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HSI Foal Championship set for Meadows Equestrian Centre

HSI Foal Championship set for Meadows Equestrian Centre

| July 20, 2015

The Northern Ireland leg of the Horse Sport Ireland Foal Championships are to be held at the Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan on 1st August 2015.  The event will also play host to the Regional Championships that have been kindly funded by the Northern Ireland Horse Board.   The aim of the Championships is to “identify, [...]

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Castlewellan Inhand Class Photographs Now Online

Castlewellan Inhand Class Photographs Now Online

| July 18, 2015

All in hand showing class photographs including ponies, young horse classes, and agricultural in hand are included in one folder to get them online quicker for viewing.  Click here for all photos You can purchase various sizes, electronic versions and even social media copies, which are just £5 and have our logo in the bottom [...]

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Castlewellan Working Hunter Photographs Now Online

Castlewellan Working Hunter Photographs Now Online

| July 18, 2015

Results to be provided by Castlewellan Show committee, photographs can be found on this link. You can purchase various sizes, electronic versions and even social media copies, which are just £5 and have our logo in the bottom corner for a low cost way to promote your success at the show. Please do not copy [...]

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Dougie Delights At Strule Valley

Dougie Delights At Strule Valley

| July 17, 2015

STRULE VALLEY RIDING CLUB held the 2nd night of their Annual Summer Showjumping League at Ecclesville, Fintona.  Entries were up a little on the first week. Thanks to all who came along to compete & support.  The league continues on Wednesday 15th July with the final on Wednesday 22nd July.  Combinations must compete 2 out of 3 weeks to be eligible for [...]

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Super Jumping at Ardnacashel Equestrian

Super Jumping at Ardnacashel Equestrian

| July 17, 2015

On the 9th July, Ardnacashel Equestrian held the fifth week of the eight week jumping league. It was a colder evening than what competitors and organisers have been used to but this did not affect the standard of jumping! In the x-pole to 50 cm class Kindly sponsored by Tony Heaney Contracts the only double [...]

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Lennon and O’Connor Take Top Two Places in Swedish Speed Class

Lennon and O’Connor Take Top Two Places in Swedish Speed Class

| July 17, 2015

IRELAND’S former world champion show jumper Dermott Lennon claimed the top spot in Friday’s speed class at the five-star show in Falsterbo, Sweden, with Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor close behind in second place. Co. Down’s Lennon, third to jump in a field of 29, set a blistering time of 70.49 seconds with the 13 [...]

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‘Flash’ Got It ‘Wright’ at Connell Hill’s Summer Derby Show

‘Flash’ Got It ‘Wright’ at Connell Hill’s Summer Derby Show

| July 16, 2015

It was Sunday 5th July and that meant ‘Summer Derby Show’ day at Connell Hill and what a day this was as competitors were welcomed to take the challenge of jumping tracks which were a combination of show jumping, working hunter and portable cross country fences ranging from 60 cm – 1.0 m.  These artistically [...]

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El Remanso To Sponsor Pony Club Polo

El Remanso To Sponsor Pony Club Polo

| July 16, 2015

The Pony Club Polo season, which gets underway shortly, will benefit from a new sponsor for 2015 and 2016 in El Remanso. With a high goal team already enjoying success in both Argentina and England, and both men’s and ladies’ tournaments that have already become firm fixtures on the polo calendar, El Remanso have extended [...]

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Coyle Claims Cork Summer Show TRM/Horseware Premier Series Grand Prix

Coyle Claims Cork Summer Show TRM/Horseware Premier Series Grand Prix

| July 15, 2015

Daniel Coyle continued on his upward spiral yesterday as he landed yet another win in the TRM/Horseware Premier Series Grand Prix at last weekend’s Cork Summer Show. Riding John Carr’s 11-year-old Guidam sired stallion, Zuidam took home the winner’s share of the €10,000 on offer in the Munster Agricultural Society sponsored class. This is the [...]

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Authoritative German victory on Home Ground at Hagen

Authoritative German victory on Home Ground at Hagen

| July 15, 2015

Team Germany were in a league of their own when winning the fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2015 pilot series on home soil in Hagen today. With three scores in excess of 70 per cent and a massive 81.160 for last-line rider, Kristina Broring-Sprehe with Desperados FRH, they finished more than 15 [...]

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Here Comes Summer, Magners And Horse Racing at Down Royal

Here Comes Summer, Magners And Horse Racing at Down Royal

| July 15, 2015

The height of Summer marks the height of excitement at Down Royal on Friday 24 July when the Magners Race Evening celebrates the Sport of Kings in seasonal style.   Down Royal will take advantage of July’s extended daylight to run one of the year’s most exciting major flat race meetings. From approximately 5.50pm through to [...]

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Liberation and Alan O’Regan take Cork leg of the ISH Studbook Series

Liberation and Alan O’Regan take Cork leg of the ISH Studbook Series

| July 14, 2015

CORK native, Alan O’Regan, riding his mother Frances’ Guidam (SF) gelding, Liberation (ISH), were victorious in the 7 Year Old Final of the sixth leg of the Irish Sport Horse Studbook Showjumping Series at Cork Summer Show. There was a total of €9,500 on offer in prize money from Horse Sport Ireland at this leg [...]

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RDS Qualifiers For 3 Year Old Loose Performance

RDS Qualifiers For 3 Year Old Loose Performance

| July 14, 2015

RDS QUALIFIERS FOR 3 Year Old Loose Performance held at Kernan Equestrian Centre on Friday 3rd July 2015. Filly Section: 1st: Norman Hammond, Co. Tyrone. RNHBabyBalouBay filly, Sire: Askoll Peter Pan; Dam: Anoublet; (95pts); 2nd: Nigel Peter’s ,Co. Down. Bay filly, Sire: Mullentine Cavalier, Dam: Newtowm Clair (93pts); Reserve: Desmond Mackey, Co. Down. MoneybroomAllegroVivacheBay filly, [...]

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Broderick Third in Portugal’s Global Champions Tour Grand Prix

Broderick Third in Portugal’s Global Champions Tour Grand Prix

| July 14, 2015

THREE Irish riders finished in the top ten of the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix in Portugal tonight (Saturday), but the laurels went to third-placed Greg Broderick, who made his podium debut in the series with a third place on the Irish Sport Horse MHS Going Global. A tough first two rounds saw only four [...]

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Spring / Summer Season Drawing to a Close at Ravensdale Lodge

Spring / Summer Season Drawing to a Close at Ravensdale Lodge

| July 13, 2015

Week ending 12th July, results and report Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian & Event Centre. With the weeks flying by, the countdown is on to the RDS Dublin Horse Show which signals the end of Ravensdale Lodge’s spring / summer show season which commenced the last week of April. Quite a bit has gone on at the [...]

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