Eventing
IN an impressive result for Irish three-day eventing, Aoife Clark with Vaguely North and Michael Ryan on the Irish Sport Horse Ballylynch Adventure finished in the top ten at the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials in England this afternoon (Sunday). Dublin-born Clark, who was lying in 11th place after the dressage and cross country phase, had [...]
Sunday 19th April saw a very good turnout for the first round of the Jump Challenge League 2015 at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough. A combination of showjumping, working hunter and cross country fences provided a challenging but enjoyable course which everyone rode very well. Mill Yard would like to thank everyone who competed at [...]
HORSE FIRST has come on board as sponsor of the Welcome Reception at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair. The Reception, in association with the North Leinster Region of Eventing Ireland has become an integral part of the event, launching it to the owners, riders, sponsors, exhibitors, press and key industry representatives. The [...]
Michael Jung (GER), who in 2012 became the first Eventing athlete to hold the European, world and Olympic titles simultaneously after scoring individual and team gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has jumped to the top of the FEI World Eventing Rankings for the first time in his career. William Fox-Pitt (GBR), the multiple [...]
The Young Event Horse Competition sponsored by Pegus Horse Feeds is running for its second year having been introduced to the Schedule in 2014 at the new RUAS show grounds. Phase I, Dressage will be judged on Wednesday evening by Ireland’s top Dressage Judges, Jean Mitchell MBE and David Lee. Phase 2 will then be [...]
IRISH riders achieved two top twenty places at the prestigious Rolex Kentucky four-star event in the US at the weekend. Written by Colin McClelland Austin O’Connor and the Irish Sport Horse Balham Houdini finished on a combined penalty score of 75.2 in 16th place, while another Irish Sport Horse, Luckaun Quality, took Tim Bourke to [...]
MULLINGAR’S Joseph Murphy was best of the Irish in the CCI3* event at Ballindenisk, Co. Cork on Sunday, taking third place on DHI Top Story on his dressage score of 58.0, incurring zero penalties in the show jumping and cross country phases. Cork’s Michael Ryan placed fifth with Dunlough Striker (ISH) on 60.6. The three-star [...]
Dutton Wins Rolex USEF 4* Championship Lexington, Ky., – April 28, 2015 - With her only penalties of the event being the low score she earned in the dressage ring, Fischerrocana FST and Michael Jung of Germany won the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover. Their score of 39.3 bested Tim Price [...]
This week’s qualifier for the Pegus Young Horse Competition at Balmoral which was held at The Meadows Equestrian Centre, enjoyed Mediterranean conditions in contrast to last week’s cancelled round which would have endured wintery wet weather. The 34 horses were produced and turned out beautifully, ready and able to take on the challenge the McCusker [...]
Week ending 5th April 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Numbers swelled last week at Ravensdale Lodge as increased numbers of competitors appeared with the return of the good weather. Thursday’s indoor SJI registered indoor horse league saw record numbers jump in the six modified classes from 80cm to 1.30m and this competition [...]
Week ending 29th March 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. The Easter period will be a busy one at Ravensdale Lodge as the centre plays host to the second of their “Bumper” bank holiday shows on Monday 6th April closely followed by the first Young Event Horse qualifier for Balmoral show on Tuesday [...]
Horse Sport Ireland has announced today the list of successful projects that will benefit from its recently advertised Innovation Fund. The funding for the scheme came from the additional €600,000 allocated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to Horse Sport Ireland, announced by Minister Simon Coveney in the 2015 budget. Following public [...]
The RUAS are delighted to announce that Pegus are sponsoring the Young Event Horse Championship at Balmoral Show 2015. 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 Pegus Young Event Horse Championship has [...]
Eventing Ireland have confirmed Equest Pramox will continue to sponsor the Equest Pramox CNC2* Class. The series consists of five legs during the season in which the overall Series Winner will receive Equest Pramox products plus €500 in prize money for the winner and a rug for the horse. Eamonn O’Sullivan, CAE Business Manager, Zoetis said [...]
Week ending 22nd March 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. After the excitement of the first “Bumper” show of the year on St Patrick’s Day, results of which can be viewed in the results section below, competition returned to normal this week with the usual mix of show jumping, arena eventing and dressage [...]
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, [...]
