It was the year of the Irish Draught at Balmoral Show where several open titles were won by native breed entries. County honours were evenly divided amongst Balmoral supreme horse titles. On Wednesday, we saw the young horse championship going…
There was a definite Gortfree Hero theme throughout the Balmoral supreme hunter judging on Thursday. Watching ringside was Canadian visitor Christine Sweet who has recently organised for Sean Barker’s triple Dublin champion to be made available, through A.I, to Canadian…
Day 1 of Balmoral Horse Show ended 27 years of waiting, as popular Mayo exhibitor and Irish Horse Board Chairman Tiernan Gill won the Bluegrass Horse Feed young horse championship with his three-year-old champion Flogas Syb. Tiernan and his namesake…
The 11-year-old mare Cooley Rosalent (ISH) bred in Co Armagh by Woods Rosbotham, added to a growing list of major achievements with British rider Oliver Townend, when finishing as runner-up at the 2025 MARS Badminton Horse Trials in the UK. Cooley…
Irish-bred horses are poised for further success at the 2025 MARS Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, with Cooley Rosalent (ISH), bred in Co Armagh by Woods Rosbotham, holding the lead with Oliver Townend (GBR) heading into today’s (Sunday) final…
Irish-bred horses showcased their exceptional quality and future potential at the 2025 Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Class held at Badminton Horse Trials, securing podium finishes in both the four and five-year-old divisions. The Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Series,…
The 16-year-old gelding Off The Record, bred in Co Cavan by Peter Brady and ridden by America’s Will Coleman, led from start to finish to claim victory on Sunday in the CCI4*-S competition at the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three Day…
Two-time Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam and the Patrick Connolly-bred CSF James Kann Cruz (ISH) secured a runner-up finish in Saturday night’s $400,000 five-star Grand Prix, in front of a packed audience at Kentucky International in the USA. Nine of the…
Irish breeders enjoyed a hugely successful weekend at Burnham Market International Horse Trials in the UK, with Cooley Rosalent (ISH), bred in Co Armagh by Woods Rosbotham, taking a superb victory in the feature four-star competition, while third place went to Ballaghmor…
The nine-year-old gelding Iron Dames Just A Dream (ISH), bred in Kilkenny by Jimmy Lawler and previously ridden by Waterford’s Francis Connors, has taken victory in the three-star Grand Prix at Oliva in Spain. Now ridden by Germany’s Janne Friederike…
