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The Strathearn Branch of The Pony Club have won the Equimax 3D Worming Prince Philip Cup Mounted Games Final held at Horse of The Year Show (HOYS), NEC Birmingham. Relative newcomers to the Prince Philip Cup final, first qualifying in 2011, Strathearn have come a close second to stalwarts the Oakley Hunt (West) Branch in [...]
Standard Setting Day Stages 1, 2 & 3 Thursday, 24 October 2013 Thornton Park Equestrian Centre, Co Dublin 10am to 3pm Standard Setting Day Stages 1, 2 & 3 Friday 22 November 2013 Laurel View Equestrian Centre, Templepatrick, Co Antrim 3pm to 8pm Cost: – £30 per person or Euro equivalent (To include [...]
FRIDAY 1ST & SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER NIFOR is the highlight of the racing year at Down Royal and the 2013 Festival is set to be the best yet. NIFOR is a celebration of everything that Down Royal embodies from the best and bravest horses in the National Hunt world, to the colourful silks in the [...]
Free Spirit Equestrian held a fun show to raise awareness and funds for Crosskennan Lane Sancturary Co Antrim, by kind permission of Lorraine Hutchinson. It was a relaxed start to the day with leadrein ponies setting the style, as the day progressed, classes got busier with the arrival of cobs, horses and exracers. The judges on [...]
Note from Omagh RDA: Omagh PSNI will be visiting Omagh RDA on Saturday 19th October from 10am to carry out Trailer Marking. Trailer marking allows stolen trailers to be tracked down and returned to owners quickly. They don’t just mark trailers but also any large items of machinery you may have such as tractors. This [...]
February NH Sale Mixed Sale of NH Stock 4 – 5 February Derby & HIT Sale The World’s Premier Sale of National Hunt 3 & 4 year olds, featuring a Select Horses in Training Section 25 – 26 June August NH Sale A sale of National Hunt 2, 3 & 4 year olds [...]
Gather your friends for a spectacular evening in aid of a worthy cause…. The Cotswold RDA is delighted to announce they will be holding a fund raising ball on Saturday 1st March 2014. The ‘Cirque Noir Ball’ will take place from 7pm at ‘The Centaur’ located at racing’s prestigious Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire. The night will [...]
A UNIQUE equine business will throw open its doors to the public in Co Down this week. Equishop, located in the thriving town of Saintfield, is the brainchild of local businesswoman Olivia Shannon Eyers. It will cater for the tastes – and pocket – of all horse lovers with an exciting range of new [...]
Racehorse to Riding horse Ireland held their annual Festival of Exracehorses in Coilog Equestrian Centre Kildare combining the final of the Irish Thoroughbred marketing Racehorse to Riding horse 2013 competitors travelled from all over Ireland to attend the festival, with two competitors travelling from County Down. Both were consistent throughout the day, the Mossbank gelding by Kadeed [...]
BHS ‘Coach Training Day – to Develop and Refresh Coaching Skills’ on Monday, 30 Sept From 10am to 4pm (Pre-booking is essential) At Danescroft, 21 Waterloo Road, Lisburn, BT27 5NW Cost:- £30 per person or the equivalent in Euros (Lunch is included) This training day will be of benefit to all those teaching/coaching within the [...]
CAFRE are running a health and safety course at Tullymurry Equestrian Centre, information is shown below: Health & Safety at Equestrian Events Tullymurry Equestrian Centre on Friday 27th at 7pm and Saturday 28th September at 10am. Caroline Neville, the Safety Officer at Dublin Horse Show and Tattersalls Horse Trails, will explain how to think about [...]
Cloughey & District Riding Club are donning the colours once again this year in order to raise some much needed funding for the charity, St. Vincent de Paul. Their funfilled ‘Lucky Colour’ ride has been planned on Sunday 6th October 2013, leaving from the Green Car Park (BT22 2SR for Sat Nav) beside Catch 27 in Kircubbin. A brief safety talk [...]
In excess of 35,000 visitors are expected to descend on Ballinasloe, Co Galway next weekend as the 2013 Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival gets underway. As the largest of its kind in Ireland, and one of the biggest and oldest in Europe, dating back some 300 years, it continues to grow in popularity and not [...]
Organisers of Equus Live, the all indoor equine extravaganza, today announced a star studded line up in the GAIN Alltech Arena. The Event Centre in Punchestown Racecourse is being transformed into a horse lover’s haven for one weekend, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November. The GAIN-Alltech Arena, installed by Equestrian Surfaces, will feature a spectacular [...]
Following a very successful Summer for the Omagh based group of Riding for Disabled, the centre is due to open its doors again at the end of September for the new term, with some new faces (riders and horses) joining the team. One of the highlights of the summer was those members who competed [...]
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, [...]
