Connell Hill will host two £1,000 IPS Pony Shows on Sunday 9th March at 10.00 am and Sunday 23rd March at 9.30 am sharp, with classes as per bulletin (Newcomers to 148 cm 1 m 25). These major shows, with Course Designer Mr Nigel Jess, promise to be of huge competition as ‘warm up’ classes [...]
Friday 7th February 2014 saw the culmination of many, many months of hard work and determination pay dividends. It was a night for the glitz and glamour of the red carpet as the Iveagh Branch of the Pony Club premiered their film ‘The Pony Club Way – From Iveagh Playpen to World Stage’. A beautifully [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone are holding their 17th annual combined training competition on Saturday 15th March at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh. Everyone is very welcome to come along, members & non members, ponies & horses. Entries to Alison on 82 246652 by Monday 10th March & times available Wednesday 12th March on Strule Valley Riding Club facebook page. Classes [...]
Weather conditions were extremely trying at Tyrella for the Iveagh Spring Derby with the show jumping course in particular falling victim to the incredibly strong winds that prevailed in the morning. However due the the abundance of hard work put in by an extremely hard working committee from Iveagh Pony Club the day was still [...]
A variety of competitions have been keeping Gransha Riding Club’s members busy over the last few weeks. The jump cross had a small attendance however this gave members time to have a good school around the combination of show jumps and working hunter fences. In the 60cms class joint winners were Faith McKee and Josh Getty, Ashleigh Saunderson won [...]
Due to a clash of dates, CAUSE has taken the decision to move its event to Wednesday 29 October 2014. The NI peer led charity hopes many equestrian enthusiasts of school age will be supporting the charity during Halloween week at Portmore Equestrian Centre. As usual the Show jumping classes will includes, Minis (70cms), [...]
Castle Leslie Equestrian Centre in conjunction with Charles Owen are thrilled to announce that world champions Pippa and William Funnell will be visiting them to conduct a series of private 1 hour group lessons on 29th & 30th March. William will conduct show jumping lessons from 9-1pm each day followed by lunch and Pippa will [...]
The latest round of the Equestrian Interschools Ireland League was held on Saturday 1st March and hosted by Kernan Equestrian Centre, Crossmaglen Co. Armagh. James Kernan the proprietor built the courses for both the Novice and Open team and individual events. Six teams in all competed in the day’s events. The schools taking part [...]
The final of the Nugent Trailer Showjumping League at Castle Leslie took place last Friday evening. The course was a flowing course with challenging jump offs for those taking part in the speed rounds. The first class to take place was the cross pole class with Jack Carragher, Amy McAnerney and Sara McAnerney all taking [...]
Results of Horse and Pony jumping held on Monday 24th February. 70cm 1st Pumpkin, Sarah Curry. 80cm 1st Tad, Dan McComb won the Jess Cup; 2nd Pumpkin, Sarah Curry. 90cm 1st Pippa, Victoria Boville won the Turnpike Metal Cup; 2nd Bouncer, Yvonne Whiteside; 3rd Tad, Dan McComb. Results of Pony jumping held on Friday 28th [...]
The first week of Knockagh View Equestrian Centre’s jump cross league took place on Sunday with more new showjumps coming out to create a stir amongst competitors with a new joker sunflower fence. Competitors all took it in their stride with lots of points being notched up for clear rounds and clearing the joker fence. [...]
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 [...]
As we reach the half way mark of this SJI League at Connell Hill, competitors arrived in their droves filling the car parks to capacity. Full show attire adorned the riders with horses plaited and groomed to jump a course of fences designed by Mr Will Crean. This course demanded the riders undivided attention and [...]
The Horse Training Show on Thursday, the last date of this session, was a most relaxed day enjoyed by riders and horses with the added bonus of sun shine. Riders took advantage of this opportunity to get their horses out and train as many are finding it difficult owing to the bleak weather conditions. Training [...]
Note from Horse Sport Ireland: IRELAND’S show jumping team finished equal fourth with Brazil at Wellington in Florida in their first Nations’ Cup of 2014 last night (Friday), after a marathon competition that saw 12 teams taking part. A clear round from Cian O’Connor and Quidam’s Cherie helped the Irish make the cut for the [...]
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, [...]
