12th December at the Kilashee(8pm) is the place to be if you wish to honour the top performers in Showjumping this season. Tickets available from Elodie in SJI office at 80 euro each – dancing to late with the Trubadors followed by breakfast to finish. On line voting for this year’s “Groom of the Year” starting today. Grooms that have […] Continue Reading
IRELAND”S Cameron Hanley produced two faultless rounds of jumping to claim a fourth place finish with Z Acodate DDL in today’s (Sunday) World Cup Grand Prix at the five-star meeting in Stuttgart, Germany. The Mayoman was the first to go clear in the opening round, a feat matched by only four other competitors from a top class international field of thirty-nine. Second […] Continue Reading
Sweetnam takes third, Swail fifth in New York Grand Prix CORK’S Shane Sweetnam narrowly missed the jump-off at the three-star Grand Prix in Central Park, New York last night (Friday) when a single time fault denied him the cut. However, with only two zero scores recorded in the first round, the Irish rider, piloting Spy Coast Farm’s nine year-old stallion […] Continue Reading
Lynch triumphant in Barcelona Grand Prix TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch delivered a classic performance in the five-star Longines Grand Prix at Barcelona this evening (Sunday) to win the victor’s prize purse of 50,500 euro with Thomas Straumann’s bay stallion All Star. The 39 year-old, who featured in Ireland’s fifth-placed Nations’ Cup Final team yesterday, never looked in danger of being caught […] Continue Reading
[photo-frame] Splaine names Irish team for Barcelona Nations’ Cup Final on Thursday [/photo-frame] IRISH show jumping manager Robert Splaine has tonight (Wednesday) announced the team that will represent Ireland at the Nations’ Cup Final in Spain, beginning on Thursday at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona. One of 19 teams to qualify for the final from the 45 nations […] Continue Reading
Hanley scoops German Grand Prix IRELAND’s Cameron Hanley produced a lightning-fast jump-off round on board Antello Z to snatch this afternoon’s (Sunday) three-star Grand Prix at Donaueschingen, Germany. The Mayo rider was one of only four from a start list of thirty-three to post a clear round first time out, as the vast majority of riders struggled over the 1m60 […] Continue Reading
In an outstanding day for the Irish breeding industry, two Irish Sport Horses finished in the medals at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses at Lanaken, Belgium this afternoon (Sunday). The Irish success came in the afternoon’s closing event, the 7 year-old contest in which Laura Renwick (GBR) partnered Kilkenny-bred Irish Sport Horse MHS Washington, and Eoin McMahon […] Continue Reading
If you are running a show in Spring 2016 and you wish to be considered for a leg of the Spring Tour, please contact Sheila White, Tour Co ordinator at richmondparkstud@gmail.com as possible as dates are being finalized within the next two weeks. Â Final date for consideration is 25th September. ———————————————————————————————
Seven Irish Sport Horses qualify for Lanaken Finals A TOTAL of seven Irish Sport Horses have qualified for Sunday’s finals in the World Breeding Championships at Lanaken in Belgium. In the six year-old class, two Irish Sport Horses – Alberta Mist and Ard Ginger Pop – currently hold first and second places after the first two qualifying competitions, a remarkable […] Continue Reading