International
INTERNATIONAL equestrian stars Cameron Hanley and Aoife Clark returned to Ireland yesterday (Monday) to accept their prizes at the prestigious The Irish Field Awards in The K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare. Hanley, who made a remarkable return from injury in 2013, was presented with the senior show jumper of the year accolade, while Clark was honoured with the eventing counterpart. [...]
Written by Louise Parkes, FEI The allocation of teams to Europe Division 1 and Europe Division 2 events has been confirmed for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 series. The following indicates the venues where eligible teams will be chasing Nations Cup points, but the starting field at these events will not be restricted to [...]
Less than 24 hours remain to vote for your favourite Social Media Icons. Click Here to vote Nearly 13,000 people have voted in the People’s Choice awards for this year’s Equine Online ESMAs. If you’re still deciding who is worthy of your votes, time is running out. Voting closes today at 4pm (GMT). If you [...]
The International Eventing Officials Club (IEOC) has become the third of the former FEI Associate Members to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the FEI. The IEOC was formed in 1998 by Dr Bernd Springorum (GER), supported by Jean Mitchell MBE (IRE), to give a voice to Eventing Officials. The independent organisation now has [...]
Leading equestrian retailer, Old Mill Saddlery has landed a significant order for its signature own brand race exercise saddle. A leading Japanese trainer placed the large order for Old Mills Race Exercise saddle which has been used by leading trainers such as Paul Nicholls, Gordon Elliott, Richard Hannon and many more. The Old Mill race [...]
Note from: Horse Sport Ireland, Colin McClelland MAYO’S Alex Duffy and Waterford’s Anthony Condon were Ireland’s Grand Prix stars this weekend, with Duffy taking third place in the four-star competition at Amsterdam and Condon winning the two-star Mediterranean Equestrian Tour final in Oliva, Spain. Condon, who turned 27 earlier this month and is based in [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland has announced that Olivia ‘Polly’ Holohan has been appointed as Team Manager of Ireland’s Pony Eventing team. The appointment was confirmed at Tuesday’s Horse Sport Ireland Board meeting following an interview process. Polly Holohan will replace Sue Shortt, who stepped down at the end of 2013 to take up a position as [...]
FEI Written By Daniel Kaiser Spectators were treated to dazzling performances at the last FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2013/2014 qualifier at the famous Partner Pferde in Leipzig (GER) last weekend by victors Anna Cavallaro (ITA), Lukas Heppler (SUI) and Germany’s pas-de-deux powerhouse Pia Engelberty and Torben Jacobs. Heppler’s first strike Victory was sweet in Leipzig for [...]
Note from Horse Sport Ireland IRISH riders made their mark on the opening competitions of this weekend’s international show jumping with two consecutive wins at Drachten in the Netherlands, and a third place in the big five-star show in Basel, Switzerland. His third place in the five-star “Golden Drum of Basel” jump off class tonight [...]
Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 calendar (subject to final confirmation by event organisers): Middle East Al-Ain (UAE) CSIO5*, 5-7 February North/Central America & Caribbean Wellington (USA) CSIO4*, 25 February-2 March Coapexpan (MEX) CSIO4*, 7-11 May Calgary (CAN) CSIO5*, 12-15 June Europe Division 1 Lummen (BEL) CSIO5*, 30 April-5 May La Baule (FRA) CSIO5*, 15-18 [...]
The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials ( May 7th-11th 2014) public Box Office opens on Monday Jan 13th for advanced bookings. Giuseppe della Chiesa was appointed course designer by the Duke of Beaufort and Event director Hugh Thomas after last year’s record breaking Trials. Prize money for the event has risen considerable with the winner [...]
Wellington, FL – January 4, 2014 – Equestrian Sport Productions LLC is proud to welcome Suncast® for its sixth year as a major sponsor of the world-renowned FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Suncast® sponsors the 1.50m Championship Jumper Series, which runs throughout the 12 weeks of FTI WEF competition, held at the Palm [...]
Horse Sport Ireland Announce IRELAND’s spectacular week at the 2013 Student Riders’ World Finals in Belgium at the weekend, winning the overall team championships, the overall individual title and the team and individual show jumping titles. The Irish trio of Melanie Young, Brian Morrison and Peter O’Donnell collected the Presidents’ Cup, which is the Overall Team [...]
New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson has collected his second consecutive US$50,000 bonus after an extraordinary 2013 Eventing season as uninterrupted leader of the HSBC Rankings. Nicholson was first awarded the HSBC bonus last year after retaining the top spot in the world Eventing rankings since the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park, where he led [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed that Marcus Swail will step down as Team Veterinarian for the Irish Show Jumping and Eventing teams. Marcus has been Team Vet since 2003. He was Team Vet at three Olympic Games, including last year’s London Games, two World Equestrian Games and several European Championships, . Horse Sport Ireland CEO [...]
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, [...]
