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The Pony Club Championships, kindly supported by Weatherbys Private Banking, took place August 15th- 18th at the fantastic venue of Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire by kind permission of The Marquess of Cholmondeley; the organisation of the event is a joint collaboration between The Pony Club and Musketeer Event Management (MEM) headed by Alec Lochore. The four day Championships [...]
Celebrating discovery of the lesser known disciplines, Landrover have commissioned a series of videos demonstrating insight into Vaulting, Reining and Driving. View the video below on Vaulting with the current vaulting champion, Nicolas Andreani.
The Audi Pony Club Polo Championships, held 8th to 10th August at Cowdray Park, West Sussex, culminated in a hotly contested, but unfortunately also quite damp, end to the season from some of the best young players in the UK. The Championships host the annual finals for both The Pony Club Polo sections of Handley Cross, [...]
Strong trade for store horses was seen throughout Day 2 of the Tattersalls Ireland NH August Sale, resulting in a record clearance rate of 86 per cent. The healthy figures were repeated across the board – the €11,040 average being the best achieved on Day 2 of the sale since 2006, the median of [...]
All roads lead to Normandy in France where the much-anticipated Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 begins in two weeks’ time. The seventh edition of the FEI’s flagship event is the biggest in its 24-year history, and with a massive increase in entries, and visitors already flying into northern France from all around the globe, [...]
Thrills and skills are expected to abound at Cavan Horse Marketing Centre’s 3 Day August sale of Premier 3 Year Olds on Tuesday 19th and the Performance Horse & Pony Sale of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7YO and older on Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st August. The Premier 3 Year Old Sale is the [...]
Celebrating the World’s premier international jockeys’ competition this Saturday, Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup on 9th August. A group of gymnasts and contortionists recreated a galloping horse, Stephanie Hoffer who will be competing in the girls team ‘rode’ the horse once it was in place. Have a look at the video below! Stefanie Hofer will [...]
East Down Branch of the Pony Club are enjoying another busy but successful Summer of training and competition. Senior Pony Club enjoyed glorious weather for its residential camp. Held at the beginning of July over 5 days at Downpatrick Race Course with thanks extended to manager, Richard Little and his team for the use of [...]
Saintfield Horse Show Launched The 2014 Show last Thursday kindly hosted by The National Trust.It was a Midsummer Evening following the hottest day of the year. The setting was magnificent in the delightful and picturesque grounds of Rowallane Garden Saintfield. This years Show will be held on Saturday 16th.August at Tyrella Hse. Downpatrick. Show Director [...]
‘Clogher Valley Riding Club is excited to be hosting a two day jumping clinic with Eric Smiley! Eric has represented Ireland at two European Championships; gaining team bronze medals, he has competed at three World Equestrian Games and been on four Olympic Teams competing at Barcelona and Atlanta. Eric was the Belgium Olympic Team Eventing Coach in 2012 and is an [...]
FORMER World Champion Dermott Lennon and Caspian (ISH) won the latest leg of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Show Jumping Series at The Meadows in Armagh today (Sunday). Caspian is a 2007 gelding by Lux Z (HANN) out of Thirza (KWPN), by Burggraaf (HOLST) The breeder is Andries de Bont of Cork, while the owner [...]
The Pony Club is pleased to announce the launch of a new online Helpdesk, designed to offer an increased level of support for its huge network of volunteers, alongside a redesigned interface for www.pcuk.org to improve both usability and functionality. The Helpdesk has been developed in response to the need for improved communications and identified as a [...]
Old Mill Saddlery is set to start its big summer clearance event from the 16th until the 19th of July. The huge clearance event will shed up to 60% off horse and riding wear and equipment, with all discounts exclusively available in store. With extensive discounts throughout the store, the saddlery will also provide an [...]
Iveagh Branch of the Pony Club has been very generously funded to install floodlights around the main sand arena at their Pony Club grounds at Moyallon, Northern Ireland. Funding has been granted by The Big Lottery Fund, Awards for All Programme, in the form of a £10,000 grant and will make a huge difference to [...]
We are delighted to announce a ticket competition for Castlewellan show on Sat 19th July. We have two tickets to give away and remember if you are bringing your family that entry for under 16′s is free! Simply ‘like and share’ the Castlewellan image on our Facebook page (like the one shown right) to enter [...]
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, [...]
