Irish Draughts and Connemara ponies – two of Ireland’s native equine breeds – are seen in abundance in Dublin’s show classes. Thursday is traditionally known as “Draught Day” when Irish Draught enthusiasts from home and overseas cluster around Ring 1…
The Irish Show Jumping team of Denis Lynch, Tom Wachman, Seamus Hughes Kennedy and Cian O’Connor have taken third place on the podium in the Nations Cup Of Ireland for the Aga Khan Trophy at the Dublin Horse Show, where…
Day 2 of the Dublin Horse Show and the tricolours stacked up – from the elegance of the ladies side-saddle class to the bedrock stock of the Irish Sport Horse seen in the Irish Draught mare and foal classes and…
Derry’s Jordan Coyle scored his second win in as many day’s at the Dublin Horse Show, with a superb performance in today’s (Thursday) Cashel Palace Hotel Stakes. Riding the 14-year-old gelding Chaccolino, Coyle was one of six riders to make…
Day 1 of Dublin Horse Show and Two Mile Nigel’s superb year in the showring continues, althought it draws to a close after Dublin with his recent sale. Meanwhile, a former Horse of the Year Show winner returned to Ireland…
Irish horses and riders made a strong start on the opening day of the 2025 Dublin Horse Show at the RDS with two five-star wins, while the feature Sport Ireland Classic went to Germany. The opening international competition was the…
The 150th Dublin Horse Show is underway at the RDS in Ballsbridge with five days of top class international featuring a prize fund of €1.4M divided between 168 competitions, The 2025 RDS Dublin Horse Show will see more than 1600…
Ireland’s outstanding record at European Pony Show Jumping level continued this weekend, with Irish riders securing individual Gold and Bronze medals along with team Silver at the 2025 FEI European Pony Championships at Le Mans in France. Sligo’s Cian McMunn…
A stunning performance from 22-year-old Seamus Hughes Kennedy and the 10-year-old Irish-bred gelding ESI Rocky (ISH) saw them secure a brilliant fifth place finish following today’s (Sunday) Longines FEI Jumping European Championships Individual Final at A Coruña in Spain. They…
The Irish Show Jumping team have finished just one place outside the medals in fourth position, following today’s (Friday) final round of the team competition at the 2025 Longines FEI Jumping European Championships at A Coruña in Spain. The Irish…
