Brilliant new Irish Bred Mares Championship for showjumping
Horse Sport Ireland Mare Championship for Showjumping 27 May 2015, 09:00 HSI is delighted to announce the details of the new HSI Showjumping Championship and Eventing Championship for 5 and 6 year old mares. The two separate Mare Championships have a prize fund of €15,000 each including generous breeder prizes and will aim to identify, evaluate and reward owners of […] Continue Reading
Win for Thomas O’Brien on his own Turf at recent RDS Qualifier in Co Galway
The first RDS qualifier for this year’s Connolly’s RED MILLS 7 & 8 year-old international competition at the Dublin Horse Show saw a local winner, with Thomas O Brien winning on home soil at Galway Equestrian Centre with the talented stallion Hector Van D’ Abdijhoeve. The Connaught Bloodstock owned eight-year-old was one of 12 double-clear rounds in a hugely competitive […] Continue Reading
O’CONNOR SECOND IN FRENCH FEATURE CLASS
CIAN O’Connor claimed a second place in this afternoon’s (Saturday) feature class at the five-star show in La Baule, France with Adena Springs’s mare Quidam’s Cherie. The Irish Olympic Bronze medallist produced a double clear round in the 13 horse jump-off, and came within seven hundredths of a second of catching World number 12 rider, France’s Patrice Delaveau and Carinjo […] Continue Reading
IRELAND’S ALLEN NOTCHES UP THIRD VICTORY AT LA BAULE WITH DERBY WIN
IRELAND’S 19 year-old Bertram Allen notched up his third victory at the five-star show in La Baule this afternoon (Saturday) with a win in the big Derby class. The Wexford teenager took on a world-class field on the renowned French derby course, a difficult mixture of cross country obstacles such as ditches and banks together with traditional show jumping fences. […] Continue Reading
IRELAND TAKES THIRD PLACE IN TOUGH FRENCH NATIONS’ CUP
Well done Ireland CLEAR rounds from Bertram Allen, Greg Broderick and Cian O’Connor ensured a third place for Ireland at the French Nations’ Cup in La Baule today (Friday). The Irish foursome, drawn first to jump of eight teams in the top level competition, saw Cian O’Connor and his new mount Good Luck draw the shortest straw as the first […] Continue Reading
IRELAND TAKES FOURTH IN 13-TEAM DANISH NATIONS’ CUP
IRELAND finished fourth of 13 teams at the three star Nations’ Cup show at Odense, Denmark today (Friday). Three clear jumping rounds aided the Irish effort and helped them not only qualify for the second round but also improve their overall ranking. The Irish pathfinder was Capt. Brian Cournane on the Irish Sport Horse Javas Keltic Mist, who scored one […] Continue Reading
BERTRAM ALLEN TAKES SECOND PLACE IN FRENCH GRAND PRIX
IRELAND’S Bertram Allen was just pipped for first place by Swiss rider Steve Guerdat in this afternoon’s lucrative Grand Prix at La Baule, France. Riding Billy Twomey’s Romanov, the Wexford rider’s blistering jump-off clear in 44.91 seconds looked good enough for victory, being a minute sharper than his nearest challenger after nine of the ten qualifiers had jumped. However, World […] Continue Reading
LENNON WINS WINDSOR GRAND PRIX WITH LOUGHVIEW LOU LOU
 LENNON WINS WINDSOR GRAND PRIX WITH LOUGHVIEW LOU LOU FORMER World Champion Dermott Lennon from County Down won this afternoon’s (Sunday) Alltech Grand Prix at the three-star Royal Windsor horse show in England aboard Judith Sossick’s Irish Sport Horse Loughview Lou Lou. A tightly-fought competition saw only four go through to the jump-off from a starting field of 28, but […] Continue Reading
Win for Speed Champion Paul Beecher at Aglish Gymkhana
Co Waterford’s Paul Beecher scored his second FBD Speed Series win of the season on Sunday, this time at Aglish Gymkhana in West Waterford where once again the Tallow born rider was riding Loughnatousa Zidane. Former Hickstead Derby winner Beecher, had also come out on top in the FBD Speed Series opener at Ballylawn with the eight-year-old Temple Clover chestnut […] Continue Reading