Eventing
Barclay Communications supports local lad as he aims for double gold in Europe and sets sights on 2016 Olympics. County Antrim’s Harold Megahey has made the Irish Junior Eventing team for a second year in a row and is now preparing to fight for Gold at the FEI European Eventing Championships for Young Riders and [...]
HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships 2013 By Kate Green The stage is set for a memorable HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships as some of the greatest talents in the sport gather in the unique seaside setting of Malmö, Sweden. This is the first time since the biennial Championships began 60 years ago that it has been [...]
ELIZABETH Power has withdrawn from the Irish European Eventing Squad due to a short term injury to her horse September Bliss. First Reserve Michael Ryan declined the opportunity to travel to the championships due to the lateness of the call up. However, Jim Newsam and Magennis have now been called up and Magennis is on [...]
Week ending 18th August, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. After an absence of two years cross-jump was to the fore at Ravensdale Lodge this weekend and it’s return had an immediate impact as there was a great turnout for week one of the series. With bright sunshine & perfect conditions underfoot the stage [...]
THE following teams have been confirmed by Horse Sport Ireland for the European Championships to be held in Herning, Denmark from August 19-25. SHOW JUMPING Shane Breen – Balloon Shane Sweetnam – Amaretto Darco Billy Twomey – Diaghilev Conor Swail – Lansdowne Travelling Reserve Cameron Hanley – Antello Z Chef d’Equipe Robert Splaine DRESSAGE Dane [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed that Clare Abbott and Euro Prince (Owned by Dr Cormac McKay & Dr John McKay) have been drafted into the squad for the European Eventing Championships in Malmo Sweden from August 29th to Sept 1st. The combination have been called up to replace Aoife Clark and Master Crusoe. Ireland’s Eventing [...]
Eric Pele held his second Two Phase Event at the beautiful setting of Lisbane Farm where competitors sampled a host of new, splendidly built fences. It remained overcast for much of the day which was greeted favourably by the competitors, many of whom had travelled long distances to participate. Victor Preston from Strabane brought his [...]
Note from Horse Sport Ireland: EVENTING High Performance Manager Nick Turner has named the six combinations that will represent Ireland at the European Eventing Championships in Malmo from August 29 to September 1. The squad in alphabetical order is: Aoife Clark/Master Crusoe (owned by Lily White Syndicate) Jonty Evans/Double Dutch (owned by Otto van der [...]
The final day started off at 8am with the final trot up of the competition. All the team Ireland ponies passed first time and were set to complete the rest of the competition. As a team we walked our showjumping course with team trainer Tom Slattery. The course had a few awkward lines but we [...]
Congratulations to the Irish Pony European Championship team which has won a bronze medal today at Arezzo! Gold was won by Great Britain with a score of 142.2. France was second on 144 and Ireland third on 150.9. Individual results as follows: Team Rider Pony Dressage XC SJ Total Place Shannon Nelson Millridge Buachaill Bui 47.30 [...]
Cross Country started of with a lot of nervous riders ready to take on the challenging course that is designed to last 7 minutes 9 secs. I kicked off the day feeling slightly nervous as I had no feed back from the rest of the team on how the course was riding because of my [...]
All the ponies and riders arrived on Sunday and quickly settled down after a 4 day trip to arezzo,Italy. We began training in 40 degree heat on Monday morning with dressage trainer Sue Smallman. Baxter (Holiday Chase) went really well and went from strength to strength from day 1 of training to the competition. I [...]
Horse Sport Ireland IN THE fourth leg of the Irish Sport Horse Eventing series at Ravensdale Lodge in Co. Louth today (Saturday), Colin Halliday rode Emma Jackson’s Creevagh Connection, by Creevagh Ferro Ex Siebe, bred by Ronnie Hollinger, to first place in the 6 year-old section. The 5 year-old class at Ravensdale was won by [...]
Following a fall at Tweseldown Racecourse, Hampshire, in the British Eventing Horse Trials on Monday, the 23 year old was taken to ITU in hospital. The following message was posted on her the Laura Collett Facebook page “Following Laura’s bad fall today Laura is now in ITU in hospital. She has been stabilised and we [...]
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, [...]
