Show Jumping
After a very successful day of Dressage held at Balmoral Park, many competitors took full advantage of the excellent facilities available to prepare their mounts before entering the beautifully decorated arenas kindly sponsored by Joys’ Flowers. There were some great prizes up for grabs as all classes were very kindly sponsored by Botanica International and [...]
Ravensdale Lodge are set to play host to the first qualifier for a new equestrian competition to be held at Balmoral Show in May. The Young Event Horse class will be divided into two sections for four and five year olds respectively and will be run in the same format as the equivalent classes in [...]
Things are jumping again on Wednesday evenings at Laurel View! The 26th March saw the start of the 6 week Spring League. It was great to see a good number of faces new to the competitive jumping arena, following a show jumping clinic for riding school riders. The initial nerves dispersed to leave a great [...]
Clocks went forward into Mother’s Day and competitors arrived to jump at the Cash Jumping Ireland Show hosted at Connell Hill on Sunday. Indeed the friendly family welcome received at Connell Hill saw spectators, with no family members competing, come along to soak up the atmosphere. Horses and ponies jumping in the same classes, but [...]
Horse Sport Ireland KILKENNY-born Richie Moloney and the Irish Sport Horse Slieveanorra tonight (Sunday) took a spectacular second place in the 500,000 dollar Grand Prix at Wellington in Florida, the climax of the US 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival. Pipped to the winner’s prize of 120,000 euro by Britain’s World Number One Scott Brash by just [...]
OFFALY’S Darragh Kenny added to Ireland’s rich haul of accumulated prize money at the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival in Palm Beach, Florida today (Thursday) when he won 8,000 euro for first place in the five-star speed class aboard Postage Stamp Farm’s Kannan gelding Prof de la Rqoue. Fellow Irish rider Ronan McGuigan and the gelding [...]
Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 21st March Cross Poles 1st= Rocket, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Dandy, Caitlyn Patterson, Specials; Rusty, Chloe Agnew; Ro Ro, Zara McConnell. 40cm 1st= Nano,, Olivia Lutton drew the trophy; Toby, Robert Russell. 50cm 1st= Toby, Lewis Orr drew the trophy; Toby, Robert Russell. 60cm 1st Ceaser, Catherine [...]
Crowne Plaza Dundalk SJI registered indoor horse league Thursday 2oth March. Horses (11am). 80cm class: No clear rounds. 90cm class: Jade Savage’s Echo Design (J. Savage). 1m class, divided between: Caroline Mc Guirk’s Lisbane Calliterra (C. Mc Guirk), Louise Doyle’s Ballyvalley Bay (L. Doyle), Denise Kelly’s Evil Kenivil (D. Kelly), Marie Quigley’s Castleroche Star (H. [...]
HORSES 80cm- 1,E. Mulligan’s Cheeky Blonde (Edward Mulligan); 1, K. O’Hagan’s CHS Krooze (Kathryn O’Hagan); 90cm- 1, L. Kelly’s Atlantic Sparkle (Lynn Kelly);1,J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin);1, D. Vallely’s Drumakill Dream Two (Deire Vallely); 1,B. Finn’s Jack Diamond (Rory Lavery); 1,P. Gibson’s Treba Luck (Lucy Gibson); 1m- 1,R. Turley’s Kiddo (Rachel Turley); 1, C. [...]
Young athletes arrived at Connell Hill to jump the £1,000 Pony Show and were greeted with an extensive range of tracks testing the riding skills of these future young stars that were built, by Course Designer Mr Nigel Jess, in the huge outdoor arena which was a picturesque display set in the heart of Antrim. [...]
On Saturday 22nd March Connell Hill took the bull by the horns and moved their course to the outdoor arena for another leg of their Winter/Spring SJI Horse League. This proved to be an excellent decision as the outdoor was very well received by the many competitors who attended with numerous double clears achieved throughout [...]
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Now that Spring has officially arrived Connell Hill, Randalstown, was a hive of activity over the week-end which commenced with the training show on Friday night where competitors arrived with a variety of goals. Some for training/schooling, some aiming higher, some confidence building and some enjoying the experience of competiting in a fun relaxed environment [...]
Central European, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Caucasian FEI World Cup™ Jumping League results decided By Louise Parkes The Final of the Central European League at Warsaw in Poland last weekend brought another group of FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2013/2014 Leagues to a close. Ales Opatrny from the Czech Republic came out on top [...]
HORSES 90cm- 1,J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin); M. Barrett’s Corrygreen Furistos Beauty (Niamh Barrett); 1m- 1,R. Turley’s Kiddo (Rachel Turley); 1, P. McCourt’s Kardo (Maeve McCourt); 1, P. McVerry’s Captain Tate (Amy McVerry); 1, J. Finnegan’s Sunday Cruise (Jessica Finnegan); 1, P. McCourt’s Trebor Tell Me More Maeve McCourt); 1, J. GRIFFIN’S [...]
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, [...]
