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Turner Reveals Ireland’s Eventing Team for World Equestrian Games

News Desk — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:29:49 +0000

IRELAND’S Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner just revealed his four-strong team that will compete at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy beginning Thursday.

With all its eventing horses now having passed the veterinary check, the Irish team will be:

Aoife Clark with Fenya’s Elegance

Sarah Ennis with Horseware Stellor Rebound

Joseph Murphy with Electric Cruise

Sam Watson with Horseware Bushman

Camilla Speirs and Portersize Just a Jiff and Clare Abbott with Euro Prince will compete as individuals.

The entire squad are mounted on Irish Sport Horses.

The dressage phase of championship eventing at Normandy starts on Thursday, with Watson first up at 10:26 am, followed by Abbott at 12:18 pm and Ennis at 15:12 pm. Speirs, Murphy and Clark undertake their dressage tests on Friday.

The cross country element of the Eventing championships takes place on Saturday, with the final show jumping phase deciding medals on Sunday.

In Para Dressage, Ireland’s sole entry today, Breda Bernie with the Irish Sport Horse Master Mexico, finished tenth in the Grade 1b Individual Test on a score of 68.069 per cent. The remaining para dressage riders compete tomorrow.

WEG’s Endurance competition also begins on Thursday morning, and Ireland is represented by Tom MacGuinness with Horseware LR Arista and Helen McFarland on Just Cmall.

The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy brings together close to 1,000 riders and 1,000 horses from 74 nations for 15 days of world-class competition. The World Equestrian Games take place every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, and are administered by the world governing body, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).

Seven Irish Riders to Start at 65th Badminton Horse Trials Today

News Desk — Thu, 08 May 2014 07:08:34 +0000

SEVEN Irish competitors, all riding Irish Sport Horses, will take part at Badminton Horse Trials, which starts today (Thursday) at the Duke of Beaufort’s estate in England.

Badminton, which is officially Britain’s largest outdoor sporting event, sees the cream of international talent vying for the coveted Mitsubishi Trophy over four days of top class competition.

A total of 83 horses from 14 nations will take part in the four-star event, and Ireland’s representatives are:

Mark Kyle with Coolio (ISH)
Austin O’Connor with Ringwood Mississippi (ISH)
Capt. Geoff Curran with Shanaclough Crecora (ISH)
Sarah Ennis with Sugar Brown Babe (ISH)
Joseph Murphy with Sportsfield Othello (ISH)
Jim Newsam with Magennis (ISH)
Clare Abbott with Euro Prince (ISH)

All seven Irish horses have now passed the veterinary inspection and are set to start two days of dressage, which will then be followed on Saturday by competition on Badminton’s new-look cross country course, and finishing with the crucial show jumping phase on Sunday, when the winner will be decided.

Aside from the seven Irish Sport Horses, a further 25 Irish-bred horses will be on the start list for Badminton’s 65th year.

Mark Kyle and Sarah Ennis are the first of the Irish contingent to compete on Thursday, with the remaining five undertaking their dressage tests on Friday.

Ireland’s Aoife Clark, who is not competing at the event this year, finished in an impressive eighth place at Badminton in 2013 on the Irish Sport Horse Master Crusoe.

Live coverage of the cross country and show jumping phases will be available on the FEI’s official video platform FEI TV (www.feitv.org), with cross country on BBC television (Red Button) and cross country highlights and live broadcast of show jumping on BBC2 television on Sunday.

Abbott Called up for European Championships at Malmo

News Desk — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:11:13 +0000

HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed that Clare Abbott and Euro Prince (Owned by Dr Cormac McKay & Dr John McKay) have been drafted into the squad for the European Eventing Championships in Malmo Sweden from August 29th to Sept 1st.

The combination have been called up to replace Aoife Clark and Master Crusoe.

Ireland’s Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner explained: “As previously outlined, Master Crusoe had been suffering from a foot abscess. While he is now almost over the problem the timeframe to get the horse properly fit for the Championships is just too tight.

“Obviously it is a blow to lose such a brilliant combination, however it provides a great opportunity for Clare and Euro Prince who are a very exciting up and coming combination,” he said.

Nick Turner also confirmed Michael Ryan with Tom and Carol Henry’s Ballylynch Skyport as the reserve combination.

The squad in full is:
Clare Abbott/Euro Prince (owned by Dr Cormac McKay & Dr John McKay)

Sarah Ennis/Sugar Brown Babe (owned by Miriam Cunning)

Joseph Murphy/Electric Cruise (owned by Noel Good & Jill Andrews & Annette O’Callaghan & Michelle Nelson) or Sportsfield Othello (owned by Jill Andrews & FFS Syndicate)

Austin O Connor/Ringwood Mississippi (owned by Kate Jarvey)

Elizabeth Power/September Bliss (owned by Margaret Power & Robert Power)

Sam Watson/Horseware Bushman (owned by John Watson, Julia Watson & Tom MacGuinness)

Reserve: Michael Ryan/Ballylynch Skyport (owned by Tom and Carol Henry & Sheila Foley)

Note from Horse Sport Ireland