HORSE Sport Ireland has announced a new Under 25 Eventing High Performance programme. The U25 programme is a long term talent development programme aimed at supporting and developing riders and horses demonstrating talent and potential in Three Day Eventing. The U25 squad will be managed by Young Rider High Performance Manager Sally Corscadden, with coaching [...]
Saturday saw the Eventing fraternity from all over Ireland head north to Finvoy for the latest Northern Region event which was hosted by Mr and Mrs Alan Campbell and family. This was the second year for this venue, nestled in the North Antrim hills, where there was plenty of attention to detail in all aspects [...]
Eventing Ireland is delighted to announce that HitAir will once again sponsor the HitAir O/CNC2* League in 2013. Last year the popular HitAir O/CNC2* League saw a total of 52 combinations enter, averaging 15 horse/rider combinations in each leg. Last year’s winner was International rider Katie O’Sullivan. HitAir will be sponsoring a five leg series, [...]
Horse Sport Ireland and Eventing Ireland have announced a new Young Event Horse series to be run in association with Horseware. The series will be for Four, Five and Six Year Old horses and will take place during selected national events. A total prize fund of €20,000 will apply to the series, while a further [...]
Eventing Ireland published the following notice this evening: Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather, the Society Steward and Event Organiser have confirmed the Horseware Dromiskin event, due to run on Saturday 23 March has been cancelled. As per Rule 23.2, If cancellation is advised before 0930 hours,on Thursday for a Saturday event a Full Refund [...]
The annual Two Phase Event at Tyrella went ahead on Saturday despite the heavy rainfall of the preceding two days. Indeed, nowhere else in Ireland could have accommodated an event, given the recent weather conditions, so a huge thank you to David Corbett for the use of this infamous terrain. Although there were withdrawals on [...]
The Under 25 riders can look forward to once again competing in the Equest Pramox CNC1* U25 League in 2013. In addition to the normal prize money, each leg winner can look forward to receiving Equest Pramox products plus an extra €50 in prize money. The overall Series Winner will receive Equest Pramox product plus [...]
Following a decision by the Eventing Ireland Board on Tuesday 26 February, funding has been allocated to Tyrella to upgrade the much needed 3* track at the venue. We are delighted to announce that Tyrella 2, running on Saturday 6 April, will now host a CNC3* class. This will be of huge benefit for riders, [...]
The final leg of the current series of Flexi Eventing took place at The Meadows Equestrian Centre on Saturday where a great number of competitors and their supporters turned out to enjoy one of the nicest days so far, albeit a little cold. In the dressage Suzi Berry replicated her fine performance of last week [...]
Saturday 9 March 2013 (Entries close Saturday 2 March 2013) Event Class Height Entry Fee Event 1 Junior and Senior 1m £25 Event 2 & 3 Senior Entries Divided 85cm £25 Event 4 Junior (U18 on 1 Jan 13) 85cm £25 Event 5 Senior 70cm £25 Event 6 Junior (U18 on 1 Jan 13) 70cm [...]
While all senior members of Eventing Ireland participate not only in eventing, but in their fair share of volunteering, it can be a rewarding experience and you don’t have to be a member to do it. If you would like to contact an event organiser to offer your services for a day to help run [...]
Competitors at The Meadows Equestrian Centre enjoyed another great day of Flexi Eventing on Saturday when activity was continuous from 9am until almost 4pm. The star of the dressage was, undoubtedly, Suzi Berry who had placings in all three classes. She claimed the red rosette in the Pre Novice class on Lola, having been separated [...]
Note to competitors from Eventing Ireland is shown below… Will riders please note the change in rule for Headgear, as follows: RULE 53 Headgear Protective headgear is mandatory at all times. Note: Protective Headgear is defined as “Appropriate Helmet or Headgear that is in compliance with the applicable international testing standards. It must be properly fastened [...]
It was certainly a case of all roads leading to The Meadows on Saturday where the Lurgan Equestrian Centre was a hive of eventing activity. With almost 100 dressage entries, the judges, Vanda Robinson, Lynsey Craig and Fiona Morrow were kept occupied until after 3pm. Meantime the showjumping got underway ahead of schedule and continued [...]
*Horse Sport Ireland Press Release* HORSE Sport Ireland has announced that Nick Turner will be the new High Performance Manager for Irish Eventing. Mr Turner is a Fellow of the British Horse Society (FBHS) and was an accomplished eventer who completed in 13 four star events. He stopped competing in 2008. In recent times he [...]
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, [...]
