Stallion Selections for the Irish Sport Horse Studbook and the Irish Draught Horse Studbook will be held by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) at Cavan Equestrian Centre commencing on 25th March 2015. New for this year: HSI has provided the option to stallion owners to complete the veterinary phase of the stallion selection process in advance of the [...]
TWENTY-nine year old Tipperary rider Thomas Ryan recorded Ireland’s second victory at Basel’s five-star show in Switzerland on Sunday, when he outpaced a 47-strong international field to collect the 6,000 euro winner’s prize. Ryan, piloting Aschwanden Simone’s grey stallion Caribo, was third-last to go and spectators were on their feet as he shaved a fifth [...]
CORK-born Billy Twomey notched up Ireland’s first win at the weekend at the prestigious five-star show in Basel, Switzerland, and did so riding an Irish Sport Horse. The 37 year-old, who is now based in England, showed a notable turn of speed at the St Jakobshalle stadium this afternoon (Friday), when he piloted Joe Flynn’s [...]
IRELAND has a new World Champion in Student Rider Brian Morrison, who claimed Gold at the AIEC World Finals that took place this past week at Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre in Florida.The Irish Gold league team was Brian Morrison, James Brennan and Peter O’Donnell (the 2013 champion). Morrison achieved the title for 2014 by [...]
THE Irish Independent Young Sport Star of the Year is equestrian sensation Bertram Allen. He collected his award at a star-sudded lunch on Monday in the Westbury Hotel in Dublin. His citation read: “The 19-year-old from Wexford lies 19th in the World rankings following a sensational year during which he won a qualifier for the [...]
IRISH teenager Bertram Allen has recorded his second straight win at Olympia’s five star show in London. The 19 year-old Wexford rider this afternoon (Saturday) piloted Billy Twomey’s bay stallion Aminko N to victory in the Christmas Masters competition, adding a further 13,000 euro to his Olympia prize money. The Masters competition sees riders take [...]
NORTHERN Ireland rider David Simpson claimed victory in the famous Puissance competition at London’s five star Olympia horse show tonight (Thursday) with the 13 year-old grey mare Richi Rich. The 26 year-old, who is now based in Sussex, was one of two riders to make it through to the fourth and final jump-off in the [...]
FASTEST combination to go clear in the first round of Saturday’s big Longines Grand Prix at La Coruna, Spain, Ireland’s Denis Lynch and All Star 5 came home in second place and 100,000 euro richer after the thrilling 12-horse jump off. The first round speed of Thomas Straumann’s bay stallion gave the Tipperary rider the [...]
SHANE Breen grabbed Ireland’s biggest prize pot of the weekend so far when finishing first in Friday’s feature class at the five-star show jumping fixture in La Coruna, Spain. The Tipperary rider out-jumped a top 38-strong field to collect 30,000 euro with a double clear round on the nine year-old stallion Farao van’t Vennehof, with [...]
IRELAND now has nine show jumpers in the official World Top 100, with 19 year-old Bertram Allen from Wexford reaching his highest place to date, coming in at No. 17. The Longines World Show Jumping Rankings published on Friday, and covering competitions during the month of November, show Ireland punching well above its weight in [...]
YOUNG Irish show jumping sensation Bertram Allen has added yet another victory to his tally with a win in the Lichtenvoorde Grand Prix in the Netherlands last night (Sunday). Piloting the bay mare Wild Thing L, which is jointly owned by Ballywalter Farms and Billy Twomey, the 19 year-old rider added 8,000 euro to his [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) has published the report outlining the recommendations of the Irish Draught Horse Studbook Breeding Policy Review Taskforce. The Breeding Sub Board and the Main Board of HSI have both agreed the recommendations and the changes will be implemented in 2015. The review of the Irish Draught Horse Breeding Policy was conducted by [...]
IRISH show jumping duo Shane Breen and Bertram Allen kept up an almost relentless pressure at the five-star World Cup show in Stuttgart, Germany last weekend, once again scoring top five places against formidable opposition. Tipperary-born Breen, who opened the show with a win on Thursday aboard Wembley Farms Inc’s Calido Boy, claimed a third [...]
IRELAND’S Denis Lynch showed a turn of speed in Friday’s feature jump-off class in Doha, Qatar, but failed by just over half a second to claim the 50,000 euro first place prize pot. The Tipperary rider did, however, pick up 30,000 euro for his runner-up spot aboard Thomas Straumann’s 11 year-old bay All Star 5, [...]
IN HIS first-ever appearance at an FEI World Cup show, 19 year-old Irish rider Bertram Allen won the World Cup Grand Prix on Sunday at Verona. Up against 35 of the world’s best combinations, Allen and the ten year-old mare Molly Malone V were one of the ten through to the jump-off at the five-star [...]
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, [...]
