The longest day of the year whizzed by at the Laurel View Dressage competition, the second competition in the Summer league. Not that the weather felt particularly “summery!” Walk/trot competitors benefited from Lucy Webbs appraising judgement for their BD Intro A tests. Gerri Harron Andrews took the first place spot on Rock Steady Teddy. [...]
Sunday 5th July – Laurel View Summer Dressage League (3 of 5) full schedule available on www.laurelview.co.uk Entries by noon on Thursday 2nd July by email to laurelview01@btinternet.com or ring 028 9083 0649. Sunday 12th July – Laurel View Just Jumping, cashback for clear, winner goes free! Terms and conditions apply. More details available on [...]
Week ending 28th June, results & report Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Ravensdale Lodge held the last of their five qualifiers for the RDS Dublin Horse Show 2015 on Saturday 27th June when the centre played host to the RDS amateur qualifier. A large entry of 145 amateur riders ensured there would be a [...]
Week ending 21st June 2015, results & report Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. It was another busy week as large numbers made the most of the good weather, attending the regular weekly jumping competitions at Ravensdale Lodge. While Wednesday started grey with some drizzle the sun quickly burned the cloud away as a record [...]
Judy Reynolds set a new Irish international Grand Prix record score of 73.88% when placing fourth, with Joe & Kathleen Reynolds’ 13-year-old Jazz gelding Vancouver K, at the three-star show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Friday. Written by Paul Nolan The previous Irish record score of 73.23% was set by Irish Olympian Anna Merveldt and [...]
Results of Show Jumping League 11th June Ardnacashel Equestrian held the first week of the Show Jumping League on Thursday 11th June at 6.30pm. The weather was perfect for the evenings jumping and everyone had lots of fun supporting and cheering each other on! Every double clear achieved by each horse/rider combination receives three points [...]
Week ending 6th June 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. It is set to be another busy week at Ravensdale Lodge as the centre plays host to the Young Event Horse Series (YES) on Thursday 11th June closely followed by RDS qualifiers for Connemara Performance Hunter & Performance Irish Draught on Saturday 13th [...]
The final of the Winter 2014/15 league on 19th April worked into a rather good day. At Laurel View the riding school regulars are encouraged to take part in the competitions, scores are tracked and at the final of the Dressage League, the top riding school riders are rewarded. Top of the class this time [...]
Week ending 17th May, results and report Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. The National Grand Prix league bandwagon rolls on to Ravensdale Lodge over the course of next weekend from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May. There are nineteen exciting classes scheduled for the two arenas over the course of the three days with [...]
SMWRC hosted the 2nd leg of their popular dressage league on Sunday 26th April 2015 at Laurelview Equestrian Centre. With such superb prizes on offer, there were large entries across all classes. The club are indebted to Laurelview for their excellent facilities, Joan Adrian and Jennifer Howes who expertly judged the tests, our fabulous sponsors: [...]
Week ending 9th May, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Competitions ping ponged between the outdoor and indoor arenas at Ravensdale Lodge as the weather seesawed between sunshine and showers. The recent start of the spring / summer show season has been dogged by the fluctuating weather systems that have passed over the country [...]
Irish National Champion Judy Reynolds has moved up twenty places to number 80 in the latest monthly FEI World Individual Dressage Ranking [Version No: 172 1/5/2014 to 30/4/2015 Published Wednesday, May 6, 2015]. Written by Paul Nolan Judy set a new Irish international Grand Prix Kür(Freestyle to Music) record score of 75.775% when placing sixth [...]
The following persons have been appointed to the Board of Dressage Ireland Ltd Vice-Chairperson Joe Reynolds is a name well known within dressage circles in Ireland. His son Andrew was a successful pony rider and his daughter Judy is an Irish International Dressage rider who is competing very successfully abroad and our current National [...]
Week ending 26th April 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. The spring / summer outdoor schedule of events & shows kicks off this week with SJI registered jumping for horses on Wednesday 29th April. There will be the usual modified classes from 80cm to 1.30m and this show has a start time of [...]
Judy Reynolds set a new Irish international Grand Prix Kür(Freestyle to Music) record score of 75.775% when placing sixth with Joe & Kathleen Reynolds’ 13-year-old Jazz gelding Vancouver K at the four-star show in Hagen, Germany today [Sunday, April 26, 2015]. The previous record score of 75.725% was set by Irish Olympian Anna Merveldt and [...]
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, [...]
