Writes Susan Finnerty MADRA RUA OUTFOXES THE COMPETITION They say that, “After bad luck comes great luck” and for midlands man Paul Cleary, that upturn happened at Balmoral Show as he bred this year’s supreme champion hunter: Madra Rua.Now owned…
Badminton 2024 champions Greenacres Special Cavalier (ISH), bred in Co Meath by Michael Callery and ridden by Caroline Powell (NZL) (Photo: Irish Eventing Times) Irish horses and riders have enjoyed phenomenal success at the 2024 five-star MARS Badminton Horse Trials,…
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…
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.…
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…
Galway’s Michael Duffy has claimed one of the biggest victories of his career, when taking the winners prize of €115,500 in Saturday’s five-star Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at Miami Beach in Florida, USA. In a competition that featured…
