Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre are to hold their annual Summer Derby Show on Sunday 6th July from 9am. This exciting SJI registered horse show has become a firm favourite in the event calendar and has grown in popularity year on year. The show will feature five regular classes from 90cm up to 1.30m [...]
Week ending 8th & 15th June 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. With the spring / summer outdoor run of leagues and shows well underway at Ravensdale Lodge the centre added two new leagues to its busy schedule in the past few weeks. There are very few days when there are no obstacles [...]
After the excitement of last weekend’s Longines National Grand Prix there was excitement of another kind on Sunday 1st June at Ravensdale Lodge as the centre held the second of their hugely popular “Bumper” shows
Week ending 11th May 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. The first of the “Bumper Shows” for 2014 at Ravensdale Lodge was held on Monday 5th May which was a bank holiday on both sides of the border. While the day started grey and damp it did not deter the eager competitors who [...]
Week ending 20th April 2014 results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. A small piece of history was made on Tuesday 15th April as the first ever qualifier for the new 4 & 5 year old Young Event horse class at Balmoral in May was staged in glorious sunshine at Ravensdale Lodge. This new competition [...]
Ravensdale Lodge are set to play host to the first qualifier for a new equestrian competition to be held at Balmoral Show in May. The Young Event Horse class will be divided into two sections for four and five year olds respectively and will be run in the same format as the equivalent classes in [...]
Crowne Plaza Dundalk SJI registered indoor horse league Thursday 2oth March. Horses (11am). 80cm class: No clear rounds. 90cm class: Jade Savage’s Echo Design (J. Savage). 1m class, divided between: Caroline Mc Guirk’s Lisbane Calliterra (C. Mc Guirk), Louise Doyle’s Ballyvalley Bay (L. Doyle), Denise Kelly’s Evil Kenivil (D. Kelly), Marie Quigley’s Castleroche Star (H. [...]
Week ending 2nd March 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre In this tough economic environment, where sponsors are difficult to come by, it is a sure sign that you are doing something right when sponsors contact you to say that they are on board for another year. First it was Linda Mackin of [...]
Week ending 23rd February 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. With five weeks of the winter / spring season under their belt, show organisers at Ravensdale Lodge are gearing up for the first of their three annual national level Grand Prix. While weather conditions have been disappointing to say the least for the [...]
Week ending 2nd February 2014, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Two superb indoor arenas ensured that the continued spell of inclement weather did not affect competitors at Ravensdale Lodge this week as everyone was high, dry and warm while competing on top class surfaces. Week two of the winter / spring season at [...]
Week ending 15th December 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Tonino Lamborghini indoor SJI registered horse league final Thursday 12th December. 90cm class: Barry Murphy’s Lilux (B. Murphy). 1m class: # 1 Conrad Mc Guinness’ Animo Cruise (C. Mc Guinness) 43.44 seconds, # 2 Lynn Patterson’s Cujo (L. Patterson) 57.40 seconds & [...]
Week ending 6th October 2013, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre It was a busy week in the Craig household as between them, mum Victoria and daughter Sarah competed, with great success on no less than four occasions over four disciplines at Ravensdale Lodge. It all started on Thursday morning when Victoria partnered Rocky [...]
The start list for the MSL Mercedes-Benz Autumn Grand Prix which was published on Thursday 12th September set the tone for what was to come over the following days at Ravensdale Lodge. A very high calibre entry of 42 which included four from the Minister Of Defence, three each from 2002 world show jumping champion [...]
As the autumn/ winter indoor season approaches and the finishing touches are being put to schedules, Ravensdale Lodge are pleased to announce that charity is to the forefront in the run up to the most important time of the year…Christmas. As part of their 12 week end of season schedule Ravensdale Lodge will be running [...]
Arena development work continues at Ravensdale Lodge. With the redevelopment of the outdoor fibre sand arena a distant memory, it is the turn of the indoor arenas at Ravensdale Lodge to get a makeover before the autumn / winter season commences at the centre in September. The work which was carried out on the outdoor [...]
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, [...]
