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Eventing Ireland Announce Equest Pramox CNC2* Class Sponsorship

Eventing Ireland Announce Equest Pramox CNC2* Class Sponsorship

| March 23, 2014

Eventing Ireland is delighted to announce Equest Pramox has confirmed sponsorship for a third year with the Equest Pramox CNC2* Class. The series consists of five legs during the season in which the overall Series Winner will receive Equest Pramox product plus €500 in prize money and a rug for the horse. “Eamonn O’Sullivan, CAE Business [...]

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Regional Meetings for the Irish Sport Horse Industry

Regional Meetings for the Irish Sport Horse Industry

| March 21, 2014

HORSE Sport Ireland, the Royal Dublin Society and Teagasc are working together to outline a strategy for the sport horse sector of the Irish Equine industry for the period to 2025. To aid the development of this strategy, the Irish Sport Horse Industry Strategy Committee will hold regional meetings for all those involved in the [...]

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SJI Horse and Pony League Results 16th March

SJI Horse and Pony League Results 16th March

| March 21, 2014

HORSES   90cm- 1,J. Griffin’s Cregmore Hughie (Jim Griffin); M. Barrett’s Corrygreen Furistos Beauty (Niamh Barrett);   1m- 1,R. Turley’s Kiddo (Rachel Turley); 1, P. McCourt’s Kardo (Maeve McCourt); 1, P. McVerry’s Captain Tate (Amy McVerry); 1, J. Finnegan’s Sunday Cruise (Jessica Finnegan); 1, P. McCourt’s Trebor Tell Me More Maeve McCourt); 1, J. GRIFFIN’S [...]

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Kernan Equestrian Centre Hold NIF Qualifier

Kernan Equestrian Centre Hold NIF Qualifier

| March 21, 2014

HORSES Performance Hunter 70cms 1, True Love  (June Ellenberg); 2,Cafre Lunar Escape (Lisa Doogan); 3, Millers Diamond Jack (Samuel Roney); 4,Baby Bud (Aoife O’Grady); 5, Cor Rambker (Kerri Rafferty); Festival Working Hunter Horse 80cms 1, Millers Diamond Jack (Samuel Roney); 2,Cor Rambler (Kerri Rafferty); 3,Remy XO (Carol O’Connor); 4,Connamore (Jackie Loughran); 5,True Love (June Ellenberg); [...]

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Brilliant Barnstormer at Strule Valley

Brilliant Barnstormer at Strule Valley

| March 20, 2014

STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB celebrated 17 years recently with their Annual Combined Training Competition at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh.  The Club would like to thank all those who helped make the day a success; Ivor Russell & Alison Donnell for setting up the dressage arena, Myra Greeves judging, Alison Donnell scribe, Pearl Donnell entries & [...]

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Cork’s Sweetnam Wins Yet Again at Florida Winter Festival

Cork’s Sweetnam Wins Yet Again at Florida Winter Festival

| March 20, 2014

CORK’S Shane Sweetnam and Spy Coast Farm’s Cyklon opened the 11th week of the Florida Winter Equestrian Festival tonight (Wednesday) with victory in the $34,000 1m45 speed class, marking the Irish rider’s fifth world ranking competition win of the circuit at the Palm Beach venue. Thirty-three year-old US-based Sweetnam also took fifth place in the [...]

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Action Packed Weekend at Tyrella

Action Packed Weekend at Tyrella

| March 20, 2014

Tyrella was packed on Saturday and Sunday for a weekend extravaganza run by Eventing Ireland’s Northern Region. The weather certainly was in our favour as the County Down estate was bathed in glorious sunshine. Saturday was the Annual Two Phase Event where three testing tracks, designed and built by Adam Stevenson provided plenty of challenges [...]

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Outdoor Jump Cross at Knockagh

Outdoor Jump Cross at Knockagh

| March 19, 2014

The Sun Shone for a busy weekend of events at Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland.  Saturday was a Jump Cross day, with the good weather our SJI National course designer Alistair Megahey went outdoor’s to the huge sand arena.  As always the course looked fantastic with the optional joker fence causing a few problems and [...]

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Registered ponies join weekly leagues at Ravensdale Lodge

Registered ponies join weekly leagues at Ravensdale Lodge

| March 19, 2014

With competitions continuing unabated at Ravensdale Lodge, registered ponies join the already tight schedule of leagues at the centre on Thursday evening from 5pm. This will be the first week of registered ponies in 2014 as they join the horses who jump from 11am the same day. Half way through the winter / spring season [...]

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Dressage League underway at Knockagh View

Dressage League underway at Knockagh View

| March 18, 2014

Sunday was the first week of the dressage league at Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland, the 2nd week will take place on Sunday 23rd March with the final on Sunday 6th April.  Competitors must compete at 1 week plus the final with the best score from the first 2 weeks going forward to the final [...]

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Moloney Closes Week Ten of Florida Festival With First and Third Places

Moloney Closes Week Ten of Florida Festival With First and Third Places

| March 18, 2014

WITH Cork’s Shane Sweetnam having opened Week Ten of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida with a win, it was left to Kilkenny’s Richie Moloney to close proceedings last night (Sunday) with both a first and third place. Moloney qualified two horses for the jump-off in the Suncast 1m50 Championship Jumper Classic, taking the lead [...]

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All Eyes on Andi’s ‘Dolly’ at Connell Hill

All Eyes on Andi’s ‘Dolly’ at Connell Hill

| March 18, 2014

With spring very much in the air this past week equine enthusiasts turned out to jump at Connell Hills Training Show on Friday night in high spirits.  All received a warm welcome and were greeted with a much inviting free flowing course of colourful fences designed to encourage and thus improve the performance of horse [...]

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Bumper Portmore Spring Championship Show

Bumper Portmore Spring Championship Show

| March 17, 2014

Spectators were treated to three days of extremely high quality competition at Portmore Equestrian Centre this weekend in newly refurbished premises.  Purple was the colour of choice as a selection of new jumps courtesy of Nicholl Show Jumps joined the freshly painted purple surroundings. Friday began with Katy Connor, Joanne Jarden and Laura Cornett in [...]

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James Hogg And Interpreter Win Portmore Round Of The HSI’Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour

James Hogg And Interpreter Win Portmore Round Of The HSI’Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour

| March 17, 2014

The sixth round of the HSI/ Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour at Portmore Equestrian Centre in Co Armagh saw the top prize staying north of the border, as Co Fermanagh rider James Hogg scored a comprehensive victory with Edgar Hogg’s grey gelding Interpreter. The host venue Portmore Equestrian Centre, sponsored the competition with €2,500 on [...]

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Mill Yard Working Hunter Gathers Momentum

Mill Yard Working Hunter Gathers Momentum

| March 17, 2014

A lovely day was had by everyone at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough, on Saturday 8th March where the first round of the Working Hunter For All Spring League got off to a great start with a fantastic turnout. With levels of classes to suit every ability the show was very well supported. Mill Yard [...]

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