Eventing
Tonino Lamborghini SJI registered indoor horse league Thursday 7th November. 80cm class: Lynn Patterson’s Stainsby Free Spirit (L. Patterson). 90cm class: Rachel Healy’s Patchwork Prince (R. Healy). 1m class, divided between: Victoria Mc Kee’s Carrigeen Moss (V. Mc Kee) & Lynn Patterson’s Cujo (L. Patterson). 1.10m class, divided between: T. Mc Lean’s Ballyrobin Girl (K. [...]
Week ending 3rd November 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. After the success of the Bumper Halloween Show last Sunday Ravemsdale Lodge returned to its normal run of shows this week. There were large turn out’s on Thursday for the Tonino Lamborghini SJI registered indoor horse show and the Botanica International indoor horse [...]
FEI: Written by Kate Green William Fox-Pitt had three shots to clinch Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), first event of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014 season but, in a nail-biting finale, it took the Briton until his third and last ride, Seacookie TSF, to secure the top prize. After an outstanding day’s Cross Country yesterday, Fox-Pitt [...]
IRELAND’S Joseph Murphy and his Cruising gelding Electric Cruise finished eighth amongst 72 of the world’s top combinations in the four-star event in Pau, France today. The Pau three-day event is one of only six four-star events in the world and Murphy added just four faults in today’s difficult show jumping phase following an outstanding [...]
Written by Kate Green An exceptionally strong field is heading for Les Etoiles de Pau CCI4* in the French Pyrenees this weekend (24-27 October) for the first leg of the 2013/2014 FEI Classics™. Twelve nations are fielding riders, many of them world leaders, and over 80 horses have been entered. The FEI Classics™ series has captured [...]
Week ending 20th October 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Bumper Halloween show for Ravensdale Lodge. Ravensdale Lodge are set to hold their last but one Bumper show of 2013 on Sunday 27th October when the centre plays host to their annual Bumper Halloween Show. Always popular throughout the year these shows are [...]
Written by Louise Parkes French rider, Thomas Carlile, made history yesterday when clinching both the 6 and 7-Year-Old titles at the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses on home turf at Mondial du Lion. This important annual fixture, which brings together many of the most talented and promising young horses in the sport, was [...]
On Saturday 12th October the Mid Antrim Hunt held a Hunter Trials at Andy Hamilton’s farm, Knockan Rd, Broughshane. It was a classic Hunter Trials of the sort that don’t happen too often nowadays and Andy and his team spent an enormous amount of time and effort building a brand new course with a great [...]
DUBLIN’S Aoife Clark made history at the World Breeding Championships for young Eventing horses in France today (Sunday) with Ireland’s best ever result at the competition. After three days of hard-fought contest at le Lion d’Angers with Richard Last’s Irish Sport Horse gelding Fernhill Adventure, the 32 year-old this afternoon had one fence down in [...]
IRELAND’S Harold Megahey won the British Young Rider Eventing Championship at Weston Park in England, aboard Britt Megahey’s Chuckelberry yeterday. The Co. Antrim-born rider, who was a team gold medallist for Ireland at the Junior European Eventing Championships in France last month, saw off 22 other combinations bidding for the two-star title. In the two-star [...]
The rescheduled Ballygraffin Derby, Sponsored by Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast, takes place this coming Sunday (13th October) with classes at 1.10m, 1m, 90cms, 80cms, 70cms. There is a wide variety of knockable fences, making the most of the natural features of this Co Down venue, once home to a number of very successful International Events. The [...]
IRELAND’S Michael Ryan held his dressage score of 43.5 right through the Osberton International Horse Trials this weekend to finish second on Ballylynch Wizard today (Sunday) in the CCI two-star class. The Bandon, Co. Cork-based rider steered Carol and Tom Henry’s gelding up from fifth place after dressage and cross country to claim the runner-up [...]
On Sunday 15th September Harold Megahey once again stepped onto the podium at the FEI European Championships for Juniors, but this time it was to receive a Gold team medal for Ireland. Sponsored by local business communications company, Barclay Communications, Harold left for the European Championships in Jardy, France hoping to finish his Junior eventing [...]
Week ending 6th October 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre It was a busy week in the Craig household as between them, mum Victoria and daughter Sarah competed, with great success on no less than four occasions over four disciplines at Ravensdale Lodge. It all started on Thursday morning when Victoria partnered Rocky [...]
The Northern Region of Eventing Ireland brought their 2013 season to a conclusion in very fine style at Tullymurry on Saturday. As always, the Turley family put great effort into ensuring that the grounds were in good shape and Tony McManmon, who hot-footed it from Knockany the previous week, had built some fantastic new fences [...]
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, [...]
