TWO Irish riders finished in the top five at the CIC three-star event at Hopetoun in Scotland this afternoon, with Joseph Murphy taking the runner-up slot and Jim Newsam placing fourth. Murphy, who was riding the Irish Sport Horse Electric Cruise, owned by Noel Good, Jill Andrews, A. O’Callaghan and Michelle Nelson, came home in [...]
AN excruciating time fault on his second round put Mayo’s Cameron Hanley and the mare Living The Dream out of the jump-off in the sixth leg of the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at Monaco tonight (Saturday), but it still gave him third place overall. Picking up a substantial 45,000 euro for his two jumping [...]
IRISH show jumping team manager Robert Splaine today (Monday) announced a list of combinations for the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, France, where the jumping competitions take place from 2 – 7 September 2014. Splaine said: ” At this point these are the main contenders being considered. However my decision will be announced in [...]
WEXFORD teenager Bertram Allen was 20,000 euro richer this afternoon (Sunday) when claiming fourth place in the elite five-star Grand Prix in Rotterdam with Ballywalter Farms’s ten year-old mare Molly Malone V. The 18 year-old for a time held second place in the 12 horse jump-off, but in the end was outpaced by France’s Patrice [...]
THE Irish Eventing Squad for the World Equestrian Games 2014 has been announced. The selected squad in alphabetical order is: •Clare Abbott riding Cormac Mackay’s Euro Prince (ISH) •Aoife Clark riding PJ Hegarty’s Fenyas Elegance (ISH) (or Henrietta Duchess of Bedford & Jacqueline Norris’s Vaguely North as a direct reserve horse) •Sarah Ennis riding Tom [...]
AN Irish team claimed victory in the famous five-star Spruce Meadows Nations’ Cup in the early hours of this morning (Saturday) – the second year in a row that Ireland has taken the Canadian trophy. Though not a point-scoring venue for Ireland in the Furusiyya series, the Irish quartet nevertheless trounced six other competing teams [...]
MARK Duffy and Glenomra Cocoa (ISH) have won the fifth leg of the 7 year-old ISH Studbook series, held at Galway show today (Sunday), going clear in a time of 77.80. The winner is by Cougar (ISH), out of dam Glenomra Colleen (ISH), the breeder is John Vaughan and owner Grainne Davoren.
IRELAND will jump as second of the seven teams competing at the Nations’ Cup in Spruce Meadows Canada later tonight (Friday). Irish show jumping team manager Robert Splaine has announced the jumping order of the Irish team, who will appear as follows: Shane Sweetnam/Eregast Van’T Kiezelhof Richie Moloney/Slieveanorra (ISH) Darragh Kenny/Sans Soucis Z Conor Swail/Lansdowne. [...]
IRELAND was one of five teams of the nine starters who finished the first round of the Children on Horses Nations’ Cup in Hagen Germany on a zero score today (Thursday), with six nations going through to the second round. However, a mammoth battle for superiority then followed amongst the qualifiers, with a high attrition [...]
OFFALY’S Darragh Kenny racked up his second win last night (Friday) at the five-star Spruce Meadows show in Calgary, Canada, while Co. Down’s Conor Swail placed second in the feature class of the day. Colin McClelland, Horse Sport Ireland Kenny, who had a win on Thursday with the Diamant De Semilly gelding Picolo, repeated the [...]
The million-dollar Global Champions Tour at Shanghai drew the cream of the world’s show jumping talent, and Ireland’s three riders went through the first round on zero scores – Billy Twomey with Diaghilev, Bertram Allen on Molly Malone V, and Shane Breen with Confident of Victory.
Seventeen year old Mayo show jumper Michael Duffy has continued his winning streak, by taking the top prize in Sunday’s two-phase competition at the 3 star show at Lisbon.Portugal. The Knockmore rider beat of the challange of over 60 fellow competitors to take vicory with the nine year old mare ‘Eminent’, who is owned by [...]
IRELAND’S Camilla Speirs with Bridget Speirs’s diminutive Irish Sport Horse Portersize Just a Jif climbed 13 places to finish seventh overall at the prestigious three-star event in Saumur, France today on Sunday. The combination, who survived a spectacular fall on cross country at the 2012 London Olympics, showed no hesitation yesterday on Saumur’s track, coming [...]
FRASER Duffy racked up his second win in the ISH Eventing series when taking the 5 Year-Old trophy with Greenhall Derry River (ISH) at Killossery today (Sunday). The winner is a bay gelding by Crosstown Dancer (RID) out of the Dam Dunganstown Gem (TB) and was bred by Mary Rothwell and owned by Carol Gee. [...]
Horse Sport Ireland has designed an online survey to research information on lorry usage/road tax within the Affiliate membership of the Sport Horse Sector. Showjumpingireland are asking members to complete the survey to assist in compiling this information. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3HP9GW2 The survey is anonymous and will only take a couple of minutes to complete. The online [...]
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, [...]
