RDS QUALIFIER RULES 2015 COH & YR INTERNATIONAL RIDERS – RDS Irish Individual Invitations Selection Criteria
WEXFORD EQUESTRIAN THIS SATURDAY & KILLOSSERY THIS SUNDAY
IMPORTANT NOTICE – TIME CHANGE WEXFORD EQUESTRIAN THIS SATURDAY, 7TH MARCH KILLOSSERY 8TH MARCH, SUNDAY WILL HOST THE 4TH & 5TH LEG OF THE HSI CONNOLLY’S RED MILLS SPRING TOUR. Please note that there has been a change to the start time for this weekends Spring Tour Show at WEXFORD EQUESTRIAN & KILLOSSERY ON SUNDAY BOTH SHOWS WILL START AT […] 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
MINISTER COVENEY LAUNCHES TEN YEAR STRATEGY REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT HORSE INDUSTRY
++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
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