On Sunday 20th July the Down Royal Racecourse played host to the final of the Down Royal Ridden League. Qualifiers had been held for several weeks at a number of County Shows, bringing together retrained exracehorses from Dublin to North Antrim to compete for the Title Down Royal Ridden Exracehorse champion 2014. The league based [...]
Penninsula Equestrian centre in Greyabbey are hosting a show on sunday 3rd August to raise funds for Crosskennan in a joint venture with Racehorse to riding horse by kind permission of Marie Rogan. The schedule will be available this week on the peninsula Equestrian Facebook page. There will be classes for all ridden hunters, racehorses, cobs, [...]
Racehorse to riding horse competitors had a busy weekend in the Northern region with Armagh Show’s packed programme including everything from the popular riding classes for exracers which included a qualifier for the RDS also a sidesaddle class a class for the unraced thoroughbreds and the fun event of Racehorse to Hunt which caught the imagination [...]
Down Royal Double for News Item with Racehorse To Ridinghorse Ireland
A Presentation was made on Bank Holiday Monday, Ladies Day at Dowpatrick Races to Clare Steele (third left) who rode The Witness Box Gelding Aghavillar to win The Downpatrick Race Course Race Horse to Riding Horse Class at Saintfield Horse Show on Saturday 17th.August at Tyrella House. Also pictured are from left –Saintfield Horse Show Director Joan Cunningham, Amanda [...]
The Race horse to riding horse association are working with Coilog Equestrian Kildare to hold a Charity show with proceeds going to the injured jockeys fund – John Jo Bright from Antrim and JT Mcnamara from Cork. It will take place on the 18th august and as you can see from the schedule there are [...]
The Racehorse to Riding Horse held a recent show at Limepark for an enthusiastic and delighted crowd of competitors and spectators on Sunday 14th April. A number of new faces joined the group with everyone commenting on their great day. Invited judge for the day was Linda Buchanan, who kindly judged both the retraining and [...]
The Racehorse to Riding Horse Ireland association are holding a ‘Night at the Races’ at the Dundalk stadium on 1st March 2013. The evening will consist of both horse and greyhound racing and buffet. Accommodation is available at a local hotel if required. The message from the association is to come along and enjoy the [...]
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, [...]
