Irish Bred Horse Success
Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim Al-Husseini dies aged 88

Aga Khan IV pictured (right) in 1980 with former RDS Presidents Prof John Carroll and James Meenan The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, and a notable supporter of Irish equestrian sport, has died aged 88. He was the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development…
Stateside Grand Prix win for Irish-bred Killossery Konfusion (ISH)

The Frank and Laura Glynn-bred FTS Killossery Konfusion (ISH), ridden by Jos Verlooy (BEL), scored a hugely impressive win on Saturday in the $200,000 CSI4* Grand Prix by a margin of nearly three seconds at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, USA. Course designer Bernardo Costa Cabral set the track for the featured event…
Irish Equestrian Success
Amsterdam World Cup runner-up finish for Denis Lynch and Vistogrand

Tipperary’s Denis Lynch and the 12-year-old stallion Vistogrand continued their ultra-consistent run of form, when they secured a runner-up finish in Sunday’s five-star Longines FEI World Cup Grand Prix at Amsterdam in The Netherlands. A six-horse jump-off saw Lynch go clear in 38.99 seconds to finish just over half-a-second behind Dutch winner Marc Houtzager with…
Darragh Kenny and Chaccossini Dominate WEF CSI3* 1.50m Classic

Darragh Kenny and Chaccossini Offaly’s Darragh Kenny has wasted no time getting to know Chaccossini. The pair scored their second FEI victory on Sunday in just their third show together, topping the $32,000 Hermès CSI3* 1.50m Classic to close week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Florida. “Straight away we clicked,” he said…