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.
USA’s McLain Ward wins the Longines Grand Prix in Dublin
McLain Ward (USA) riding the grey 10-year-old Wurttemberg gelding Antares F was victorious in today’s Longines Grand Prix at the RDS. The top 10 riders went through to the second round jump off. There were 6 clear rounds in the second phase with McLain Ward having the fastest time, stopping the clock at 43.45 seconds – [...]
Ireland storm to victory in Meydan FEI Nations Cup™-Aachen
In spite of starting as outsiders, the Irish team claimed the Mercedes-Benz Prize, Part of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ when storming to victory in Aachen, Germany last night (15th July). Ireland’s team comprising of Billy Twomey (Tinka’s Serenade) , Dermott Lennon (Hallmark Elite), Cian O’Connor (K Club Lady ) and Denis Lynch (Lantinus) won [...]
DFS Hickstead Derby
Guy Williams won this years DFS Hickstead Derby for England on David Walker Softrack Skip Two Ramiro. CAPT. David O’Brien riding Mo Chroi and Billy Twomey riding Blue Thunder came equal third with four other riders in the Derby on Sunday 27th while Shane Breen and Olive Clarke shared Tenth place. RESULT RK CNR HORSE- breeding sex\colour\born\sire x siredam\country born [...]
Hickstead Derby dropped by BBC
The BBC announced earlier this month that it will not be covering the famous Hickstead derby for the forseeable future as Sky Sports announces it will be broadcasting the Derby (25-27 June and the Longines International Horseshow (29 July – 1 August) for the next four years. “With the increasing scheduling needs of an expanded [...]
Nations Cup victory for Ireland in Ypaja Finland
The Irish team: Joan Greene ‘Biscaya d’Eversem’, Alexander Butler ‘Will Wimble’, Tholm Keane ‘Warrenstown You 2′, and Edward Little “Kalvinretto’ swept the boards today (Sunday) beating eight other teams to win the 3 Star FEI Nations Cup Of Finland. The team finished on an aggregate score of five faults over the two rounds.
Tattersalls International Horse Trials – 30/05/2010
After his crashing fall at Kentucky 5 weeks ago, Oliver Towend bounced back to win Tattersalls HBSC FEI World Cup Event at Tattersalls with Ashdale Cruise Master Michael Ryan IRL riding Ballylynch Adventure 3rd overall. (Photo copyright of Kit Houghton FEI) Full results and photographs from CCI**