Tickets are available for this year’s awards Ball which will be held at the Kilashee House Hotel on Saturday 13th December starting at 7pm for a champagne reception. Dancing to the Troubadors and tickets are available from Elodie at SJI office 045852230. Tickets 80 euro each and there is a Discount available for tables of 10(paid together).
Greg Broderick snatches the purse at Wexford Equestrian
Result of the Gain/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix at Wexford Equestrian Centre on Saturday 1st November. 1) Noel Cawley’s Rincarina(Greg Broderick) 00 34.612) Ladycastle Syndicate’s Vimminka(Alexander Butler) 0034.843) John Carr’s Zuidam(Daniel Coyle) 0036.764)Hilary Dunkin;s Diamond’s Courage(Peter Smyth) 00 41.605)Greg Broderick’s Billy Cevelle(Greg Broderick) 0042.346)Minister for Defence’s Shannondale Rahona(Capt/ Geoff Curran)04 40.58 27 jumped12 into the Jump off
HSI CONFIRMS IRISH WORLD CUP SHOW JUMPING SELECTIONS FOR REMAINDER OF 2014
HORSE Sport Ireland’s show jumping team manager Robert Splaine today (Friday) confirmed his World Cup show selections for the remainder of 2014. The Irish riders who will represent Ireland at the Longines FEIÂ World Cup venues are: Lyon, France 29-02 November Billy Twomey and Cameron HanleyVerona, Italy 6-9 November Bertram Allen and Billy TwomeyStuttgart Germany 19-23 November Shane Breen and […] Continue Reading
TWOMEY SNATCHES SECOND PLACE IN LYON GRAND PRIX
IRELAND’S Billy Twomey is 20,000 euro richer tonight (Friday) after his second place finish in the Longines Grand Prix at Lyon, France, aboard Terry Payne’s gelding Diaghilev. The Cork rider was one of 12 in the jump-off at the World Cup fixture and held second place from early in the final round, outpaced only by Sweden’s Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and the […] Continue Reading
THE 2014 GREAT GATSBY AWARD BALL
Date for your diary: 2014 Showjumping Awards Ball Theme – The Great Gatsby Saturday 13th December 2014 Venue: Kilashee House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare  Tickets on sale: Elodie at 045 852080 or Maureen at 0872635732
Emerald International open their doors this November
     ​ 14/10/2014 A group of some of Ireland’s top Show Jumping and Eventing riders visited Emerald International Equestrian Centre in Co Kildare with their horses on Tuesday 14th October to sample the fantastic facilities on offer, as Emerald International prepares for its forthcoming Irish Masters Show which runs from November 14th – 16th. 2014.  Those in […] Continue Reading
Catherine Thornton on the Leader Board with a win in the GAIN/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League.
 This weekend the Gain Alltech League moved to Eglinton Equestrian Club as part of their Championship show which is a pinnacle on the Ulster Region calendar.  The International Course Designer Peter Gillespie built a strong 1.40m track for the 25 athletes challenging for the prize fund of €5,000 and of these 9 went through to the jump off with […] Continue Reading
TWOMEY TAKES FIRST IRISH VICTORY AT BRITISH HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW
CORK rider Billy Twomey claimed Ireland’s first international win at the British Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham, England today (Friday), with victory in the Five Fence Challenge. Meath-based Cian O’Connor finished in second, while Wexford’s 19 year-old Bertram Allen completed the competition in equal fourth. Thirty-seven year-old Twomey was piloting Katrina Moore’s stallion Royale du Rouet, and cleared […] Continue Reading
Elglington Start list for the Autumn Grand PRIX
GAIN/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League 2014 Eglinton Autumn GP Startlist 2014
Report on Irish Breeders Classic at Barnadown
The Irish Breeders Classic Show ran last month, 4th-7th September, and was a success beyond all expectations. From the onset signs were good; entries in the Irish Breeders Classic and the 4 y.o Irish Breeders Championship were up 50% to 97 and 59 respectively. Entries for other classes were up by 180 and 250 horses were stabled on site. A […] Continue Reading