Sunday 16th June saw another great turnout for the third round of the Jump Challenge League at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough. A combination of showjumping, working hunter and cross country fences, including water, ditches and steps, provided another challenging course which everyone rode very well. We would like to thank everyone who competed [...]
Ards Riding Club hosted round 5 of the inter club team jumping qualifiers at Bairdstown Road, Ballywalter by kind permission of the Robinson family. The teams consisted of two novice and two open riders each of whom jumped two rounds over 8 fences. The second round was against the clock. Competition was keen but Mossvale [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB held the penultimate night of their annual summer showjumping league & were once again blessed with a rain free night! The Club would like to thank the competitors for coming along to compete, Raymond & Pamela Caldwell for building a friendly course, Chris Bogle for judging, Natasha Gilchrist entries, AJS Catering, [...]
The Mid Antrim Horse Show was held on Saturday 22nd June at the Ballee Playing Fields, Ballymena on a day when the weather threw everything at the competitors, from glorious sunshine to sudden downpours and even hail, but luckily the ground was still excellent throughout the day in spite of the deluges. There was a [...]
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The Friday night Training Show saw a busy night with competitors introducing young horses to a career of show jumping and riders improving on their ability. As these classes start at 50 cm what a perfect opportunity to school your young horse in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. The 50 cm class saw Linzi McCallie take [...]
Kernan Equestrian Centre, Summer SJI Horse & Pony League, Thursday 27th June 2013 HORSES 80cm – No Result 90cms- 1,R. Healey’s Patchwork Prince (Rachel Healey); 1m- 1, M. Tuite’s Sunnyside Boy (Michael Tuite); 1, B. Clarke’s An Realta Rua (Darren Tracey); 1, J. Mohan’s Highfield Bohemia (Kayla Mohan); 1.10m- 1. J. Murphy’s Javas Casey (Aoife Dooley); PONIES [...]
The Final of the Ecclesville Summer 2013 Showjumping League was held on Friday 28 June and it brought to the close another very successful league. The spectators were very enthusiastic as the qualified combinations twisted and flew round Raymond Caldwell’s courses! The beautifully turned out combination of Niall Bruce and Honeysuckle were the winners of [...]
The disappointing heavy rain did not deter competitors travelling from all arts and parts eager to jump at Connell Hills Summer League with classes from 80 cm to 1.30 m. Having a successful day with double clears in both the 90 cm and 1.0 m classes were Sarah Fulton on ‘Fiasco Zed’, BeverleyCaves on ‘Quinica’ [...]
Eventing Ireland Northern Region Supporters Group are holding a Fund raising Hog Roast and Hooley at Sweetwall Stud, Templepatrick on Saturday, 29th June 2013, 8.00pm til late, in aid of Northern Region Funds and Juniors on Squads … Live music by “THE BIZZ”, well known to EINR ball goers, with full bar and Hog Roast [...]
Following the successful implementation in the discipline of Tetrathlon, The Pony Club is to roll out its mentoring scheme further to the disciplines of Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing at The Pony Club Championships in August. Headed up by Kate Allenby MBE, Modern Pentathlon Olympic Bronze medallist and former Pony Club Member, mentoring was first [...]
Week ending 16th & 23rd June 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. “Amateurs to the fore at Ravensdale Lodge”. A week after the first of two one day events for Eventing Ireland, the main grass arena at Ravensdale Lodge had more traffic on Saturday 22nd June, this time it was the RDS amateur [...]
Week four of the Club’e show jumping once again saw keen competition over a challenging course. Kaitlin and Princess Peachy flew round to take first place in the 70 – 80 cms, using an inspired turn between fences 2 and 3 to good advantage. this was also the chosen route for Messina and Sky who [...]
THE IRISH Sport Horse Mr Cruise Control saw off some of the world’s top eventing combinations when claiming victory in Luhmuhlen’s CCI4* event in Germany at the weekend, ridden by New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson. Following closely in second was another Irish Sport Horse, High Kingdom, ridden by Britain’s Zara Phillips. Minister for Agriculture, Food and [...]
The Mini Grand Prix Pony Show at Connell Hill saw a huge number of competitors turn out to jump a super grand prix course of fences. These courses, designed by Mr Will Crean, provided the opportunity of testing the nerve and ability of these, without doubt, stars of the future filling the stadium with a [...]
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, [...]
