Darragh Kenny, who is based in American is travelling home to attend this year’s Showjumper’s Awards Ball which is being held at the Kilashee House Hotel, Naas on Saturday 13th December. Â Some tickets are still available from Elodie at Showjumping Ireland 045 852230
Madrid host the next leg of the World Cup Qualifier series
Madrid to host this week’s leg of the World Cup Qualifier series – see all details on Horse Sport Ireland Madrid to host this week’s leg of the World Cup Qualifier series 26 November 2014, 09:36 Irish showjumpers travel to Madrid (ESP) for the next leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier series. Grand Prix action kicks off at […] Continue Reading
2015 HSI Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour
         2015 HSI Connolly’s RED MILLS Spring Tour  All classes scheduled before each leg of the Connnolly’s Red Mils Spring Tour must be run in strict drawn order. We, the Showjumpers Club,will help each show in doing this. Failure to comply with this rule will result in loss of funding […] Continue Reading
17 more days to the 2014 Showjumper’s Awards Ball
[pretty-photo title=”” image=”image file”] Just 17 days left to this year’s Awards Ball – Tickets available from Elodie at SJI Office 045 852080. The Ball is being held at the KILASHEE HOUSE HOTEL, in Naas Co. Kildare Time: Champagne Reception 7pm Ball: 8 pm Dancing to The Troubadors followed by Disco Dancing Breakfast to finish the night Tickets 80 […] Continue Reading
Great week end for Breen and Allen
BREEN AND ALLEN KEEP UP PRESSURE IN STUTTGART WITH TOP FIVE PLACES IRISH show jumping duo Shane Breen and Bertram Allen kept up an almost relentless pressure at the five-star World Cup show in Stuttgart, Germany today, once again scoring top five places against formidable opposition. Tipperary-born Breen, who opened the show with a win on Thursday aboard Wembley Farms […] Continue Reading
Christopher Megahey from Co Antrim wins the Puissance at Emerald International last week end
An incredible performance from sixteen year-old Christopher Megahey from Templepatrick Co Antrim, saw him win Saturday nights Emerald International Puissance, clearing the big red wall at a height of 2 metres 5 centimetres (6 ft 7 inches) with the Britt Megahey owned Cruise On gelding Seapatrick Cruise Cavalier. Â Having started at a height of 1.65m the puissance wall grew […] Continue Reading
Edward Butler from Co Meath win the Master Class at Emerald International on Sunday night riding his 12 year old horse “Caugherty”
The three day Emerald International Irish Masters came to a close on Sunday evening, with a thrilling finale to the €15,000 Irish Masters 1.50m Grand Prix, where Co Meath’s Edward Butler grabbed the winners prize with the Angela Taggart owned mare Caugherty.  Butler and the 12 year old by Limmerick who is out of a Flagmount Diamond dam, were […] Continue Reading
WIN FOR DENIS LYNCH THIS WEEK END
Win for Denis Lynch this week end. Denis Lynch showed a turn of speed in tonight’s (Friday) feature jump-off class in Doha, Qatar, but failed by just over half a second to claim the 50,000 euro first place prize pot. The Tipperary rider did, however, pick up 30,000 euro for his runner-up spot aboard Thomas Straumann’s 11 year-old bay All […] Continue Reading
Alexander Butler triumphs with Will Wimble to retain his crown as GAIN/Alltech Champion.
The final leg of the GAIN/Alltech Autumn GP was held in Cavan Equestrian Centre as part of their International Show which is one of the biggest shows on the show jumping calendar. This year the race for the Leauge title was neck and neck all the way leaving 3 riders in contention all  points and a half on offer at […] Continue Reading
Death of Horses Caused by Sycamore Seeds
 Multiple deaths of horses across Ireland have been reported over the past few weeks due to the intake of Sycamore seeds, also known as ‘helicopter seeds’. Dr Ursula Fogarty, Head of Pathology at the Irish Equine Centre highlights the dangers and symptoms of the fatal Atypical Myopathy disease and what owners can do to protect their horses. – […] Continue Reading