After the success of last year’s CLAS Charity Abseil, the charity is organising another big adrenaline rush to raise funds. Crosskennan,CLAS, is now recruiting volunteers for the Crosskennan £5000 Drop and aim to raise [...]
Saturday 19th January is the date for a wonderful day of Side Saddle Hunting with the Meath Hunt. ALL national and international Side Saddle riders welcome. For more details please call:+353 86 084 2994 or Email: susan_oakes1@hotmail.com You can also join the facebook event by clicking here Or indeed follow the Side Saddle Association’s Facebook [...]
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, [...]
