Sunday 19th April saw a very good turnout for the first round of the Jump Challenge League 2015 at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough. A combination of showjumping, working hunter and cross country fences provided a challenging but enjoyable course which everyone rode very well. Mill Yard would like to thank everyone who competed at [...]
On Saturday 21 March 2015 Ardnacashel Equestrian held one of its ever popular Arena Jump Cross Competitions. The day started at 11 am with a heavily subscribed 60/70 cm class. The course was as always a testing one for both horse and rider with an excellent mix of show jumps, cross country and working hunter [...]
Sunday 17th August saw a great day at the Summer Derby and the final round of the “Jump Challenge League” at Mill Yard Equestrian Centre, Anahilt, Hillsborough. A combination of show jumping, working hunter and cross-country fences provided a final challenging course with a few new fences, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, especially in [...]
Week ending 24th August 2104, Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. With the weather taking a turn for the worse and the short six week summer / autumn schedule of events at Ravensdale Lodge reaching the half way point this week, show organisers are starting to focus their attention on the move indoors in [...]
Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland held their jump cross final on Saturday. The optional joker fence was a picnic stable which caused some excitement! To start the day off Claire Dobbin and her lovely pony Louie jumped a lovely clear to win the 60cms league and take home a beautiful horse first hamper, Claire also [...]
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 [...]
Knockagh View Equestrian Centre, Greenisland held a jump cross day on Sunday 9th February, it was such a success there will be an exciting jump cross league on Saturdays’s 1st, 15th March, 5th April and the final on 26th April. There will be a point system with 1 point being allocated each week for attendance, [...]
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, [...]
