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Today was a good day for County Down when Hurricane Fly won the Stan James Champion Hurdle for the second time in three years. Owned by George Creighton and County Down Frank Boyd, he resides in training with Willie Mullins’ in Bagenalstown, under professional care of his groom, County Down’s Gail Carlisle. It’s just another [...]
The new season is upon us and it’ll soon be time to get up extra early on the weekends to clean and plait our horses for what will hopefully be a great competition season ahead. Whether you’re into show jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance, or just having the most fun possible with your horse, we [...]
Harness racing has a rich history in Prince Edward Island – Farmers raced their horses back before Confederation in 1867. It has evolved into an important sport in the Maritimes with one of the country’s most significant races taking place in Charlottetown every summer….the Gold Cup and Saucer Race. It attracts some of the top horses [...]
Few things in life bring me more joy than riding good horses with good friends. This weekend was full to the brim with joy and happiness but as with most wonderful things it didn’t come without tremendous effort. What was supposed to be our sunny south Texas getaway started early Friday morning at the balmy [...]
Two very excited ladies are travelling on a journey from USA through Europe to Rome to raise awareness of the plight of horses worldwide. They have agreed to keep us updated on their journey as they go with images and pony tales so stay tuned and keep reading their wonderful updates… So, two Cowgirls go [...]
Launching their new 2012/2013 Winter Series and tips on getting the most from your day of competition… Exciting times are ahead for the Northern Ireland Working Hunter Association, by taking the best of last year’s changes and adding some new improvements to the layout and structure of the shows for the winter months, there is [...]
Situated at 15 Carhill Road, Garvagh, Armstrong Joinery and timber merchants of Garvagh have built a company with a solid reputation of quality craftmanship thanks to our highly skilled team of joiners. As a result of our growing business, we recently expanded even further by taking over Causeway Coast Stables from previous owners Mr & [...]
Annaghmore Saddlery and Country Wear was established in 1981 and located in the heart of the Orchard Country of Armagh in Northern Ireland. The company is a family run business and is now one of the leading stockist of Fine Saddlery and Country Wear with a five and a half thousand square feet of retail [...]
If you are looking for some activities to keep you busy this winter, Mossvale Riding Club are open to new memberships and have lots planned for the coming months. Based at Mossvale Equestrian Centre, in Dromara in the heart of County Down they hold a monthly club night for show jumping lessons held on Tuesday [...]
Welcome to a hidden gem in County Tyrone: The Clogher Valley Country Caravan Park. A gateway to the Fermanagh Lakes, situated 6 miles short of the Tyrone Fermanagh border. The park offers Residential Park Homes, Residential Static Caravans, Holiday Static Caravans, Holiday Log Cabin and a spacious Touring area. Clogher Valley Country Caravan Park is accredited [...]
Castle Leslie Estate located in County Monaghan, Ireland is only 80 minutes from Dublin airport and 60 minutes from Belfast. Nestled on 1,000 acres of undulating Irish countryside, dotted with ancient woodland and glittering lakes, Castle Leslie Estate is one of the last great Irish Castle estates still in the hands of its founding family. [...]
Wow !!!!– BHS Ireland Adult Summer Camps 2012 What fun we all had – both horses and riders!!!!. The first of the camps at Kildalton College, Co Kilkenny Camp at the end of May may have been small but it was superb and everyone left feeling really happy. Faith Ponsonby BHSI, Trish Lalor BHSII, [...]
Drumaknockan House Stables - William Greene Drumaknockan House Stables is situated on 90 acres of picturesque countryside in Hillsborough and is easily accessible from the A1 making it a prime location for those travelling from Lisburn, Belfast, Dromore, Banbridge, Ballynahinch and Hillsborough. It boasts a large ‘American Style Barn’ making the stabling light and airy containing [...]
Denver and Lynsey Robb opened Glenvine Pet and Equine Crematorium in January 2009, initially for small animals. In spring 2010 they added the facility for equines and haven’t looked back. Now in their fourth year of business, they find that a lot of work comes from referrals due to clients spreading the word about their [...]
Colic Laminitis Navicular As part of its overall commitment to working with horse owners, Troytown Equine Hospital has launched an online seminar series. These free online seminars focus on the key issues facing horse owners. To date, Troytown has made seminars available on topics such as Navicular Disease, Laminitis, Colic and lung disease with new seminars being [...]
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, [...]
