Cross Country day at the 2024 Badminton Horse Trials saw a huge shake-up at the top of the leaderboard, with two Irish riders fighting their way into the top five. Wexford’s Lucy Latta, who is competing at Badminton for the…
The 11-year-old mare Greenacres Special Cavalier (ISH), bred in Co Meath by Michael Callery and ridden by Caroline Powell (NZL), is in seventh place on a score of 30.0 following the conclusion of the Dressage phase at the 2024 Badminton…
The 2024 National Breeding Schemes, funded by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, have been launched. We are advised that all schemes operate on a first come first served basis up to the maximum allocation, and as a…
Georgie Goss (pictured) is best of the Irish riders following the opening day of Dressage at the 2024 Badminton Horse Trials in the UK. Goss, riding the 14-year-old mare Feloupe, is in equal fourth place on a score of 30.6.…
Galway’s Michael Duffy has continued his superb run in the 2024 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix, by claiming a third place finish in today’s (Sunday) fourth round of the series at Shanghai in China. Riding the 10-year-old gelding Cantano…
An outstanding performance from the 10-year-old Irish mare Cooley Rosalent (ISH), bred in Co Armagh by Woods Rosbotham and ridden by Britain’s Oliver Townend, saw them score a massive victory at the weekend in the world-famous five-star Defender Kentucky Three-Day…
It was a fantastic result for Irish horses and riders in the early hours of this morning (Sunday) in the USA as Co Down’s Conor Swail guided Caturano to victory in the $225,000 Kentucky Invitational four-star Grand Prix, while the…
The world-famous five-star Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event gets underway today (Thursday) at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, attracting many of the worlds top horses and riders who are competing for a prize fund of $400,000. Susie Berry…
The first round of the 2024 DAFM Studbook Show Jumping Series kicked off today (Saturday) at Tipperary Equestrian Centre, with a talented group of young horses competing across three competitions for 5, 6, and 7-year olds. The 7-year-old competition was…
Minister for Agriculture Food & Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, this week announced the introduction of a Fodder Transport Support Measure to provide additional assistance to farmers most severely affected by the prolonged exceptional weather conditions. In many of these cases…
