Woodstock O Wins 7 & 8 Yr Old International Championship
US rider Laura Kraut has racked up a series of wins at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horseshow at the RDS. Among others Kraut won the 7 & 8 Yr Old International competition earlier on in the week and topped this off today winning the 7 & 8 Year Old Championship in the RDS main arena.
Longines International Grand Prix Provides Another Win For USA
The longines International Grand Prix of Ireland was the final International showjumping competition of the 2011 Discover Ireland Dublin Horseshow. The Grand Prix had an attractive prize fund of €200,000 and took place in the RDS main arena. Forty horse and rider combinations competed over a track that proved challenging for many.
Kraut Earns Another Win In 7 & 8 Yr Old International
American rider Laura Kraut earned herself another win in the Discover Ireland Dublin Horseshow this morning. Kraut piloted eight year old bay gelding Woodstock O to victory in the Young Horses 7 & 8 year old International class which is sponsored by the Bruce Shaw Partnership.
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 [...]
Irish success at Vilamoura Portugal
Irish riders Marion Hughes riding “A Touch of Grey”and Maura Counihan with “Carentina” took 2nd and 3rd place in today’s 1.30m class in Vilamoura, Portugal. Marion Hughes went on to take 8th place in the Grand Prix with “HHS Fafa” 1.30m 1. .Caruso, Cmdt. Boubouh Marocco 2. A Touch of Grey ,Marion Hughes Irl 3. [...]
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 [...]
Germany win team show jumping WEG
Germany secured the showjumping team gold at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Ireland finished in 12th place. ALLTECH FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ – JUMPING, TEAM FINAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP Results : (Gold) Germany (Silver) France (Bronze) Belgium Individuals after three rounds of jumping: 1, HH Rebozo (Rodrigo Pessoa) BRA 2, Vigo D’Arsouilles (Philippe Le Jeune) [...]
Billy Twomey now in 8th position WEG
Billy Twomey climbed up from 13th place to 8th on Wednesday, with just a single time fault on ‘Tinka’s’ Serenade’ . The 33 year-old competitor now qualifies for Friday’s Individual Championship Grand Prix, from which the world’s top four riders will go ahead to Saturday’s Rolex Top Four. The winner of that becomes World Champion for the next four [...]
Greenhills Take British Team Championship
It was a case of third time lucky as Kildare based Greenhills riding club today won the British Senior Open Team Championships. The championships, which took place at Lincolnshire, pitted the club against the top riding clubs from the UK. Greenhills finished on a two round total of eight faults leaving Nantwich riding [...]
Caroline Powell and 17 year old Lenamore take Burghley title
British-based New Zealand rider Caroline Powell riding the vetran 17 year old grey “ Lenamore” produced a clear round show jumping, to win The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, finishing on their dressage score. Capt. Geoff Curran finished in 17th place having been lying 12th after the cross-country but had 2 fences down in [...]
Capt. Geoff Curran in 5th place after first day of Burghley Horse Trials
Waterford’s Captain Geoff Curran with The Jump Jet are currently in 5th place after the dressage phase of the Burglley Horse Trials, just 4 penalties behind the current leader Mary King with Apache Sauce. William Fox-Pitt and Macchiato are currently in 2nd place . Sarah Wardell and Kincluny are currently in 32nd place.