Well done to Paddy who jumped great in Kill yesterday, October 10th. He came third in the 1.30 final with Orman and second in the Grand Prix with Princess!!

Week two, registered indoor autumn / winter horse league, Thursday 7th October 80cm Class: David Conlon’s Ballyrath (D. Conlon). 90cm Class: Divided between, Lynn Patterson’s Stainby Free Spirit (L. Patterson), R. Frazer’s Sonas Magnum (R. Frazer). 1m Class: Divided between, R. Frazer’s Cloonarameed Black Beauty (R. Frazer), Paul Diamond’s Adermus (P. Diamond), Robert Frazer’s Sonas Magnum (R. Frazer), Tanya Smyth’s Cu Chulainn (T. Smyth). 1.20m Class: Divided between, J. Martin’s Tallicks Black Magic (S. Posnett), [...read on..]

From a field of 121 jumpers representing a record 27 nations at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, the German team stood supreme Tuesday in the Jumping World Championships presented by Rolex. Individually, Khaled Al Eid (KSA) soared to first place on Presley Boy with a just a single time penalty. Brazil stands in second position both in the team and individual categories. The team competition comes to conclusion on Wednesday [...read on..]

In its second year, the Tredstep Junior Rider Series saw 67 horse/rider combinations take part in the 12 leg series which started in Ballindenisk in March, culminating in the final at Kilmanahan on 26 September. However, it was Orlagh Keenan riding Christie Keenan’s Moss Star who became the 2010 Tredstep Junior Rider Series Champion.  A thrilled Orlagh wins a training bursary with worldwide renowned trainer and successful author William Micklem, courtesy of Tredstep. In her [...read on..]

With seeming ease, Michael Jung (GER) on La Biosthetique-Sam secured his individual gold medal in Sunday’s final show-jumping phase of the Eventing World Championships presented by Reem Acra. Despite Jung’s stellar performance, the German team did not make the podium. Instead it was Great Britain at the top for gold.  The day was particularly momentous for the silver medal Canadian team, having not won a World Championships since the 1978 World Championships at the Kentucky [...read on..]

Week one, autumn / winter dressage league, Tuesday 28th September. Class 1, Intro A: # 1 John Melvin’s Glenkerran Sally (J. Melvin) 63.91%, # 2 Breige Farrelly’s Sandy (B. Farrelly) 57.82%, # 3 Niall Connolly’s Ravensdale Dougal (G. Byrne) 57.39%, # 4 Claire Byrne’s Silver (C. Byrne) 56.08%, # 5 Niall Connolly’s Ravensdale Dougal (C. Byrne) 47.82%, # 5 John & Sandra Dollard’s Mikado (C. Dollard) 47.82%. Class2, Prelim 1: # 1 Lorainne Hutchincon’s Arfa [...read on..]