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 [...]
Note from Horse Sport Ireland: EVENTING High Performance Manager Nick Turner has named the six combinations that will represent Ireland at the European Eventing Championships in Malmo from August 29 to September 1. The squad in alphabetical order is: Aoife Clark/Master Crusoe (owned by Lily White Syndicate) Jonty Evans/Double Dutch (owned by Otto van der [...]
FOURTEEN year-old Susan Fitzpatrick from Kilkenny added to Ireland’s haul of medals at the European Pony Championships when collecting the Individual Show Jumping Gold at Arezzo, Italy this evening (Sunday). Riding Barbara O’Reilly-Hyland’s Rock Dee Jay, Fitzpatrick went into the final round carrying four faults, but a steady head left her without further penalties, and [...]
IN HIS last month as a Junior Rider, Wexford’s Bertram Allen took the Individual Silver Medal at the Junior European Show Jumping Championships in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, aboard Ballywalter Farms’s grey mare Molly Malone. European Junior Team Gold winner in 2012, the 17 year-old lost out in a three-way jump off today to [...]
Horse Sport Ireland IN THE fourth leg of the Irish Sport Horse Eventing series at Ravensdale Lodge in Co. Louth today (Saturday), Colin Halliday rode Emma Jackson’s Creevagh Connection, by Creevagh Ferro Ex Siebe, bred by Ronnie Hollinger, to first place in the 6 year-old section. The 5 year-old class at Ravensdale was won by [...]
THE Irish Sport Horse Studbook Young Breeders team, sponsored by Red Mills, put in an incredible performance at the WBFSH International Young Breeders Championships, Bollerup, Sweden, on the 12th and 13th July, to finish as Overall Reserve Champions. Over 20 studbook teams took part in the Championships which are held every second year. Each studbook [...]
CO. DOWN’S Conor Swail tonight (Sunday) collected 132,000 dollars (100,000 euro) for a spectacular win in the Pan American Cup Grand Prix in Spruce Meadows, Canada, which also saw fellow Irish rider Cameron Hanley take third place for 60,000 dollars (45,000 euro). Malahide-based Swail, riding Susan and Ariel Grange’s stallion Lansdowne, was one of just [...]
CO. DOWN show jumper Dermott Lennon (44) won his second Mercedes car at the three-star show in Geesteren, Netherlands this weekend with a Grand Prix victory on Sunday. Meanwhile, Cork’s Billy Twomey took first place in the Grand Prix at Wettenhall in England with the ten year-old gelding Diaghilev. Both riders were celebrating their second [...]
CLARE Abbott took both the 5 year-old and 6 year-old classes of the new Irish Sport Horse Eventing series at Killossery Lodge in Co. Dublin today (Sunday), while Michael O’Toole won the 4 year-old class. Abbott rode Cormac McKay’s Oakley, by Beach Ball (ISH) and bred by Messrs Teague and Mulgree in the 6 year-old [...]
COMMANDANT John Ledingham, HSI team manager, coach and Chef d’Equipe, tonight (Friday) announced the following teams for the up-coming European Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders at Vejer De La Frontera in Spain, which take place from the 16th to the 21st of July 2013. The names of horses and riders are: YOUNG RIDER [...]
THE IRISH Sport Horse Mr Cruise Control saw off some of the world’s top eventing combinations when claiming victory in Luhmuhlen’s CCI4* event in Germany at the weekend, ridden by New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson. Following closely in second was another Irish Sport Horse, High Kingdom, ridden by Britain’s Zara Phillips. Minister for Agriculture, Food and [...]
IRISH riders won two out of the three international competitions on the first day (Thursday) of the famous Hickstead Derby Meeting in West Sussex. The opening class, The Camardo Coffee Speed Derby Qualifier, was won by Ireland’s Ger Clarke and the Irish Sport Horse Kellswater Crimson, but Richard Howley and Zantiago RV were less than [...]
ROUNDING off a very successful weekend at Vimeiro in Portugal, Irish riders Bertram Allen and Niall Talbot confirmed their dominance of the show with first and second places in the Grand Prix this evening (Sunday). Seventeen year-old Allen took tonight’s first prize on board Billy Twomey’s chestnut stallion Romanov, beating fellow Irish rider Talbot and [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed the Pony Eventing squad for the 2013 European Championships in Arezzo, Italy from the 23rd – 28th July 2013. The Pony Eventing Squad in alphabetical order is: Nessa Briody – Rathnaleen Dark Secret Patrick Dennehy – Rose Down Lucy Latta – Nono/Opan Shannon Nelson – Millridge Buachaill Bui Donnacha O’Brien [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland CEO Damian Mc Donald said that the Three Day Event at Tattersalls International Horse Trials will be one of Ireland’s most significant sporting events, across all sports, in 2013. “While there are many other attractions for people to enjoy at Tattersalls this is first and foremost a world class ultra competitive sporting [...]
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, [...]
