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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, [...]