In the windswept peat bogs of County Kerry, where the ground stays perpetually soft, an unlikely equine survivor has defied extinction. The Kerry Bog Pony, standing at roughly 10 to 12 hands high, represents one of Ireland’s most remarkable conservation…
Irish horses and riders recorded a number of notable results this week in Florida, USA, including Co Clare’s Philip McGuane who guided the 11-year-old mare Paso Doble SCF to a runner-up finish in Sunday’s $140,000 three-star Grand Prix to close…
When someone mentions the word ‘warmblood’, you’d be forgiven for thinking first of Europe’s many historic studbooks, such as the KWPN or Hanoverian. Yet since 2009, a new breed has been established, offering the best of continental warmblood genetics combined with the benefit of…
EIC Cooley Jump the Q (ISH), bred in Co Wicklow by Pam Walshe and ridden by Austria’s Max Kuhner, added to their already impressive list of major international wins, when they powered to victory in today’s (Sunday) five-star Longines FEI…
Cork-born Olympian Shane Sweetnam and the Patrick Connolly-bred gelding CSF James Kann Cruz (ISH) have produced another exceptional performance on the world stage, to finish as runners-up in today’s (Sunday) five-star Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva in Switzerland. The competition…
The International Governing Body for Equestrian sports, the FEI, has confirmed that Millstreet International Horse Trials in Co Cork has been selected as the venue for the inaugural FEI World Eventing Championships for Under 25 riders in 2026. Millstreet submitted…
Ireland’s position as one of the leading nations in world eventing was once again enhanced this weekend, with a brilliant medal haul of one gold, two silver and a bronze medal from the six medals on offer at the 2025…
Wexford’s Bertram Allen and the Simon Scott-bred Pacino Amiro (ISH) finished sixth overall in Sunday’s five-star 1m60 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rome. One of 10 combinations to make it through to the jump-off, Allen had one of…
The incredible record of Irish horses and riders at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championships at Lanaken in Belgium has been further enhanced today (Sunday), after an outstanding performance saw Ireland claim two World Championship gold medals along with…
Belgium’s Jos Verlooy and The Frank and Laura Glynn-bred FTS Killossery Konfusion (ISH) have been crowned Belgian National Champions in front of packed grandstands at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses at Lanlken in Belgium. Verlooy…
