International
Written by Louise Parkes, FEI Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg lived up to all the promise she has shown over the last few seasons to clinch the 2013 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage title in style today with the fabulous stallion, Damon Hill. She was a lady on a mission from the outset, driven on by [...]
My last blog was about our daily routine so I thought I would follow it up with some of my favorite questions and conversation we have daily. What happened to the guy riding the other horse? We have three horses. Two to ride and one to carry the pack. Sometimes our hosts drive our pack [...]
Press release, written by Colin McClelland IRISH riders collected four trophies in European shows over the last 36 hours, while at Gothenburg in Sweden, Denis Lynch and All Star 5 qualified for the final day of the Jumping World Cup Final. This evening at Ebreichsdorf in Austria, Ireland’s Olympic medallist Cian O’Connor returned from his [...]
April 27, 2013 — Andrew Nicholson of New Zealand is holding all the cards at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Land Rover: He’s standing in first place on Quimbo (38.0 penalties) and in second place on Calico Joe (40.8). Nicholson, a six-time Olympian, rode both horses to faultless rounds over the cross-country course [...]
Tim Hadaway, London 2012 Equestrian Competition Manager at Greenwich Park and the man widely credited for the success of last year’s Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events, has joined the FEI staff as Director of the newly created Games and Championships Department. The new Director’s role will be mainly to ensure that all FEI technical requirements [...]
TWO Irish riders just back after long injury lay-offs last weekend scored top five Grand Prix places at European shows, while brothers Trevor and Shane Breen took second and third places in another. Mayo’s Cameron Hanley, who was two years out of the saddle with a serious leg injury, this afternoon placed fourth in the [...]
One month ago Olivia and I went through the difficult process of choosing three horses for our journey. We knew many of the horses we were looking at would end up becoming salami or some other product that Europeans would knowingly or unknowingly consume. After much thought we settled on Dalì, Lapo and Clyde. Each [...]
BERNIE Brennan has stepped down as Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland’s Senior Show Jumping committee, having held the position since 2006. She said last night: “I have greatly enjoyed my time in the role but with a new Olympic cycle commencing it would be a big commitment to take on the role for another four [...]
ON THEIR first competitive outing since winning multiple medals at the London Paralympics, Ireland’s para dressage team took a third place at the Nations’ Cup in Deauville, France at the weekend. Ireland, driven by Helen Kearney and Geraldine Savage in the Grade Ia class, after three days of competition found themselves on the podium alongside [...]
JESSICA Kurten notched up Ireland’s fourth show jumping victory this weekend when she won at ‘s-Hertogenbosh this evening (Saturday), romping home with over two seconds in hand over nearest challenger, Britain’s Scott Brash. The Antrim-born rider, piloting VDL Stud’s stallion Arezzo VDL, was back to her top form at the Netherlands show, and never looked [...]
FEI Release, written by Louise Parkes When David Will wakes up on the morning of his 25th birthday next Thursday, he may still be scratching his head about what happened in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands this afternoon. Because although he is well-known on his national circuit in Germany, and contributed to his country’s victories in the [...]
FEI Press Release , written by Daniel Kaiser World Champion Nicolas Andreani (FRA) and eight-time national champion Anna Cavallaro (ITA) celebrated their victories last weekend at the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2012/13 series Final, which took place within the international equestrian event Löwen Classics in Braunschweig (GER). Andreani, vaulting on Carlos and lunged by Elke [...]
A WIN in the $33,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic at Wellington, Florida tonight (Sunday) by Kilkenny’s Richie Moloney and the Irish Sport Horse Slieveanorra brought Ireland’s weekend tally of international show jumping victories to a total of six. Thirty-one entries showed in the Florida class, over a course set by Germany’s Olaf Peterson, Jr. [...]
On February fifth Olivia and I left the ranch and boarded a flight headed for Italy. Today, March fifth I’m sitting in an apartment above a barn in Fronreute Germany. It’s hard to explain and harder to believe how we’ve managed to get from Santa Fe to Fronreute in four weeks. We’ve experienced drama, trauma [...]
For the third year in a row, the major International Para-Equestrian competition organized by Handi Equi’ Compet, will take place at the “Pôle International du Cheval” on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of March 2013. Twelve nationalities will attend this unique French open competition of Para Dressage. More than 50 of the best riders in the world will dispute in the [...]
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, [...]
