The Kane Family of Portmore Equestrian Centre hosted a very successful Two Day Show last weekend. The show incorporated the first leg of the Ulster Region 1m and 1.10m Leagues as well as the 1.30(S) Grand Prix. The standard of jumping across the board was very high and the courses designed and built by Ray [...]
This coming Friday night (10th May) will be the last night of the indoor season at Mossvale. Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 3rd May Cross Poles 1st= Max, Molly Doran drew the trophy; Indy, Jamie Kelly; Silver, David Gibson; Specials; Star, Annie Gibson; Sox, Chloe Agnew; Star, Leanne Black. 40cm 1st= Star, Annie [...]
IRELAND’S Aoife Clark produced an impressive show jumping performance this afternoon (Monday) to finish eighth overall at Britain’s prestigious Badminton Horse Trials. Piloting the Irish Sport Horse Master Crusoe, the 33 year-old from Naas out-rode many of the world’s most famous Three Day Eventing combinations to claim the coveted top ten place. Lying 16th after [...]
TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch took the biggest prize pot of this weekend’s international show jumping, pocketing 28,500 euro for a fourth place in the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at Madrid on Saturday night. Riding Abbervail van het Dingeshof, the Irish rider made it through the first two rounds to qualify as one of eight in [...]
It’s a matter of trust Meet Australian Horse Listener Carlos Tabernaberri and discover why he is known as the ‘gentlest horseman to touch a horse’. Working with a rescue horse provided by Crosskennan Lane, Carlos will share some of the philosophy that has made him a one-man tsunami in the horse world – on behalf [...]
Swiss watch company Longines are set to sponsor the National Grand Prix class at Ravensdale Lodge once again on Sunday May 26th and they are to be joined by MSL Mercedes-Benz in the main arena as the prestigious German car manufacturer are set to sponsor the 1.20m & 1.30m classes over the three days of [...]
Gransha Riding Club Dressage Open Day will be held on Saturday 18th May at Gransha Equestrian Centre. The competition is open to non members with classes for juniors and seniors. Tests are Class 1 Intro A, Class 2 Prelim 12 Class 3 Prelim 13, Class 4 Novice 24 and Class 5 Novice 28. Entries are [...]
Northern Ireland race-goers will have plenty to celebrate at this year’s Magners Derby with the announcement that the prize money has increased from €65,000 to a whopping €100,000. This will be the third year that Magners has been associated with one of Northern Ireland’s most popular race day meetings with over 6,000 people expected to [...]
Written by Louise Parkes, FEI The French swept to a clear and concise victory in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 leg at CSIO 4* Lummen in Belgium today. However they were pushed all the way by a highly-competitive and considerably less-experienced Swiss side that had to settle for runner-up spot in the final [...]
~ SJI registered horse & pony league, Wednesday 1st May to Wednesday 10th July (No show Wednesday 22nd May due to National Grand Prix weekend). Classes 70cm & 80cm (under own insurance), 80cm to 1.30m registered, start time 11am for horses & 5.30pm for ponies (usual pony classes). ******************** ~ Horse & pony training league, [...]
A SUPERB dressage performance left Ireland’s Aoife Clark and her Irish Sport Horse Master Crusoe in joint fourth place overnight at the world famous Badminton Horse Trials. Clark, who finished individual seventh at the Olympic Games in London was last to go today (Friday) and recorded a score of 45.8. Joseph Murphy riding Electric Cruise [...]
Kernan Equestrian Centre, Summer SJI Horse & Pony League, Thursday 2nd May 2013 HORSES 80cm – No Result. 90cms- 1,B. McClintock’s BMC On Top (Paul Dillon); 1,O. Jackon’s Sallymount Metropole (Oinri Jackson); 1, L. Hollywood’s Cyranos Warrior ( Louise Hollywood); 1m-1,R. Hollinger’s Creevagh Miss Ferro SL (Gerrard Green); 1,T.McGee’s Cheetah Z ( Paul Dillon); 1, G. Green’s [...]
Horse Sport Ireland, Colin McClelland A TOTAL of eight Irish riders will compete at the world famous Badminton Horse Trials in England, which get underway tomorrow morning (Friday). In addition, some 27 of the 85 starters are Irish bred horses, representing countries such as the UK, the USA and New Zealand. The UK Olympic medallist [...]
Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) and Jerich Parzival, the London 2012 Olympic silver medallists, have reclaimed the world number one spot in the FEI World Dressage Rankings. The pair have a 97-point lead over Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW, who have moved up one slot to second place after clinching the 2013 Reem Acra FEI World [...]
HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Australians take control at Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials By Kate Green Two members of Australia’s 2012 Olympic team head the leaderboard after the first day of Dressage as anticipation builds at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Christopher Burton (AUS), who proved such [...]
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, [...]
