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Guerdat Claims The Longed-for Longines Trophy at Last

Guerdat Claims The Longed-for Longines Trophy at Last

| April 20, 2015

Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat was a happy man when claiming the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2015 title at the Thomas & Mack arena in Las Vegas, USA today. “I’ve been waiting a long time for this moment!”, said the 32-year-old Olympic champion whose last-to-go ride was an absolute thriller. Written by by Louise Parkes <iframe width=”560″ [...]

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Swallows Signal Summer Season At Ravensdale Lodge

Swallows Signal Summer Season At Ravensdale Lodge

| April 20, 2015

The swallows have arrived at Ravensdale Lodge signalling the time to move events out to the super outdoor facilities at the centre for the summer months. With one week left to run on the winter / spring indoor season, this week of league finals will be followed quickly by the move outdoors and the commencement [...]

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‘Fairy Tail’ training at Connell Hill

‘Fairy Tail’ training at Connell Hill

| April 20, 2015

Everyone wants to excel and be the best and so to get there one must train; hence equine enthusiasts travelled to Connell Hill to ‘Train’ on Friday night where riders had the opportunity to jump colourful tracks designed to encourage horse and rider forward with on hands help and advice.  This Friday night show, which [...]

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New Title Sponsor for Leinster SJI Summer Tour

New Title Sponsor for Leinster SJI Summer Tour

| April 17, 2015

The Leinster region of Showjumping Ireland have announced details of the 2015 Leinster Summer Tour, which this year welcomes onboard a new title sponsor – Pegus Horse Feed. The Pegus L.S.T [1.35M] will take place at 14 venues across the province, kicking off at Louth County Show on Sunday April 26th with the final round taking place at [...]

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Spring Show Jumping League Speeding by at Laurel View

Spring Show Jumping League Speeding by at Laurel View

| April 17, 2015

Time flies when you are having fun, so everyone must be having a ball at Laurel View Pounds for Points Show Jumping League, because the 5th competition in the 8 week league is already in the bag. Points have been notching up nicely for those that have been scoring clears and double clears.   The [...]

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League Marching on at Laurel View

League Marching on at Laurel View

| April 17, 2015

The March dressage at Laurel View on the 29th was the penultimate competition in the Winter League and a great days competition despite the biting wind.   Katherine Barnes and Ballinarry Pepsie Lee, rode a fabulous test to win Ivor Harpers top score in the BD Intro A. Second in the class was earned by [...]

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Louie Laurel View Derby Champ

Louie Laurel View Derby Champ

| April 16, 2015

No one can dispute that Claire Dobbin and Louie were the deserving winners of Laurel Views 60cm Indoor Derby League, having won the red ribbon every time they entered the derby this winter.   If Christine Murray and Holiday Candle Light had got into the swing of the Derby earlier in the Winter they would [...]

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NFU Mutual Pony Club Quiz Continued Success

NFU Mutual Pony Club Quiz Continued Success

| April 16, 2015

Over 100 Pony Club Members gather at Moreton Morrell College, Warwickshire, on April 4th 2015 for The Pony Club National Quiz Finals, kindly supported by NFU Mutual. The NFU Mutual National Quiz attracts teams from Pony Club Branches and Centres throughout the UK, who qualify for the final by winning their Area competition. A total of nineteen [...]

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Randox Point to Point Getting Set for 24th and 25th April

Randox Point to Point Getting Set for 24th and 25th April

| April 16, 2015

Global biotechnology firm Randox is delighted to once again host the Killultagh, Old Rock and Chichester Hunt Point-to-Point Steeplechases at Crumlin, County Antrim. The Randox Point-to-Point will take place on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of April, at Largy Road in Crumlin, on what many have described as the premier Point-to-Point track on the island [...]

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Area 17 Enjoy Dengie Winter League Finals

Area 17 Enjoy Dengie Winter League Finals

| April 15, 2015

Twenty four members from Area 17 qualified for the Dengie  Showjumping and Dressage Championships and the NFU Quiz Championships at Moreton Morrell college in Warwickshire. In the Dengie Speed Competition Laoise O’Farrell (Iveagh) on Monlough Meteor did a fantastic round to come first, while Kiara Malcolmson (Iveagh) on Tyrone Molly came 6th,a wonderful result for [...]

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NEF introduces Honorary Fellows

NEF introduces Honorary Fellows

| April 15, 2015

The National Equine Forum (NEF) has introduced the position of Honorary Fellow to its organisation, in recognition of those who have made an important contribution to the event over the years. The new title was bestowed upon nine past and retiring members at this year’s NEF, held in March 2015. The National Equine Forum is [...]

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Allen Snatches Five-Star Paris Feature Class with Romanov

Allen Snatches Five-Star Paris Feature Class with Romanov

| April 15, 2015

IRELAND’S Bertram Allen snatched the 8,000 euro trophy in today’s big feature class in the five-star Saut Hermès show at the Grand Palais arena in the heart of Paris. Fourth to jump of 39 riders, the 19 year-old set a blistering pace on Billy Twomey’s 17 year-old stallion Romanov, and his time of 50.95 seconds [...]

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Very High Standards at Iveagh Spring Derby

Very High Standards at Iveagh Spring Derby

| April 14, 2015

Iveagh Branch of the Pony Club held their annual Spring Derby on Easter Tuesday, generously sponsored by Kehoe Kars of Newry. Following the wet weather of the previous week there was some concern regarding whether the ground would be dry and firm enough. However after a couple of dry days, Easter Tuesday arrived with lovely [...]

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“We Give Horses Wings” – Vegas horse party takes to the air

“We Give Horses Wings” – Vegas horse party takes to the air

| April 14, 2015

A hugely valuable cargo was loaded onto the Qatar Airways B777 chartered freighter aircraft departing Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands at 05.55 CEST today (Saturday 11 April). “We estimate there’s about €150 million worth of horses on the flight,” says Tim Dutta, the man in charge of transporting many of the world’s elite equine athletes [...]

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Lynch Second in Paris Speed Class

Lynch Second in Paris Speed Class

| April 14, 2015

IRELAND’S Denis Lynch was just over half a second short of taking victory in Saturday’s major speed class at the Saut Hèrmes show in Paris. Riding Thomas Straumann’s bay gelding Abbervail van het Dingeshof, the Tipperary show jumper settled for the runner-up purse of 12,300 euro, while Netherlands winner Maikel van der Vleuten pocketed 20,300 [...]

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