STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone held their Annual General Meeting recently. Lucinda Blakiston-Houston, Chairperson welcomed everyone to the meeting, Alison Donnell, Secretary read her report for the year & Pearl Donnell, Treasurer presented her report. Lucinda Blakiston-Houston was re-elected as Chairperson, Pearl Donnell, Treasurer& Alison Donnell, Secretary. Voted on to the committee were [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB in Omagh, Co Tyrone held their 1st Indoor 2-phase show at the weekend at The Ecclesville Centre, Fintona on a beautiful autumn day! The Club would like to thank those who came along to compete & try something a little different. The skinny style, straw bales, logs, brush fence, brush/roller, cottage fence all [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB, Omagh, Co Tyrone held the 2nd night of their Annual Summer Showjumping league in much nicer conditions which brought with it a better turnout. Thanks to competitors for supporting & well done! Thanks to Raymond Caldwell for course building, Chris Bogle judging, Yvonne Chisholm entries, Kyle Hayes & Samantha McCurdy safety officers, Alison [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB in Omagh, Co Tyrone are holding their annual summer showjumping league commencing on Wednesday 2nd July & continuing on Wednesdays 9th, 16th & the final is scheduled for Wednesday 23rd July. Everyone is very welcome to come along, ponies/horses, members & non members. Jumping commences at 7pm each night at Ecclesville, Fintona. The 1st class is The [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB celebrated 17 years recently with their Annual Combined Training Competition at the RDA, Arvalee, Omagh. The Club would like to thank all those who helped make the day a success; Ivor Russell & Alison Donnell for setting up the dressage arena, Myra Greeves judging, Alison Donnell scribe, Pearl Donnell entries & [...]
Downshire Riding Club held the first leg of a Winter Jumping League for members only on Thursday 9th January at Danescroft Equestrian Centre. This first leg also incorporated the first selection night for those members wishing to represent Downshire in the Riding Club Team Championships which are being held at Portmore in March. The Winter [...]
Strule Valley Riding Club Est 1997 ‘Christmas Show’ Saturday 21st December 2013 10am Ponies followed by Horses at 1.30pm approx RDA, Arvalee, Omagh – Everyone welcome 10 am start Ponies – Entries £8 per class or 2 classes for £15 40cm 60cm 70cm 80cm Open 90cm Open Run & Ride 1.30 pm Horses approx. – [...]
Strule Valley Riding Club Est 1997 16th Annual Combined Training Competition Saturday 9th March 2012 11am RDA, Omagh Class 1 –Prelim 12 2005 Dressage only Class 2 – Intro B 2009 with 1 round jumping Class 3 – The Pony Club D Level 1 Test with 1 round jumping Class 4 –Prelim 13 2006 with [...]
STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB in Omagh, Co Tyrone held something different recently in the form of an ‘Arena Eventing Competition’ at Ecclesville, Fintona on a beautiful sunny, dry day! This consisted of 7 showjumps followed by 7 working hunter/cross country type fences which proved a challenge from the normal showjumping course; but was enjoyed by [...]
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, [...]
