Alexander Butler began his defense of the Gain/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League title at Cavan Indoor Champions taking the top two placings in the 1.40m Gallagher/Meller E2 Show Jumpers sponsored Grand Prix, the feature class on Sunday carrying a prize fund of €3000. 70 riders declared to take on the course built by International Course Builder Peter Gillespie. The Ladycastle […] Continue Reading
THE SHOWJUMPER’S AWARDS BALL 2014
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Ireland’s hero – Bertram wins Gold
PHOTO – Team RED MILLS rider Bertram Allen and the seven year old mare Barnike, on their way to winning the gold medal at the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses 2014 at Lanaken in Belgium. (FEI/Dirk Caremans)Â Â 22/09/2014 Team RED MILLS show jumping rider Bertram Allen and the seven-year-old mare Barnike, have become the first combination […] Continue Reading
John Floody in winning form at Ravensdale
John Floody wins the Opening round of the GAIN/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League The 2014 GAIN/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League got underway at Ravendale Lodge in Co. Louth as part of their 3 day MSL Mercedes-Benz Autumn Grand Prix Weekend Show. The 1.40m MSL Mercedes-Benz Autumn Grand Prix was the feature class on Sunday and carried a prize […] Continue Reading
ALLEN ADDS MORE WORLD RANKING POINTS AFTER THIRD PLACE AT LAUSANNE
IRISH teenager Bertram Allen added valuable points to his Longines World Rider ranking when finishing third this evening (Sunday) in the big jump-off class at Lausanne in Switzerland. Wexford-born Allen, who is currently Ireland’s highest-placed rider with a 32nd position in the rankings, steered the chestnut stallion Romanov into the 12-strong second round, but at the finish was almost one-and-a-half […] Continue Reading
Good luck to our irish riders and horses competing in Lanaken next week
The FEI WBFSH World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses will take place from 18th to 21st September in Lanaken, Belgium. Fifteen Irish Sport Horses have been selected to represent the Irish Sport Horse Studbook at these prestigious Championships for 5, 6 and 7 year old horses. The Irish Sport Horse Studbook has enjoyed huge success at Lanaken in recent […] Continue Reading
Kenny returns to American soil with a win
KENNY CLAIMS VICTORY ON HIS RETURN TO USA DARRAGH Kenny, a member of Ireland’s show jumping team at the World Equestrian Games last week, returned to his US base yesterday with a win at Old Salem, New York. Offaly native Kenny scored his first place at the four-star show on Allison Toffolon’s Irish Sport Horse Gatsby, and was joined in […] Continue Reading
Wexford’s Bertram Allen remains the best placed Irish rider at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, lying in 14th place overall heading into today’s (Thursday) final round of the team competition .
Wexford’s Bertram Allen remains the best placed Irish rider at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, lying in 14th place overall heading into today’s (Thursday) final round of the team competition . Allen knocked a single fence in yesterday’s round with his mare Molly Malone, adding to the clear he produced when winning Tuesday’s opening speed class and the […] Continue Reading
Clem Mc Mahon wins Horseware TRM National Grand Prix at the Meadows on Any Questions
Clem McMahon and Any Questions claim victory in the Horseware/ TRM National Grand Prix at The Meadows  It was leg 15 of the Horseware/ TRM National Grand Prix League at The Meadows in County Antrim today. Just under 40 combinations took on the course and it was Monaghan’s Clem McMahon with Any Questions, the 9 year old KWPN […] Continue Reading
Tommy Brennan RIP – Our Hero
[photo-frame] [/photo-frame]INTERVIEWS – SPORTING LEGENDS OF IRELAND  TOMMY BRENNAN EVENTER & SHOWJUMPER You’ve clearly done something right when, nearly forty years after you won a Gold Medal for Ireland, you walk into a room to find 600 people gathered to celebrate an evening of ‘This is Your Life’, all in honour of you. Such was the predicament that legendary […] Continue Reading