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…
Ireland’s Tom Wachman has become one of the youngest ever winners of the London International Grand Prix, after the 20-year-old from Co Tipperary partnered the 12-year-old gelding Do It Easy to a superb victory on Monday night at the Excel…
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…
Irish showjumping riders were in good form on the opening day of action at Geneva’s prestigious five-star show in Switzerland on Thursday, with Meath’s Cian O’Connor and Kilkenny’s Timmy Brennan featuring strongly. World No.22 O’Connor scored two podium places, beginning…
After a fantastic season which saw them win the silver medal at the FEI European Championships. the Irish Eventing team have been named as runners-up in the Team Of The Year category by the Olympic Federation of Ireland at the…
Ireland’s Niall Talbot and the 10-year-old stallion Charming Dream Z (Carrera VDL x Cagliostro 161) took victory in Sunday’s three-star 1.50m Grand Prix at Oliva Nova in Spain. For Talbot, this win was an emotional one. “I lost a very…
After a very successful first auction in 2024, the second Stride Horse Auction in Ireland will take place from December 2nd-4th 2025. The auction will include over 20 young horses raised in Ireland that have been carefully selected with the…
Co Down’s Conor Swail has moved to the top of the Longines FEI World Cup North American league table, after a stunning victory in last night’s (Saturday) World Cup Grand Prix at Toronto in Canada. Just three of the 21…
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…
