ONLY Ireland’s Cian O’Connor and America’s world-ranked number eight Beezie Madden made it through to the jump-off in the Live Oak international Grand Prix in Florida last night, but O’ Connor snatched the 12,000 euro trophy when Madden faulted once in the final round. Picking up a zero score in the jump-off was a notable [...]
Week ending 22nd March 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. After the excitement of the first “Bumper” show of the year on St Patrick’s Day, results of which can be viewed in the results section below, competition returned to normal this week with the usual mix of show jumping, arena eventing and dressage [...]
IRISH riders took third, fourth and fifth places in Thursday’s Challenge Cup Round 11 at the international Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, USA. Offaly’s Darragh Kenny kept up his recent run of good form by claiming third place with a double clear round on Caroline Loyd’s gelding Sans Soucis Z, while Tipperary’s Kevin Babington was [...]
‘Mothers Day’ was a most family orientated day at Connell Hill, as competitors competed at the Working Hunter Show. It was obvious riders had spent pain staking hours cleaning tack and grooming horses as all were turned out in ‘mint’ show condition. The indoor arena was a magnificent display of colourful show jumping fences set [...]
Connell Hill welcomed a large number of competitors to the second leg of the Spring SJI Horse League, which runs next Saturday 21st and 28th March, 4th, 11th, 18th and the Final on 25th April at 10.00 am. Competitors to jump at three league dates to qualify for the final, and what a final this [...]
What an unpredictable week weather wise but the ‘weather man’ ensured it was a most pleasurable night at Connell Hills’ Training Show. Competitors arrived bursting to get going and what a night with some incredible rounds of jumping proving ‘training’ pays off. We all need confidence building should it be rider or young horse and [...]
Week ending 8th March 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Competitions returned to normal after last week’s Spring Tour Grand Prix as numbers continued to rise at Ravensdale Lodge. As the winter / spring schedule of events reaches the half way point at the centre, the standard and results coming from combinations is [...]
Connell Hill had the privilege of welcoming young athletes to the SJI Pony Show on Sunday which was a first outing this year for quite a few competitors and indeed first time show for some ponies which took it all in their stride. This was indeed a most challenging show displaying talent which captivated spectators [...]
Ireland’s Greg Broderick and Going Global, owned by Caledonia Stables at HITS Thermal. Tipperary’s Greg Broderick added to his growing list of prize-winning results at the HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal California, with two top-ten placings in Friday night’s $25,500 SmartPak Grand Prix. The Thurles native slotted into eighth place with the Caledonia [...]
Kernan Equestrian Centre SJI Horse & Pony League Results for Sunday 8th March 2015 HORSES 80cms- No result 90cms- 1, M. Fullerton’s BJ Lu Lu (Tom Hogan); 1, M. Clarke’s Crosskeys Lady (Ronald Morton); 1m- 1, J. Morton’s Tynan Just Jimmy (Ronald Morton); 1, R. Turley’s Co- Pilot Z (Rachel Turley); 1, R. Turley’s Kiddo (Rachel Turley); [...]
OFFALY-born rider Darragh Kenny produced a second place at the five-star show in Wellington, Florida last Friday night, missing out on the top prize by just three quarters of a second. The evening’s feature speed competition saw the 27 year-old US-based rider claim one of 13 clear rounds in the competition aboard the Spruce Meadows-owned [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone are holding their 18th Annual Combined Training Show which consists of dressage & showjumping or if you prefer to do dressage only, there are dressage only classes too; on Saturday 21st March at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh commencing at 10am. There are 6 classes on the day. Class 1 - Intro [...]
UNDER the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Comdt. John Ledingham, Irish Junior and Young Riders made their mark at the international show in Wellington, Florida during the weekend. The Junior team of Conor McMahon, Philip Carey, Matt Garrigan and Cormac Hanley claimed the Silver Medal in the Junior Nations’ Cup, finishing on 13 faults behind an [...]
Saturday saw the final of the ‘Unregistered Horse Show – Grab The Cash’ shows at Connell Hill and what a show this turned out to be. Horse boxes and lorries made their way into the spacious parking lots with competitors registering and then zooming down to walk the course eager to get going. The professionally [...]
Tipperary’s Greg Broderick scored a stunning win in last night’s (Sunday) €50,000 Horseware Ireland sponsored Grand Prix, at Thermal, California on the American West Coast. Broderick was riding the Caledonia Stables owned nine year-old gelding Going Global and they beat off a top class field that included American riders Richard Spooner and Rich Fellers, who [...]
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, [...]
