The 21st of July saw the Laurel View Summer Derby league once again on the all-weather surface, not this time because of soggy ground conditions, but because the ground was way too hard after the very unusual but enjoyable hot spell. Thank goodness for options allowing the derby fun to continue in the sun. First [...]
Connell Hill saw a large number of competitors turn out to jump a colourful course of fences at the Friday night training show. These training shows are not only aimed at introducing the young/novice horse to their future career as show jumpers but also new riders improving their riding skills by getting the aid, help [...]
IRELAND’S first Dressage Nations’ Cup team to take part in the three-star event at Hickstead, England, all returned favourable scores. Roland Tong and Pompidou were best of the three-strong team, finishing on 70.925 per cent, while Dane Rawlins with Sydney came home on 68.450. Close behind was Kate Dwyer and Reve D’Or on a score [...]
Sunday 14th July a glorious sunny day for the third leg of the Laurel View Summer Dressage League. For the second occasion in the league competitors were permitted to dispense with their jackets to stop them from getting hot under the collar. The competition as well as the temperature was hot in the indoor arena. [...]
It was very much a case of girl-power last Sunday as the ever-popular Ladies Day show returned to Lessans Riding Stables. The sun shone on the day, as did the smiles of happy winners during a wide range of classes, from racehorses to ridden horses, side saddle to working hunter. Two busy grass arenas were in [...]
The Mid Antrim Hunt are delighted to confirm that their team has gained a place to compete at the Dublin Horse Show Inter Hunt Chase competition this year. This is no mean achievement as there are very few places available and it is many years since the Mid Antrims or indeed any Northern teams have [...]
Eric Pele held his second Two Phase Event at the beautiful setting of Lisbane Farm where competitors sampled a host of new, splendidly built fences. It remained overcast for much of the day which was greeted favourably by the competitors, many of whom had travelled long distances to participate. Victor Preston from Strabane brought his [...]
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 [...]
The final day started off at 8am with the final trot up of the competition. All the team Ireland ponies passed first time and were set to complete the rest of the competition. As a team we walked our showjumping course with team trainer Tom Slattery. The course had a few awkward lines but we [...]
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 [...]
SJI registered horse & pony league final, Wednesday 24th July. Horses: 90cm class, # 1 Janine Farrell’s Blackmoor Heather (J. Farrell) 28.17 seconds, # 2 Aimee O’ Farrell’s Mn Cascadeur (A. O’ Farrell) 32,59 seconds. Also double clear: Maria Quigley’s Lissangle Lux Pride (H. Joyce), Eileen Duggan’s Libero Flight (E. Duggan) & Paula [...]
Congratulations to the Irish Pony European Championship team which has won a bronze medal today at Arezzo! Gold was won by Great Britain with a score of 142.2. France was second on 144 and Ireland third on 150.9. Individual results as follows: Team Rider Pony Dressage XC SJ Total Place Shannon Nelson Millridge Buachaill Bui 47.30 [...]
Cross Country started of with a lot of nervous riders ready to take on the challenging course that is designed to last 7 minutes 9 secs. I kicked off the day feeling slightly nervous as I had no feed back from the rest of the team on how the course was riding because of my [...]
All the ponies and riders arrived on Sunday and quickly settled down after a 4 day trip to arezzo,Italy. We began training in 40 degree heat on Monday morning with dressage trainer Sue Smallman. Baxter (Holiday Chase) went really well and went from strength to strength from day 1 of training to the competition. I [...]
We will be adding photographs and results from Antrim show throughout the day to this page, so come back again soon to view the action from this popular show in Shanes Castle. Antrim Show 2013 Results So Far… Class 462 – Family Pony Class 113 – Lucy Doonan 70 – Tracey Conn – Sweetwall Pepper [...]
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, [...]
