The Antwerp Arena at Gransha Equestrian Centre played host to the Doggarts Showjumping league on 7th and 8th February. Competitors both young and old were delighted to get out competing again after the recent cold snap. Day 1 saw the pony classes get underway with a good turn out in the cross pole class with [...]
Results of pony jumping held on Friday 6th Cross Poles 1st Taz, Eva McClelland won the trophy. 40cm 1st= Inky Dinky, Zara Smyth drew the trophy; Taz, Laura McClelland; Special; Dusty, Chloe Agnew. 50cm 1st Inky Dinky, Zara Smyth drew the trophy. 60cm 1st= Taz, Catherine McClelland drew the trophy; Hunbug, Hannah Orr. 80cm 1st [...]
Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 9th January. Cross Poles 1st= Dusty, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Jo, Shea Knox; Puzzle, PJ, Alice Perkins; Special; Dolly, Chloe Agnew. 40cm 1st= Dusty, Chloe Agnew drew the trophy; Taz, Laura McClelland; Specials; Jo, Kaitlyn Kearns; Puzzle, Kaitlyn Kearns. 50cm 1st= Meg, Todd Bryson drew the trophy; [...]
A STRONG Irish duo left their mark on Sunday’s feature class at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, taking one third and two joint fourth places from a starting field of 60. Once again Offaly’s Darragh Kenny piloted two horses into the top five, claiming a third place on the Irish Sport Horse Gatsby and [...]
Amidst the winter snow blizzards competitors loaded up and travelled to Connell Hills Training Show on Friday night, jumping tracks in preparation for the forthcoming season. Connell Hills Training Show is a most sure ground start to all riders and horses as both the outdoor and indoor arenas have a superb surface which is carefully [...]
Portmore Equestrian Centre was the place to be on Saturday 24th January where NIRC held their annual Indoor Individual Show Jumping Championships. Downshire were well represented in all the Senior competitions and Joanna McNamee was the first Club rider to go in the Novice on her lovely grey Arctic Moon but unfortunately had a couple [...]
Week ending 25th January 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. All the boxes were ticked at Ravensdale Lodge as the centre commenced shows for the 2015 winter / spring indoor season last week. All equestrian disciplines were covered with everyone’s tastes being catered for from show jumping & arena eventing to dressage. Indoor [...]
Knockagh View equestrian centre held an all silver show jumping day last Sunday and once again it was very popular with competitors loving the gorgeous trophies up for grabs! All the little competitors took home gorgeous medals with the winner of each class taking home a trophy. The next All Silver showjumping day is on [...]
Connell Hill welcomed competitors to the first of their four Unregistered Horse Shows on Sunday, and what better way to kick off these shows than celebrating the birth of the great Robert Burns, as some of our competitors demonstrated true poetry in motion. These shows prepare horses for the forthcoming season as riders train, raise [...]
Drifting towards the end of January Connell Hill welcomed competitors eager to enhance riding skills and train/school horses for the upcoming season at the Training Show on Friday night. Training plays such an important role in any sport and none more so than the equine world hence these shows are a huge benefit with the [...]
IRELAND’S Conor Swail began the third week of competition at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Florida just as he left off in week two, with another trip to the winner’s circle. After topping Sunday’s $34,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic riding Susan and Ariel Grange’s Martha Louise, Co. Down-born Swail won Wednesday’s $34,000 [...]
Connell Hill welcomed competitors on Sunday 18th January as they made their way, oblivious to the cold weather conditions, to the ‘Working Hunter Show’, which was a track of natural/authentic working hunter and minimal obstacle fences. The superbly maintained indoor surface encouraged ponies and horses forward with the added benefit of this venue being a [...]
Saturday 17 January saw the first competition for Ardnacashel Equestrian in 2015! The day got off to a frosty start but after a bit of persuasion the sun showed her face and got the day underway. The Jump Cross Course was made up of mixture of cross country, show jumps and working hunter fences The competition [...]
Winter weather? What winter weather? Snow showers and baltic conditions could not deter equine enthusiasts travel to their number one venue for Connell Hills’ Training Show on Friday night. Here the first class maintained surface encouraging horses to go forward with confidence allowing them to develop their natural ability. Cookstown waved goodbye to Kim Moore [...]
The Laurel View Riding School Christmas Show is a very popular annual event. The 2014 show on Saturday 20th December saw ten very enthusiastic teams giving show jumping a go, some for the very first time. The mulled drinks were flowing and the mince pies nice and warm. Santa’s little helpers were on hand [...]
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, [...]
