German rider Andreas Dibowski jumped a faultless clear round in the final Jumping phase to hold on to his overnight lead with It’s Me XX and win Luhmühlen CCI4* (GER), presented by DHL, penultimate leg of the FEI Classics™ 2015/2016. Written by Catherine Austen There was no margin for error for the 50-year-old as second-placed Maxime [...]
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EIGHTEEN year-old Cathal Daniels scored a notable second place in the main feature class at Camphire International Horse Trials in Co. Waterford this afternoon (Sunday). Daniels, who has already been selected for the GAIN Horse Feeds Young Rider Eventing Squad that will compete for Ireland in the 2015 European Championships in Strzegom, Poland next month, [...]
Michael Jung (GER) is back as world Eventing number one after his brilliant third-place finish with La Biosthetique Sam FBW at last month’s Luhmühlen CCI4* (GER) presented by DHL, fifth leg of the FEI Classics™. Switch back Jung (32) jumped to the top of the FEI World Eventing Rankings in May for the first time [...]
Ingrid Klimke (GER) rode brilliantly to produce a clear round under huge pressure to win her home CCI4* at Luhmühlen (GER), presented by DHL, for the first time and set up an unassailable lead in the FEI Classics™ 2014/2015. Written by Kate Green FEI In a thrilling finale, her flawless round on the spring-heeled 11-year-old [...]
MEATH’S Sarah Ennis delivered a convincing fourth place at the highly competitive three-star event at Bramham in England on Sunday. Starting in 15th place after dressage with the Irish Sport Horse gelding Horseware Stellor Rebound, which is jointly owned by Horseware Ltd., Niki Potterton and Orla Ennis, the duo then produced a clear cross country [...]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR), the multiple Olympic, World and European medallist, is back as world Eventing number one after victory in last month’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™. He had held on to the world number one slot for a year until last month, when Michael Jung (GER), who became the first [...]
Week ending 6th June 2015, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. It is set to be another busy week at Ravensdale Lodge as the centre plays host to the Young Event Horse Series (YES) on Thursday 11th June closely followed by RDS qualifiers for Connemara Performance Hunter & Performance Irish Draught on Saturday 13th [...]
Great Britain’s Kitty King with Ceylor LAN wins The Irish Field CCI3* and Mark Todd and NZB Campino land the George Mernagh Memorial CIC3* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland Great Britain’s Kitty King and Ceylor LAN take top honours at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials & [...]
AUSTIN O’Connor was best of the Irish in the The Irish Field CCI3* class at Tattersalls International Horse Trials today (Sunday), finishing in sixth place on his dressage score of 50.00 with the Irish Sport Horse Kilpatrick Knight. Great Britain’s Kitty King and Ceylor LAN took top honours in the 10th Anniversary of the event, [...]
Week ending 17th May, results and report Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. The National Grand Prix league bandwagon rolls on to Ravensdale Lodge over the course of next weekend from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May. There are nineteen exciting classes scheduled for the two arenas over the course of the three days with [...]
MEATH’S Sarah Ennis missed out on victory at the three-star CIC event at Chatsworth in England on Sunday by just one penalty point. Written by Colin McClellad Chasing two-time Chatsworth winner, Britain’s Pippa Funnell, Ennis and the Irish Sport Horse Horseware Stellor Rebound were faster across country but had ground to make up on the [...]
Eventing Ireland is delighted to announce that Bucas will be our official rug supplier for our inaugural National Championships, being held at Ballindenisk, Watergrasshill from 11-12 July. The top four winners in all 14 classes will each be presented with a Bucas Cooler Rug, total value €3,500. Bucas is the name which is [...]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) re-wrote the record books when he became the first rider in history to win a CCI4* on a stallion, jumping a magnificent clear round in today’s final phase on Christopher Stone’s Chilli Morning to capture the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2014/2015. Written by Kate Green The [...]
Week ending 9th May, results Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. Competitions ping ponged between the outdoor and indoor arenas at Ravensdale Lodge as the weather seesawed between sunshine and showers. The recent start of the spring / summer show season has been dogged by the fluctuating weather systems that have passed over the country [...]
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, [...]
