For the fifth time in-a-row, an Irish-bred horse has taken victory in the five-star Defender Burghley Horse Trials in the UK. Bred by Noel Hickey in Co Limerick and ridden by Oliver Townend (GBR), Ballaghmore Class started the final Show…
Sam Watson and the Irish-bred SAP Talisman (ISH) (Photo: Irish Eventing Times) Irish-bred horses fill six of the top 10 places following today’s Cross Country phase at the five-star Defender Burghley Horse Trials in the UK. Ballaghmor Class (ISH), bred…
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…
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…
Photo: Comdt. Geoff Curran and the Irish-bred Glengarra Wood (ISH) The 2023 Showjumping Ireland Premier Series reached it’s conclusion this weekend at Mullingar Equestrian Centre, where Waterford-born army rider Comdt. Geoff Curran and the Irish-bred Glengarra Wood (ISH) took victory with the…
Andrew Bourns (IRL) & Sea Topblue. Photo: Andrew Ryback Photography Galway’s Andrew Bourns and the Irish-bred Sea Topblue (ISH), bred in Co Clare by James & John Meade, scored an impressive runner-up finish in last night’s $414,300 B&D Builders five-star…
Photo (L-R) Mayor of Kilkenny City Cllr Joe Malone (FF), James Brennan, Eoin Brennan, Coen Williams, Timmy Brennan, Rhys Williams, Seamus Hughes Kennedy, Niamh McEvoy, Ciaran Nallon and Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council Michael Doyle (FG). Photo: Joe Cashin Photography…
Ireland’s Bertram Allen emerged victorious on Saturday evening in a lightning fast five-star Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of La Coruña in Spain. Riding the exceptional Irish-bred Pacino Amiro (ISH), Allen won his first LGCT Grand Prix since 2018.…
The latest Longines World Show Jumping rankings have just been released, with Co Cork’s Shane Sweetnam now among the World Top-10 and is Ireland’s top-ranked rider. Originally from Kanturk in Co Cork and now based in the United States, Shane…
Today’s (Sunday) Showjumping Ireland Premier Grand Prix at the National Balmoral Championship saw Irish-bred horses fill the top two places, with Kildare’s Mikey Pender partnering the Thomas Hughes-bred HHS Catwalk (ISH) to victory after a hugely competitive 16-horse jump-off. Pender…
