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 [...]
AGRICULTURAL HORSES Sponsored by NFU Mutual Insurance (Mid Down) Patterson / McMaster Class 1 Yearling Colt or Gelding 1 Gerald McGreevy – Drumconnagher Boy 1 Bertie Hanna Class 1A Yearling Filly 1 David McBlair – Carsonstown Jenny Class 3 Three year old and upwards gelding 1 Eric Hinds – Roes Hall Stuart 2 [...]
Connell Hill opened the gates of the new outdoor arena to the SJI competitors on Thursday, the sixth week of this league. Competitors warmed up outdoors and then jumped a challenging course with a huge variety of colourful fences which looked spectacular in the glorious sun shine. The first class of the day was the [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB held the final of their annual summer showjumping league on a very hot summer’s evening! The Club would like to thank all those competitors for supporting their 2013 league & special thanks to the very generous sponsors of the beautiful perpetual cups Ann Patterson from Omagh Equestrian & Countrywear, Pamela & [...]
SUNDAY marked day four of the European Mounted Games Championships, held at Tattersalls in Co. Meath, and the finals were run to determine the best teams in Europe based on speed and pin-point accuracy. The U-17 competition had a nail-biting finish which resulted in a popular win for Ireland. The Irish team were well touted [...]
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 [...]
1. Frank Curran, New World, Bovean Stables 2. Lt. Geoff Curran, Mullaghbane, M.O.D. 3. Alexander Butler, Vimminka, Ladycastle Syndicate 4. Peter Smyth, Corrib House, Nigel Kenny 5. Nicholas Butler, Castlefield Maximus, Jim O’Neill 6. Linda Courtney, HTWO, Linda Courtney 7. Greg Broderick, Rincarina, Noel Cawley 8. Stephen Moore, Merlins Magic, Highfort Stud 9. Gerard Clarke, [...]
Amateur Championships 1. Martin Wilson, Hermes Diamond, 0/0 32.75 2. Dean Cotton, Colda Castaway, 0/0 34.18 3. Sarah McClean, Diamond Obelix, 0/0 37.52 4. Sharon Junk, Miss Foyle View Promise, 0/0 37.62 5. Lisa Patterson, Quick Smart, 0/0 38.08 6 Victoria McKee, Carigeen Moss, 0/4 32.82 Five Year Old Championship 1. Catherine Thornton, Galway Bay [...]
Event 8 Prescott Horse Transport 6&7 Yold Championship 1. D Coyle ‘Cast A Dream’ T McLaughlin 0/0 45.38 2. C McMahon ‘Hawkswings’ S Stewart 0/0 47.42 3. J Hogg ‘Always On My Mind’ E Hogg 0/0 48.16 4. G Tunney ‘ Lavish’ L Morrison 0/0 48.33 5. Capt G Curran ‘ Shannondale Rahona’ Ministry Of [...]
Comp. No. 18 Arena No. 1 Tuesday, 16th July, 2013 Start Time: Event Name – 148cms. 1.0m Drawn Order Sponsored by: Vina Buller Running Order Horse No. Horse Name Rider 1st Name Rider Surname Owner Faults Phase 1 Faults Phase 2 Time Place 1 177 What A Legend Patrick Boyle Paul Boyle 2 371 Beech [...]
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 [...]
Event 1 90cm Sheikh Samir Mirdad ‘Mirdads Hi Zoom’ Caolan Rice ‘Portmore Gucci Clover’ Gareth McCracken ‘Fidoons Rustic Diamond’ Noel McKee ‘Keeford Sundance’ Eleanor Cunningham ‘Samba Dancer’ Karlie Anderson ‘Elegant Star’ John Higgins ’Vampire SVS’ Catherine Robinson ’Carsonstown Lord’ Event 2 1M Class Victoria S Clarke, Red Curacao, Alexandra Clarke Rebecca Hooke, Blossomhill Classic Clover, Rebecca Hooks [...]
Please note the following lists are competitor and animal lists, rather than running orders. Events 1 to 7 for Sunday are shown below and will be in blackboard order. 27th National Balmoral Championships 14th – 16th July, 2013 Comp. No. 1 Arena No. 1 Sunday 14th July, 2013 Start Time: 9.00 a.m. Event Name [...]
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, [...]
