TIPPERARY’S Greg Broderick maintained his excellent recent form, winning the latest round of the Pegus Leinster Summer Tour at South County Dublin Show, which was held at Coilog EC near Naas in Co Kildare. Broderick’s victory came aboard the Noel Cawley owned mare Rincarina, with the pair finishing almost two seconds faster than their nearest [...]
Damien Griffin emerged victorious in the latest round of the Pegus Leinster Summer Tour, the Galway rider came out on top at Ballivor Show in Co Meath with Mary Mulkern’s 12-year-old gelding Dutell. Thirty-five horses and riders went post with Griffin finishing with almost a second to spare over his nearest challenger James Hogg from [...]
The Pegus Leinster Summer Tour moved to Barnadown in Co Wexford on Saturday, where Co Kilkenny riders filled the top two places, after a thrilling close-fought competition. At the finish it was Michael Hutchinson who came out on top with the Team Z7 owned gelding Laith. Twenty five year-old Hutchinson had shared top honours in [...]
The Young Event Horse Competition sponsored by Pegus Horse Feeds is running for its second year having been introduced to the Schedule in 2014 at the new RUAS show grounds. Phase I, Dressage will be judged on Wednesday evening by Ireland’s top Dressage Judges, Jean Mitchell MBE and David Lee. Phase 2 will then be [...]
This week’s qualifier for the Pegus Young Horse Competition at Balmoral which was held at The Meadows Equestrian Centre, enjoyed Mediterranean conditions in contrast to last week’s cancelled round which would have endured wintery wet weather. The 34 horses were produced and turned out beautifully, ready and able to take on the challenge the McCusker [...]
Area 17 of the Pony Club are pleased to announce that Pegus Horse Feed are sponsors of theArea 17 Championships. The Championships are held each year by different Pony Clubs throughout Area 17 covering disciplines Dressage, Eventing ,Showjumping, Tetrathlon mounted games, Polo cross and Endurance for all ages from 4 to 25 years of age . Liz Lowry when [...]
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, [...]
