Results
Week ending 10th February 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre Indoor horse training show Thursday 7th February. 70cm class, divided between: Mary Cosgrove’s Rio (M. Cosgrove), Linda Mc Cabe’s Tikka (L. Mc Cabe) & Mandy King’s Polo (M. King). 80cm class: No clear rounds. 90cm class, divided between: Grace O’ Shaughnessy’s The Biscuit [...]
The second day of this years SJI Spring Horse League saw a large turnout of competitors jump a superb course built by Will Crean. Some of these horses are just starting their career and have benefited from the training shows held on Thursday nights where they are introduced to intercom, music, lights etc. Connell Hill [...]
Sunday 3rd Feb 2013 saw the final of Lime Park Equestrian Centre’s Indoor Show Jumping League. An absolutely fabulous day was had by all, with a great atmosphere and flowing courses. Prizes were in abundance, with all qualified riders receiving a prize. Again there were a lot of new faces enjoying the great facilities and [...]
Tuesday 29th January saw the fourth week of indoor eventing league take place at Gransha EC, near Bangor. Each week competitors have had to tackle a more challenging track of fences, expertly designed by Mark Robinson, including technical lines, skinnies and water trays. The same horse and rider combination must compete in 5 out of [...]
The stormy weather did not faze the young horses that entered the arena to jump at Connell Hill on Thursday night as they gain confidence week after week by jumping in an indoor arena where their schooling is an enjoyable experience. As the weather is pretty much unpredictable this is the ideal opportunity to get [...]
It was certainly a case of all roads leading to The Meadows on Saturday where the Lurgan Equestrian Centre was a hive of eventing activity. With almost 100 dressage entries, the judges, Vanda Robinson, Lynsey Craig and Fiona Morrow were kept occupied until after 3pm. Meantime the showjumping got underway ahead of schedule and continued [...]
Laurel View horses and ponies got a special New Year Makeover on New Year’s Day. Over the Christmas and New Year holiday period the riding school horses and ponies get a break from their regular ride routine, if the weather is favourable they escape to the fields to get their heads showered. But for the [...]
Ecclesville Centre, Fintona welcomed many of its regular competitors to the first of their Training Shows on Friday evening with all the classes being well supported. Raymond Caldwell built flowing courses to ease everyone back into competition after the winter break. The Training Shows will continue for the next four Friday evenings, commencing at 6.15pm [...]
Laurel View Riding School Christmas Show has become a very popular annual event. The third show on Saturday 22nd December 2012 was no exception with fifteen teams turning out in fine form for a fantastic day of festive fun and show jumping. The mulled drinks were flowing and the mince pies nicely warmed. Snowmen and [...]
While it might still feel like the “depths of winter” and man & beast forgiven for remaining in hibernation, all at Ravensdale Lodge were glad to throw the doors open to the new competition season during the week. Well rested from the competition break of the past few weeks it was good to see some [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB in Omagh, Co Tyrone held a dressage competition recently at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh by kind permission of Omagh Riding for the Disabled Association. Riders & their horses travelled from different parts of the country to compete – Strabane, Cookstown, Trillick, Enniskillen, Eglinton, Sion Mills & Omagh. Special thanks to judge Myra [...]
Once again, The Meadows Equestrian Centre was a hive of activity for the second leg of the Flexi Eventing series. Despite the overnight frost, all arenas were in great shape and all disciplines got underway at the scheduled time. This is proving to be a very popular initiative as it affords competitors freedom of choice [...]
Despite the poor weather conditions a good number of riders took part in the Pegus Indoor Eventing league held at Gransha EC, near Bangor on Tuesday 22nd January. Mark Robinson designed and built an inviting yet challenging track of 18 fences comprising of show jumps, working hunter type fences and portable cross country jumps. This competition [...]
Results from Sunday 20th January 2013 70cm – 1,D. Cotteral’s Tara Cracker Jack (Dean Cotteral); 2,J. Nesbitt’s Frisky (Jack Nesbitt); 80cm- 1, B. O’Connor’s Cos (Barbara O’Connor); 1,D. Hunt’s Bob The Cob (Deidre Hunt); 1, N. Stafford’s Misty (Nuala Stafford); 1, M. McCarra’s Mrs. M (Marese McCarra); 1, Hilltop Festy (Cathy Flannagan); 1, J. Curtis’s [...]
Welcome to our new website for 2013! We would like to introduce you firstly to our new look home page featuring our latest news articles in headlines and photographs so you get to read the freshest stories and articles without even having to look for them. You can still select your favourite discipline from our [...]
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, [...]
