IRISH riders took third, fourth and fifth places in Thursday’s Challenge Cup Round 11 at the international Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, USA. Offaly’s Darragh Kenny kept up his recent run of good form by claiming third place with a double clear round on Caroline Loyd’s gelding Sans Soucis Z, while Tipperary’s Kevin Babington was [...]
Portmore are now holding their Christmas show on Sunday 14th December with a 10.30am start. The schedule for the day is shown below: Class 1 70cm Speed Round (no doubles all ponies welcome) Class 2 Novice Speed Class 80cm/85cm Class 3 Open Speed Class 90cm/95cm Class 4 King and Queen of the ring 1m [...]
Portmore are hosting a two day SJI Show with Ponies on Saturday and Horses on Sunday. Saturday 28th June Start 9.30am Ponies Prize Entry 1 128cm 70cm £70 £14 2 128cm 80cm £70 £14 3 [...]
The new dressage series at Portmore Equestrian Centre has been well supported with a good turnout in its first and second week. Competitions will continue on Wednesday evenings with classes starting at 5pm and two arenas running to avoid long waiting times. A new idea of ‘pick your own test’ has been very successful as [...]
Spectators were treated to three days of extremely high quality competition at Portmore Equestrian Centre this weekend in newly refurbished premises. Purple was the colour of choice as a selection of new jumps courtesy of Nicholl Show Jumps joined the freshly painted purple surroundings. Friday began with Katy Connor, Joanne Jarden and Laura Cornett in [...]
As each week progresses, Portmore’s competitor numbers continue to grow. Competition started at 10am with many competitors commenting positively throughout the day on the flowing course designed by Ray Buchanan. The first clears of the competition were claimed during the 90cm class as a number of young horses made their debut onto the SJI scene [...]
High winds and icy roads disrupted travel arrangements on Saturday for the final round of Portmore’s unregistered horse and pony league sponsored by EquestrianResults.co.uk meaning that some combinations were unable to make it to the earlier classes, however competitor numbers on the day were high and the timed phase of the competition was a popular [...]
Competitors were out in force once again for the fourth round of the Equestrian Results.co.uk sponsored league at Portmore. The course was built by Lorraine Leavesley and offered a flowing and encouraging track for competitors to enjoy. Lucy Toombs and May jumped easily around the 60cm course, followed by Maria Martin on her grey pony [...]
The first competition of 2014 was well attended at Portmore Equestrian Centre, the blustery conditions outside encouraged competitors to make the most of the superb arenas and indoor spectator viewing gallery available all year around. The course was designed by Mickey McCann who built it with young horses in mind offering an encouraging and flowing [...]
The popular annual Christmas Show at Portmore Equestrian Centre, has been scheduled for 14th December, starting at 12 noon. The packed schedule of events includes a number of classes to include pairs competitions, accumulators, king and queen of the ring, six bar, puissance, all beginning with warm up classes to get everyone limbered up for [...]
The second round of Portmore’s unregistered horse and pony league sponsored by Equestrian Results.co.uk enjoyed a good turnout. The course was designed to encourage younger horses to settle into a rhythm, in a welcoming environment. As a number of new faces were welcomed, and promising new horses were introduced to the venue it was a [...]
Portmore Equestrian Centre have announced plans to start a second Equestrian Results.co.uk league in quick succession with their first league finishing just three weeks ago. Demand grew during the league as riders chose to include their details on this innovative new website allowing their results to be visible online, encouraging them to compete at more [...]
Portmore Autumn Championships 25/10/2013 90cm Ann Diugann, May Ball Ian Moore Femme Fatal Shannon Leinster, Metropolitan Sam Sinclair, Indigo 1m Shannon lenister, Metropolitan Gavin Conlon, Haulough Daniel Coyle, Harakin Z Shannon MacKenzie, Euroquay Elizabeth Irvine, Rossuaree Shane O Reilly, Beus Star Verdi Linda Courtney, LCC Troy Luke Campbell, Mullabrack RP Korena Byrne, Little Cheftain Catherine [...]
Portmore held the fourth round of their unregistered horse and pony league on Saturday 21st September. Several junior riders are really setting the standards as they blaze ahead in the leagues overall placings! Ella Heron and Princess Judy continue to strengthen their lead in the 60cm class, while it’s tight at the top in the [...]
Competitors were treated to an inviting course in the popular Portmore venue on Saturday for the first show in the new Portmore unregistered league sponsored by Equestrianresults.co.uk. Ella Heron and Princess Judy produced the first clear of the day in the 60cm class setting the bar high for those who followed. The 70cm competitors [...]
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, [...]
