The Irish Horse Board hosted a reception at the HHS Horse Show in Co Kilkenny recently, to honour three key figures from the Irish equestrian industry and to recognise the huge contribution they have made to the sport. Marion HughesA…
The next generation of Irish Show Jumping riders showed that the future is extremely bright, with a dominant display over the weekend at the Future Champions fixture in Hagen, Germany, scoring three Nations Cup podium finishes including two superb victories.…
Ireland’s domination at five-star Spruce Meadows in Canada continued on Friday, with the two feature classes once again won by Irish riders.Derry’s Jordan Coyle and Ford Gold claimed victory in the RBC Capital Markets Cup 1.50m after a five-horse jump…
For the third time in history, the Irish Show Jumping team today (Friday) emerged as winners of the five-star Nations Cup of France in La Baule. An Irish team that included a mixture of youth and experience, were pushed all…
For Irish team members Conor Swail, brothers Daniel and Jordan Coyle and their cousin Christian Coyle, competing together on a team representing their home nation was a pipe dream. On Sunday, at Thunderbird Show Park, Langley in British Columbia, it…
The 2025 Millstreet International Horse Trials saw Irish-bred horses once again dominate, filling the top two places in the feature Noel C. Duggan Engineering CCI4*-L along with several victories in other competitions at the Green Glens arena. Ridden by Britain’s…
Rising eventing star Patrick Whelan was crowned Irish National Champion after a strong finish as runner-up behind Australian Kevin McNab in the Connolly’s RED MILLS CCI4*-S at Millstreet International Horse Trials. The inaugural Connolly’s RED MILLS EI120 National Championship title…
The Irish Show Jumping team of Denis Lynch (Vistogrand), Trevor Breen (Highland President), Jason Foley (Chedington Hazy Toulana), and Michael Pender (HHS Los Angeles (ISH), finished fourth of nine teams in today’s (Friday) five-star Nations Cup at St Gallen in…
Irish horses and riders have enjoyed huge success in today’s (Sunday) world famous five-star Rolex Grand Prix of Rome in Italy, with Meath’s Cian O’Connor and Iron Man taking runner-up spot, while Kilkenny’s Seamus Hughes Kennedy and ESI Rocky (ISH)…
Dermot Molloy, from Nine Mile House in Co. Kilkenny, talked to the Irish Horse Board after a remarkable Balmoral double with his purebred Irish Draught winner Two Mile Nigel, and why he feels demand is so strong for ridden Draughts.…
