Rain drowned the chances of a cross country go as you please on Sunday 12th April, but thankfully the indoor facilities at Laurel View meant that the Easter Show was able to run unhindered. A great crowd of competitors turned out to have a go at the show jumping and obstacle courses. All the [...]
The Laurel View Spring Show Jumping league is off to a great start, with a great crowd of competitors turning out to vie for the rosettes and try to earn some points in the pounds for points league. Jumping continues on Wednesday evenings right through to the final on 29th April. The start time [...]
On the last Sunday of January at Laurel View walk/trot competitors tackled BD Intro B in front of Martina McKinley; her scoring placed Leah Knight and Liberty Blue in the top spot earning them a red ribbon, with Alfie and Santiago Guieirrez a shade behind in second. Zoe Briggs and Oscar topped the Newcomers [...]
It was cold, the roads were white and a bit too much for some understandably, but those that donned their thermals and headed carefully to Laurel View on 29th December, helped make the last dressage competition of 2013 most enjoyable. The BD Intro A was one of the tests that Ivor Harper had to judge [...]
The first day of the Laurel View Winter Dressage League on 6th October was a fine winter’s day, perfect for painting pylons apparently! The pylon painters had a bird’s eye view of the tests ridden in the outdoor arena, the judges remained in the more traditional position though. Geraldine Lowry assessed the performance of [...]
3rd November was the date for the second leg of the Laurel View Winter Dressage League. Again competitors made their way from near and far to support the competition, without them the competition would be pointless. The judges and scribes were kept busy as the runners kept the competitors coming. Erin Faloona was [...]
Fun and games at Laurel View on Sunday 20th October at the Novelty 3 phase event. Competitors had been promised that no jumping was required and any tests could be learnt on the day. The Le Trec Challenge was set up in the smaller indoor and there were seven different tests to tackle. Obstacle Dressage [...]
The Winter Show Jumping League is well underway at Laurel View on Wednesday evenings definitely the best place to be for warming up and jumping indoors. The points on the league score sheet are fairly adding up, but the final positions are in no way decided yet. But it won’t be long now until the [...]
Now the nights are drawing in where better to be on a Wednesday evening than at Laurel View for the Wednesday evening jumping, all indoors! The Winter Show Jumping League got underway on 2nd October, with the current league running right up until Wednesday 18th December, so plenty of time yet to rack up points [...]
The following courses have been scheduled by CAFRE. For more information or to book your place email Rachel.mcguigan@dardni.gov.uk or call or text 07748338279 Preparing Mares for Stud Book Inspections Demo 14th August at Portmore Equestrian Centre Managing Equine Health through Nutrition Workshop 28th August at Greenmount Campus Digital Marketing & Social Media for Equine Businesses [...]
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, [...]
