Greg Broderick wins final International Class of the Day
Greg Broderick took the win of the last International class held today on 8 year old Ballypatrick Mistique. 41 horses took on the International 7 & 8 Year Old class held in Simmonscourt this evening with just 13 getting through to the Jump-Off, but it was Greg and Ballypatrick Mistique who stormed through with a [...]
Horseware Team Show Jumping South East Regional Qualifier – hosted by Warrington Riding Club at Warrington Equestrian Centre 22nd May 2011
Report by Jane Gaffney. On a windy but dry Sunday in Warrington Equestrian Centre, Kilkenny Coolbell Riding Club secured their place in the final of the Horseware Team Show Jumping Championship at the Dublin Horse Show in August for the second year running. It was a close fought contest on the 22nd May with 22 [...]
Woodstown Riding Club Summer Show 08/05/11
Woodstown Riding Club are holding their Summer show on Sunday 8th of May at Pallas Equestrian Centre, Woodstown, Waterford. Dressage ring starts at 9.30am sharp Showjumping starts at 10.30am sharp. Entries for showjumping taken on the day Classes for Primary through to open. All Riding Club members welcome.
Tipperary Sport Horses Launches New Website
Tipperary Sport Horses launch their new website at www.tipperarysporthorses.com Tipperary Sport Horses is a compeitition yard owned and run by proffesional showjumper Seamus Hayes, specialising in the production and sale of quality sport horses and ponies for all equestrian disciplines. As well as being one of Irelands most highly regarded young horse producers, Seamus Hayes has [...]
Dalysgrove Riding Club Dressage League 6th February
Report by Ann O’Neill Sunday 6th February dawned wet and windy, but thankfully cleared to give a very pleasant day in Glenamaddy Equestrian centre for the first leg of the Saoirse Sadderly dressage league hosted by Dalysgrove RC. The new management at Glenamaddy Equestrian centre did a great job preparing this super venue. The going [...]
Showjumping League, MPM Equestrian Rahill, Rathvilly, Co Carlow.
MPM Equestrian Rahill, Rathvilly, Co Carlow. Showjumping league commencing this Sunday (13/2/11). There is courses from 40cm up to 110cm. The league starts at 12. For more details phone John on 0863303139 or on 0860333094. Great prizes to be won. All riders welcome
Hunter Trials, Ballinclough 23rd January
Hunter Trials will be held at Ballinclough, Waterford on Sunday 23rd January. Start time 11.30. All usual classes starting with Novice Ponies. Under 12′s class will begin at 1am. There will also be a course of poles on the ground for beginners.
HSI Offering €25,000 bonus scheme at Monart Event Horse Sale
The HSI (Horse Sport Ireland) is funding a one-off bonus of €25,000 to the purchaser of any horse that goes on win an Olympic, world or European gold medal or a CCI**** bought at the Monart Event Horse Sale run by Goresbridge Horse Sales and Monart Equestrian and takes place in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford on Thursday, 11 [...]
Billy Twomey 5th in Italian World Cup
BILLY Twomey was one of only seven double clear rounds in the World Cup Qualifier competition at Verona’s five-star show in Italy yesterday, earning him 5th place. Riding ‘Tinka’s’ Serenade’ the mare owned by Sue Davies, Twomey had a faultless first round qualifying him for the jump-off at Verona. Cork-born Twomey finished the jump-off on [...]
Kurten and O’Connor in Top Ten Placings in Italian Grand-Prix
Jessica Kurten and Cian O’Connor secured two places in the top ten of this afternoon’s Grand Prix at the World Cup show in Verona, Italy. Out of a starting field of 39, Jessica Kurten, who currently lies 14th in the World Cup leaderboard for the 2010/2011 season, took eighth position riding the Holsteiner gelding ‘API Largo’ [...]
Princess Haya re-elected as FEI President until 2014 in Landslide Victory
At the FEI General Assembly in Taipei and in the first round of voting, HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as FEI president in a landslide victory of 90 votes of 124 valid ballots from 81 National Federations present and 44 proxies for a second four-year term defeating two other candidates Sven Holmberg [...]
FEI Unveils Iphone App for Prohibited Equine Drugs List
The FEI have un-vailed an app for equestrian Iphone users to be able to search the banned substance list. The app is available from to today and free to download from Itunes or in the on-phone app store. Currently the application is only available for Iphone users, but the FEI are working on a generic [...]
Winter Survival Guide
As winter weather is fast closing in, we thought we would do a winter survival guide. Horses often adapt to winter weather with no problems, but they do need some extra care to keep them safe and healthy. Pasture quality and availability decreases so you’ll need to increase your hay feed, but not the concentrated [...]
Kilguilkey Hunter Trials, Sunday 10th Oct
Kilguilkey House in Cecilstown, Mallow, Co. Cork which is run and owned by Danny Dulohery and Michelle Fitzmaurice, held their own Hunter Trials over the stunning course on Sunday. The course has been carefully and considerately built to give competitors the perfect mix of safe but challenging. Kilguilkey thought of everyone from tiny tots to [...]
Ballinaclogh ODE, Tramore 4th September
Ballinclogh held another succesful ODE today and despite the teaming morning rain competitors were not deterred from arriving and battling it out for a place in the unregistered event. Horses and their respective mounts were put to the test during the dressage and showjumping as weather conditions fought against them but thankfully as the rain subsided when the cross country began, the all weather [...]