WEXFORD’S Bertram Allen confirmed his return to top form when winning Friday’s feature class at the World Cup Show in Verona, Italy. The 19 year-old collected 6,250 euro for his victory against some of show jumping’s most established names when he piloted the bay mare Wild Thing L, jointly owned by Billy Twomey and Ballywalter [...]
JOSEPH Murphy claimed a career best when finishing in fifth place for Ireland at the four-star event in Pau, France this afternoon (Sunday). The Mullingar rider also took the trophy for best cross country round of the competition. Murphy, riding the Irish Sport Horse Sportsfield Othello, had three fences down in the final show jumping [...]
TIPPERARY’S Shane Breen claimed victory with Wembley Farms Inc’s gelding Calido Boy in the speed class of the five-star World Cup show in Oslo, Norway on Friday, and brought out the same horse for a third place today (Saturday). Meanwhile Wexford’s 19 year-old Bertram Allen last night continued his recent run of success with a [...]
BILLY Twomey recorded Ireland’s fourth win of the weekend at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in Birmingham today (Sunday) when he claimed victory in the Speed Horse of the Year competition with Ardcollum Duke. Wexford’s Bertram Allen also took a fifth place in tonight’s British Grand Prix, while in Germany Denis Lynch was [...]
IRELAND’S Bertram Allen has broken through into the top 20 of the world’s show jumping rankings for the first time, entering this week at number 17. In the official Longines rankings published last night (Friday) by the world governing body, a massive jump of 15 places from his previous position has confirmed the 19 year-old [...]
IRISH show jumping manager Robert Splaine has announced the jumping order of his selected team that will compete in today’s Italian Nations’ Cup in Arezzo. Scheduled to start at 1.30pm Irish time, and featuring a total of 13 nations, Ireland is drawn eighth to jump in the competition, and will line out in the following [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) Level 2 candidates completed their final assessments last week at Spruce Lodge Training Facility, Redcross, Co. Wicklow and Grange Farm, Kilcock. The HSI Level 2 Coach qualification is the first level where coaches are qualified to coach independently and currently the first stage where candidates must produce the required standard at [...]
THE Irish show jumping team came tantalisingly close to obtaining automatic qualification for the Rio Olympics when finishing seventh at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy this afternoon (Thursday). Ireland’s quartet of Darragh Kenny, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch and Cameron Hanley moved up one place from their overnight position, but because Olympic host nation Brazil [...]
BEATING 152 other competitors, young Wexford rider Bertram Allen set Irish hopes high today (Tuesday) when he claimed first place in the opening speed competition of the World Equestrian Games’s show jumping element at Caen in France. Putting up a mature performance aboard the 10-year-old grey mare Molly Malone V, 19 year-old Allen, who won [...]
AFTER the first day of Eventing at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, Ireland is lying seventh of 16 teams. Britain’s William Fox-Pitt was the day’s leader on 37.5 penalties with Chilli Morning. Leading the Irish after the initial day of dressage is Sarah Ennis with Horseware Stellor Rebound in tenth place on 48.5 penalties, with fellow [...]
DUBARRY of Ireland have just announced a new partnership with Horse Sport Ireland. The sponsorship deal will see the Irish eventing squad wearing Dubarry of Ireland signature tweed clothing, footwear and accessories for both the European Championships and during the current World Equestrian Games (WEG) 2014. Junior, pony and young riders’ team members are also [...]
IRELAND’S Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner just revealed his four-strong team that will compete at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy beginning Thursday. With all its eventing horses now having passed the veterinary check, the Irish team will be: Aoife Clark with Fenya’s Elegance Sarah Ennis with Horseware Stellor Rebound Joseph Murphy with Electric [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed the GAIN Horse feeds Young Rider Eventing Squad for the 2014 European Championships in Vale Sabroso, Portugal from the 17th – 21st September 2014 The GAIN Horse feeds Young Rider Eventing Squad in alphabetical order is: · Jennifer Diamond with Early Spring (ISH) · Elizabeth Hayden [...]
HORSE Sport Ireland Show Jumping High Performance Manager Robert Splaine has confirmed the five horse and rider combinations that will represent Ireland at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy. The Show Jumping phase takes place from September 1st to September 7th. The squad of five riders in alphabetical order is: Bertram Allen with [...]
DESPITE being up against some of the world’s best horses and riders, Wexford’s Bertram Allen, who turned just 19 earlier this month, romped home in first place in the prestigious Longines Grand Prix at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show on Sunday afternoon. Tension mounted in the main arena when Allen and Ballywalter Farms’s grey [...]
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, [...]
