Bumper Christmas fun at Ravensdale Lodge
Sinead Young & Jacobi, seen here being
presented with their prizes came out on top of a huge entry in the 80cm
class at the “Bumper Christmas Show” held at Ravensdale Lodge on Sunday.
Photo: Niall Connolly.
Sunday 28th December brought a crisp bright sunny morning and a large number of competitors to Ravensdale Lodge for the last show of the 2014 season. The “Bumper Christmas Show” had seven scheduled classes, all of which were timed, starting with the X poles class which was won by Shea Griffin riding his own Blackie, Ruth Martin riding Ravensdale Lodge’s Jack was second in the class while Jasmine Kirkwood from Lisburn took over the ride on the family pony Maddie to finish in third place, Chloe Martin from Dundrum Co. Down slotted into fourth on Clonkeen Toffee, Noel Callaghan from Drogheda was fifth with Piperstown Romeo while Newry rider Carl Webb was sixth with Barcelona.
The 60cm class was won by Anna Larkin from Mullaghban who finished in the fastest time with her own Sinitta. Eimear King was second in the class on Grace while Abby Cosgrove came home in third place on board Ravensdale Lodge’s Rocco, Heather Hillen steered her own Blue into fourth place while Laura Cosgrove came home in fifth place on Ravensdale Ebony. Carlingford rider Elise Dawson slotted into sixth place with her own Charley. Charley Hannah and Hazy came out on top in the 70cm class with Harriet Hogan and Mickaleen slotting into second place. Molly Foster & Cara came third in the 70cm class while Jennifer Meegan & Oreo came fourth, Trevor Cardwell and Harvey came home fifth and Clare Smyth and Tilly T took the final place in sixth.
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Griffin & Craigmore Hughie pose after being presented with their Ravensdale
Lodge rug after their name was picked from the draw of all entries into
Sunday’s “Bumper Christmas Show” at Ravensdale Lodge.
Photo: Niall Connolly.
There was a large entry in the 80cm class with eight places given out. Warrenpoint rider Sinead Young with her own Jacobi came out on top in the class with another Mourne rider, Sam Spiers slotting into second place with Ballygrange Classic. Laurie Gibson came third in the 80cm class with Poppy, Erinn Reel was fourth on Fudge, Lisburn rider Georgia Kirkwood slotted into fifth place on board Titch while Aisling Franklyn was sixth with Really Russell, the extra places went to Cara Cunningham with Roxy in seventh while Julie Simpson took eight place with He’s The Lad. The 90cm class was another to see large entries, with Katie King and Gina taking top honours. Dylan Ward and Trigger came home second in the 90cm class, Annie Courtney-Cadam was third on board LCC Some Man For One Man, Warrenpoint native Vicky Campbell was fourth with Katie O’ Hare’s Blaney Boy while fifth place went to Hannah Rafferty with Robe Dream and sixth place went to Orla Mc Gowan on her own grey gelding Manus Boy.
The final class of the day was won by Amy O’ Hare on the appropriately named War Lady with second place in the 1m going to Katie King with Rocky. Laura King was third with Colonel Gun while Rebecca Kieran slotted into fourth place with Cassie. Annie Courtney-Cadam was in the prizes again by taking fifth place with Some Man For One Man and Dylan Ward with Trigger also got into the prizes by taking sixth. So the curtain fell on another busy show season at Ravensdale Lodge, competitions start up again in mid January and the full schedule of shows and events at the centre can be found by logging on to www.ravensdalelodge.com. Full results of this Christmas show can be seen below, the management and staff of Ravensdale Lodge would like to wish all their customers a very Happy New Year and look forward to welcoming them again in 2015.
Bumper Christmas Show, Sunday 28th December.
X poles: # 1 Shea Griffin’s Blackie (S. Griffin), # 2 Ravensdale Lodge’s Jack (R. Martin), # 3 Jasmine Kirkwood’s Maddie (J. Kirkwood), # 4 Chloe Martin’s Clonkeen Toffee (C. Martin), # 5 Noel Callaghan’s Piperstown Romeo (N. Callaghan) & # 6 Carl Webb’s Barcelona (C. Webb).
60cm class: # 1 Anna Larkin’s Sinitta (A. Larkin), # 2 Eimear King’s Grace (E. King), # 3 Ravensdale Lodge’s Rocco (A. Cosgrove), # 4 Heather Hillen’s Blue (H. Hillen), # 5 Ravensdale Lodge’s Ebony (L. Cosgrove) & # 6 Elise Dawson’s Charley (E. Dawson).
70cm class: # 1 Charley Hannah’s Hazy (C. Hannah), # 2 Harriet Hogan’s Mickaleen (H. Hogan), # 3 Molly Foster’s Cara (M. Foster), # 4 Jennifer Meegan’s Oreo (J. Meegan), # 5 Trevor Cardwell’s Harvey (T. Cardwell) & # 6 Clare Smyth’s Tilly T (C. Smyth).
80cm class: # 1 Sinead Young’s Jacobi (S. Young), Sam Spiers’ Ballygrange Classic (S. Spiers), # 3 Laurie Gibson’s Poppy (L Gibson), # 4 Erinn Reel’s Fudge (E. Reel), # 5 Georgia Kirkwood’s Titch (G. Kirkwood), # 6 Aisling Franklyn’s Really Russell (A. Franklyn), # 7 Cara Cunningham’s Roxy (C. Cunningham) & # 8 Julie Simpson’s He’s The Lad (J. Simpson).
90cm class: # 1 Katie King’s Gina (K. King), # 2 Dylan Ward’s Trigger (D. Ward), # 3 Annie Courtney-Cadam’s LCC Some Man For One Man (A. Courtney-Cadam), # 4 Katie O’ Hare’s Blaney Boy (V. Campbell), # 5 Hannah Rafferty’s Robe Dream (H. Rafferty) & # 6 Orla Mc Gowan’s Manus Boy (O. Mc Gown).
1, class: # 1 Amy O’ Hare’s War Lady (A. O’ Hare), # 2 Katie King’s Roxy (K. King), # 3 Laura King’s Colonel Gun (L. King), # 4 Rebecca Kieran’s Cassie (R. Kieran), # 5 Annie Courtney-Cadam’s Some Man For One Man (A. Courtney-Cadam) & # 6 Dylan Ward’s Trigger (D. Ward).
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