The 98th Annual Connemara Pony Show took place this week (Aug 15th-18th) at the Showgrounds, Clifden, Co Galway, with a huge turnout of competitors, spectators and potential purchasers from Ireland and overseas. Supreme Champion 2023 – Dunloughan Troy (Photo: Connemara…
The final international competition at the 2023 Dublin Horse Show saw a French winner in the Longines Grand Prix of Ireland, with Francois Xavier Boudant and Brazyl du Mezel becoming the first French combination to lift the trophy since 1995. …
Photo – Rachel Moore on Ballymacbrennan Merdios, winners of the final class at the 2023 Dublin Horse Show The final day of Dublin Horse Show 2023 over and done. Although firstly an update on the last championship to take place…
It may have been the fourth day of Dublin Horse Show but not in living memory could any of the ringside stalwarts remember a Laidlaw Cup young horse champion returning the following year to match up with a win in…
Waterford-born Army rider Commandant Geoff Curran and the Irish-bred gelding Bishops Quarter (ISH), bred by Gerard Murphy, soared over the big red wall at a height of 2m25 (7ft 4inches) to win the Defender Puissance at a packed RDS arena…
Brilliant sunshine, plus the prospect of championships galore and the Aga Khan Nations Cup brought crowds galore out to the RDS on the third day of the Dublin Horse Show.In Ring 1, the young horse championships were the curtain-raiser for…
Photo; Shane Sweetnam riding the Irish-bred CSF James Kann Cruz (ISH) to a clear first round in the Aga Khan (Photo: Laurence Dunne) The Irish Show Jumping team of Galway’s Michael Duffy riding Cinca 3, Kildare’s Michael Pender riding HHS…
Day 2 of Dublin Horse Show is traditionally dubbed ‘Draught Day’ with hordes of Draught enthusiasts, from home and abroad, flocking around Ring 1 for the Irish Draught mare classes in the morning. Another attraction is the parade of Draught…
Irish domination of the international classes at the Dublin Horse Show continued today (Thursday), with both of the international competitions in the main arena at the RDS being won by Irish riders. Sligo’s Richard Howley and the 12-year-old gelding Consulent…
Day 1 of Dublin Horse Show 2023 started with a number of home-bred wins in the Irish Draught and Connemara performance hunter classes. The first win in Ring 2 was in the APCOA-sponsored Irish Draught performance classes for four and…
