International
EIGHTEEN year-old Cathal Daniels scored a notable second place in the main feature class at Camphire International Horse Trials in Co. Waterford this afternoon (Sunday). Daniels, who has already been selected for the GAIN Horse Feeds Young Rider Eventing Squad that will compete for Ireland in the 2015 European Championships in Strzegom, Poland next month, [...]
TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch came away almost 14,000 euro richer after finishing third in today’s (Sunday) feature class at the five-star Longines show in London. Competing in the Massimo Dutti Trophy competition, the Irish rider and Thomas Straumann’s bay gelding All Star 5 were one of 14 combinations to make it through to the jump-off round, [...]
Horse Sport Ireland confirms Investec Irish Show Jumping squad for the 2015 Aga Khan Cup at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show THE Investec Irish show jumping squad to represent Ireland at the 2015 Aga Khan trophy competition which will take place at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show on August 7th has been named. [...]
IRELAND’S former world champion show jumper Dermott Lennon claimed the top spot in Friday’s speed class at the five-star show in Falsterbo, Sweden, with Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor close behind in second place. Co. Down’s Lennon, third to jump in a field of 29, set a blistering time of 70.49 seconds with the 13 [...]
Team Germany were in a league of their own when winning the fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2015 pilot series on home soil in Hagen today. With three scores in excess of 70 per cent and a massive 81.160 for last-line rider, Kristina Broring-Sprehe with Desperados FRH, they finished more than 15 [...]
CORK native, Alan O’Regan, riding his mother Frances’ Guidam (SF) gelding, Liberation (ISH), were victorious in the 7 Year Old Final of the sixth leg of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Showjumping Series at Cork Summer Show. There was a total of €9,500 on offer in prize money from Horse Sport Ireland at this leg [...]
THREE Irish riders finished in the top ten of the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix in Portugal tonight (Saturday), but the laurels went to third-placed Greg Broderick, who made his podium debut in the series with a third place on the Irish Sport Horse MHS Going Global. A tough first two rounds saw only four [...]
The Dutch showed precisely why they are the reigning World and defending Furusiyya champions when soaring to victory at the sixth leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Falsterbo, Sweden today. It took just three of the four members of Rob Ehrens’ side to clinch it when Harrie Smolders, [...]
Michael Jung (GER) is back as world Eventing number one after his brilliant third-place finish with La Biosthetique Sam FBW at last month’s Luhmühlen CCI4* (GER) presented by DHL, fifth leg of the FEI Classics™. Switch back Jung (32) jumped to the top of the FEI World Eventing Rankings in May for the first time [...]
CAMILLA Speirs took the 6 Year-Old trophy in the ISH Eventing series with Loughnavatta Cedar (ISH) at Ballinamona last weekend. Written by Colin McClelland The winner is a bay gelding by Luidam (KWPN) out of the Dam Ballydoolagh Aimee Sunrise (ISH) and was bred by owner Rory Costigan. Second was Kilroe Free And Easy (ISH) [...]
YOUNG Rider Tom Foley scored an impressive win at the three-star show in Tryon, USA last Wednesday, while Olympic medallist Cian O’Connor was victorious the following day at Arnhem’s three-star in the Netherlands. Written by Colin McClelland Nineteen year-old Foley, riding Spy Coast Farm’s mare Beluga, was the only one of 39 starters to break [...]
CORK’S Shane Sweetnam came very close to delivering a fourth major win for Ireland this weekend when he placed second in the four-star Grand Prix in Spruce Meadows, Canada on Sunday. The 34 year-old, piloting Spy Coast Farm’s stallion Chaqui Z, registered one of just five double clears in the contest, but was just over [...]
Connolly’s RED MILLS Brand Ambassadors Dermott Lennon, Trevor Breen, Bertram Allen and Billy Twomey all produced stunning performances with their super-star horses this weekend, in Ireland the UK and mainland Europe. Co Down’s Dermott Lennon began the Team RED MILLS March when he added yet another major win to his list of achievements, triumphing in [...]
IN a notable double for Ireland, Sunday saw two major international wins when 19 year-old Bertram Allen and Molly Malone V won the Geesteren Grand Prix in the Netherlands, and Trevor Breen claimed the famous Hickstead Derby for the second year in a row. Written by Colin McClelland Tipperary native Breen, who last year won [...]
Judy Reynolds set a new Irish international Grand Prix record score of 73.88% when placing fourth, with Joe & Kathleen Reynolds’ 13-year-old Jazz gelding Vancouver K, at the three-star show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Friday. Written by Paul Nolan The previous Irish record score of 73.23% was set by Irish Olympian Anna Merveldt and [...]
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, [...]
