Following a successful launch as a celebration of 2012 as an Olympic year, British Eventing supported by our friends at HorseHub are again offering promising film-makers the chance to enter a competition to win £1000 worth of photographic equipment. The objective of the competition is for fans of the sport to capture the spirit of [...]
IRELAND’S Olympic Bronze Medallist Cian O’Connor today won a Golf GTI car when taking first prize at the Grand Prix in Sommerstorf, Germany but immediately donated it to his long-time groom, “Frenchy”. Riding Beverley Widdowson’s 12 year old gelding Unique clear over two rounds, 33 year-old O’Connor, who is based in Co. Meath, was one [...]
The Northern Ireland Working Hunter Association is pleased to announce the release of the schedule for the 2013 Summer Championship Show. Three full days, Monday 15th, Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th July, of the highest quality showing and working hunter classes for horses and ponies. This year’s annual event will be held at Meadows Equestrian [...]
Written By Kate Green, FEI There were emotional scenes when Andrew Nicholson and Mr Cruise Control triumphed at Luhmühlen, presented by DHL Paket, the penultimate leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. It was the 51-year-old New Zealander’s fourth CCI4* victory in a year, but the first for his long-time loyal owners, Robin and Nicky Salmon, who [...]
The Inter Venue Tour at Connell Hill on Sunday saw a very relaxed day of jumping enjoyed by competitors and spectators. The very favourable weather had riders eager to jump a course of fences designed to test ability and improve skills. The first red rosette of the day went to Siobhan Black on ‘Oscar Rua’ [...]
ROUNDING off a very successful weekend at Vimeiro in Portugal, Irish riders Bertram Allen and Niall Talbot confirmed their dominance of the show with first and second places in the Grand Prix this evening (Sunday). Seventeen year-old Allen took tonight’s first prize on board Billy Twomey’s chestnut stallion Romanov, beating fellow Irish rider Talbot and [...]
The fine, dry weather has resulted in a very good start to Ecclesville’s Summer Showjumping League, with competitors enjoying Raymond Caldwell’s courses built in the excellent all-weather outdoor arena. The Showjumping League will continue for the next three Friday evenings, commencing at 6.15pm with a 40cms class, followed by 60cm, 70cm, 80cm, 90cm, 1m and [...]
Cavan’s TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE SALE of horses and ponies takes place on Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th June. This sale has a quality and a varied selection catalogued and is sure to get the summer sale season off to an excellent start. The sale will run in the usual order commencing Tuesday 25th starting [...]
Written By Louise Parkes On a day when four double-clear performances were registered, it was the clean sheet maintained by Cameron Hanley that stood out above all others as he clinched victory for Ireland in the eleventh leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 series at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Canada. The anchorman [...]
On Friday 31st of May Barclay Communications raised over seven thousand pounds for the Jonjo Bright Trust at the tenth annual Barclay Communications’ Race Evening. The Jonjo Bright Trust was set up when 19 year old aspiring amateur jockey, Jonjo Bright was left paralysed after a point-to-point fall on the 2nd March 2013. To support [...]
Eleven lots are catalogued for the Select Horses in Training section of the upcoming Derby Sale and are now available to view online. This section features highly sought after racehorses fresh off the track from recent successes. The HIT section will take place after Lot 90 of the Derby Sale on Thursday June 27th. Catalogues [...]
The weather continued to hold fair for week three of the Club’s summer show jumping. Despite the earlier rain, ground conditions were good. Karina McVeigh and Cheyenne took 1st place in Class1 while Cerys Howells and Runaway Dolly secured 1st place in Class 2. 1st place prize in Class 3 went to Regan McKee and [...]
Sunday 9th June saw the sunshine greet a large entry of competitions to Tullymurry Equestrian centre for the Annual Spring Two Phase Event, for which an impressive array of silverware was up for grabs!. All ages and abilities were tested over 3 levels of competition. The day commenced with show jumping over a colourful course [...]
The finals of Ardnacashel Equestrian’s Pony and Horse Show Jumping Leagues took place on Friday 31 May and Sunday 2 June respectively. Riders who qualified during the leagues turned out to enjoy the glorious sunshine whilst jumping in the new international size arena. Pony Show Jumping League Results: X Pole Class: 1st Lara McComb Paige, [...]
There was a great carnival atmosphere at The Meadows Equestrian Centre for Banbridge Two Day Show run by the Iveagh Showjumpers. There were bumper entries in all classes, enjoying the superb courses in the two wonderful arenas where the variety and colour of fences was spectacular. Saturday was reserved for horses with the master class [...]
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, [...]
