WEXFORD TEENAGER ALLEN BREAKS THROUGH INTO WORLD TOP TEN (THIS WEEK) SETTING a new high in Irish sporting achievement, 19 year-old Bertram Allen has today (Tuesday) entered the top ten of the world’s best show jumping riders. In the official Longines World Rider Rankings, which measure the monthly performances of over 2,000 riders internationally, Wexford-born Allen has today for […] Continue Reading
Connolly’s RED MILLS Team Riders in Sparkling Form as
Scott Brash Wins Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix in Miami Denis Lynch Also Among the Prizes ​Scott Brash and Hello Sanctos – (Photo: Stefano Grasso/LGCT)  World No1 Scott Brash was victorious for the second night in a row on Miami Beach on Saturday evening, as he galloped away with the inaugural Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach […] Continue Reading
Ireland off to a great start in Wellington this week end
SWAIL AND O’CONNOR TAKE THREE TOP TEN PLACES IN FLORIDA ON THE final weekend of Florida’s Winter Equestrian Festival, Irish riders Conor Swail and Cian O’Connor accounted for three top ten places in tonight’s (Thursday) competitions. Co. Down-born Swail placed second in the 12th and concluding round of the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup with Vanessa Mannix’s stallion Grand […] Continue Reading
Denis Lynch wins German Grand Prix Qualifier
LYNCH WINS GERMAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFIER TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch showed a return to top form tonight (Friday) at the four star show at Braunschweig in Germany with a win in the Grand Prix Qualifier. Riding Thomas Straumann’s bay gelding Abbervail van het Dingeshof, whose last victory was a jump-off class three weeks ago ago in Sweden, Lynch came home tonight […] Continue Reading
Well done to Darragh Kenny, Shane Sweetman and Conor Swail all in the line up this week in Wellington
IRISH RIDERS TAKE THREE TOP FIVE PLACES IN FLORIDA IRISH riders took third, fourth and fifth places in tonight’s (Thursday) Challenge Cup Round 11 at the international Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, USA. Offaly’s Darragh Kenny kept up his recent run of good form by claiming third place with a double clear round on Caroline Loyd’s gelding Sans Soucis Z, […] Continue Reading
LENNON SHARES GRAND PRIX WIN AT SPANISH SUNSHINE TOUR
LENNON SHARES GRAND PRIX WIN AT SPANISH SUNSHINE TOUR CO. DOWN’S Dermott Lennon was one of two Irish show jumping Grand Prix winners today (Sunday), but in an unusual twist had to share first place at the Spanish Sunshine Tour with Briton Robert Bevis, both riders recording an identical time at the end of the 12-horse jump off. Former World […] Continue Reading
Greg Broderick reaches for the Stars
Photo c) ESI Photography Ireland’s Greg Broderick and Going Global, owned by Caledonia Stables at HITS Thermal. Tipperary’s Greg Broderick added to his growing list of prize-winning results at the HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal California, with two top-ten placings in Friday night’s  $25,500 SmartPak Grand Prix. The Thurles native slotted into eighth place with the Caledonia […] Continue Reading
What a Star -Bertram wins Dortmund Grand Prix
 TEENAGER ALLEN TRIUMPHS IN DORTMUND GRAND PRIX IRELAND’S teenage jumping sensation Bertram Allen pulled off yet another triumph today (Sunday) when he won the three-star Dortmund Grand Prix on Billy Twomey’s 17 year-old stallion Romanov. Up against an international field mostly made up of older riders and younger horses, the 19 year-old Wexford native nevertheless broke through the 50-strong startlist […] Continue Reading
Greg still flying the Irish Flag in California
Tipperary’s Greg Broderick has continued his excellent run of form at the H.I.T.S Desert Classic Show in Thermal California, taking two more top placing’s at the American West-Coast fixture. Broderick finished as runner up in Thursday night’s 1.40m competition with the Elizabeth Shire owned gelding M.H.S Automatic, while on Wednesday he finished fifth with the same horse in the 1.45m […] Continue Reading
WHAT A WEEKEND FOR GREG – GRAND PRIX WIN FOR GOING GLOBAL AND GRED BRODERICK AT THERMAL CALIFORNIA
Tipperary’s Greg Broderick scored a stunning win in last night’s (Sunday) €50,000 Horseware Ireland sponsored Grand Prix, at Thermal, California on the American West Coast. Broderick was riding the Caledonia Stables owned nine year-old gelding Going Global and they beat off a top class field that included American riders Richard Spooner and Rich Fellers, who finished fifth with the […] Continue Reading