++Download No Fee highres image Minister Coveney HERE THE Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today (Tuesday) launched the report entitled “Reaching New Heights: Report of Irish Sport Horse Industry Strategy Committee”. The report contains a wide range of recommendations for the development of the sport horse industry over the next ten years. Speaking at the launch at […] Continue Reading
IRISH JUNIORS AND YOUNG RIDERS MAKE THEIR MARK AT WELLINGTON
IRISH JUNIORS AND YOUNG RIDERS MAKE THEIR MARK AT WELLINGTON UNDER the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Comdt. John Ledingham, Irish Junior and Young Riders made their mark at the international show in Wellington, Florida during the weekend. The Junior team of Conor McMahon, Philip Carey, Matt Garrigan and Cormac Hanley claimed the Silver Medal in the Junior Nations’ Cup, finishing […] Continue Reading
IRELAND BATTLES BACK TO FINISH THIRD IN USA NATIONS’ CUP
IRELAND BATTLES BACK TO FINISH THIRD IN USA NATIONS’ CUP THE Irish show jumping team of Darragh Kenny, Shane Sweetnam, Cian O’Connor and Kevin Babington finished third in the Nations’ Cup at Wellington in Florida last night (Friday), pulling up from equal fifth at the end of the first round. Fifth to jump of nine nations competing, an uncharacteristic four […] Continue Reading
Win for Catherine Thornton at the Second leg of the HSI Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour at Cavan Equestrian
Cavan Equestrian Centre both hosted and sponsored the second leg of The HSI Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour where a fierce duel took place between last week’s winner Liam O Meara and the ever competitive Catherine Thornton. Stuart Clarke set a fair and reasonable challenge for a large field and most fences saw faults with even some of the more […] Continue Reading
Results of 1.20 & 1.30 classes at Cavan International 22nd February 2015
results of 1.20 & 1.30
Result of the HSI Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour at Cavan International 22nd Feb
HSI / Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour 22nd Feb 2015 Cavan Equestrian Centre. Class 1.35m. 1st. Derryinver Luxury Cruise/Catherine Thornton 0/0 36.79 2nd. Realt Na Carraig/Liam O’Meara 0/0 37.10 3rd. Galway Bay Easy Touch/Catherine Thornton 0/0 50.21 4th. Curraghgraigue Jack Take Fligh/Liam O’Meara 0/4 37.62 5th. Cavalier Teaca/Jack Ryan 0/4 41.33 6th. BLM Diamond Delux/Sarah Ennis 0/4 43.06 Young Rider: […] Continue Reading
BABINGTON SECOND IN FLORIDA’S OCALA GRAND PRIX
IRELAND’S Kevin Babington kept up his sparkling form at the four-star show in Ocala, Florida, with a second place in tonight’s (Sunday) Grand Prix. Following their two clear rounds in Friday’s US Nations’ Cup that helped the Irish team claim outright victory, Tipperary-born Babington tonight again partnered the ten year-old mare Shorapur, and came within a fifth of a second […] Continue Reading
O’MEARA COLLECTS HIS SECOND KILDARE INTERNATIONAL WIN WITH COOLCAUM
Tipperary rider Liam O’Meara recorded a second win at Kildare International in the HSI/Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring when taking today’s opening leg of 2015 tour in great style. Having won two years previously with Mr Coolcaum, the duo doubled up in a hotly contested opening leg this afternoon in a 17 horse jump off to take the lions share of […] Continue Reading
CONNOLLY’S RED MILLS AND HORSE SPORT IRELAND RENEW SPRING TOUR SPONSORSHIP
The Showjumpers Club are delighted to announce that Connolly’s RED MILLS and Horse Sport Ireland have once again renewed their Sponsorship of the Spring Tour which gets underway at Kildare International Equestrian Centre on February 15th. This is the second year of the joint Sponsorship between the Kilkenny based Feed company and the National Governing Body. […] Continue Reading
HSI comment on cloning of Cruising
BREEDING – Horse Sport Ireland comments on cloning of Cruising HORSE Sport Ireland, the Governing Body for equestrian sport in Ireland, has commented on the news, featured in the Irish Field, that two clones of the great Irish stallion Cruising will be available to Irish Sport Horse breeders in 2015. Horse Sport Ireland also operates the Irish Sport Horse Studbook. […] Continue Reading