Irish Bred Horse Success
Glencarrig Douvan crowned Supreme Champion as Connemara Pony Show Clifden celebrates 100 years
Glencarrig Douvan and Patrick Curran winning the Supreme Championship at Clifden Show (Photo: Rynes Walker Photography) The Connemara Pony Show in Clifden, Co Galway this week celebrates 100 years of the Connemara Pony Show attracting owners, breeders and visitors from all over the world. This years festival celebrates the centenary with a host of exciting…
Dublin Horse Show Day 5- Showing Classes – Champions On Parade
Father and son team Paddy and Patrick McCarthy with their Croker Cup thoroughbred champion Althebayeb (Photo: Susan Finnerty) Now that the last of the horseboxes and lorries have arrived home and the Irish horse world takes a proverbial day off to recover from Horse Show Week, its a good opportunity to catch up on more…
Connemara – The supreme native performance breed at Dublin
All Smiles: Kathryn and Charlotte Smiley with the Berney Bros ridden Connemara champion: Eastlands Jollybrae (Photo: Susan Finnerty) Connemara ponies are seen throughout the five days of Dublin Horse Show in various competitions, including today’s show hunter pony class entries, dotted with native pony bloodlines. Two dedicated Dublin showcases are the Connemara performance and ridden…
Dublin Horse Show – Day 3 – Showing Round-up
Frenchfort Kildysart Lady added her name to the history books today, winning the Laidlaw Perpetual Challenge Cup for Overall Champion Young Horse, presented by the RDS at Dublin Horse Show (Photo: IHB/ Kirsty Pasto) Friday of Dublin Horse Show is one of those ‘blink and miss it’ days, between back-to-back championships in the showing arenas…
Dublin Horse Show – Day 3 – Generations and Doubles Abound in Irish Draughts
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 to watch the native breed in the mare and foal classes, while Friday saw the…
Podium finish for Ireland as The Netherlands win Aga Khan
Seamus Hughes-Kennedy and ESI Rocky (ISH) jumped double clear on their Aga Khan debut (Photo: Pam Cunningham) 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…
Irish Equestrian Success
Irish Equine Veterinary Association in partnership with Connolly’s RED MILLS – A Good Life Well Lived – Equine Summit
The Irish Horse Board was delighted to participate in the Irish Equine Veterinary Association’s Equine Summit: A Good Life Well Lived, held in partnership with Connolly’s Red Mills. The event highlighted the vital importance of collaboration between the Thoroughbred and Sport Horse sectors in maximising equine wellbeing and health throughout their competition careers and beyond.…
USA’s Laura Kraut wins Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland – Shane Sweetnam best of the Irish
The 2025 Dublin Horse Show has come to a close at the RDS in Ballsbridge where American rider Laura Kraut and the 11-year-old mare Bisquetta emerged as winners of the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland, with what was the only clear round of the competition. A field of 40 of the world’s top horses and…
McEvoy and Pender add to Irish wins at the RDS as Britain’s Proudley wins Puissance
Niamh McEvoy and Flora Du Mesnil winners of the Dublin Stakes (Photo: Pam Cunningham) Tyrone’s Niamh McEvoy secured Ireland’s sixth international win of the 2025 Dublin Horse Show on Saturday, as she claimed victory in the Dublin Stakes with Flora du Mesnil. Seven riders made it through to the jump-off where McEvoy’s guided the 10-year-old…
Podium finish for Ireland as The Netherlands win Aga Khan
Seamus Hughes-Kennedy and ESI Rocky (ISH) jumped double clear on their Aga Khan debut (Photo: Pam Cunningham) 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…
Coyle claims his second Dublin Horse Show win as Ireland drawn fifth to jump in Aga Khan
Jordan Coyle and Chaccolino winners of the Cashel Palace Hotel Stakes (Photo: Pam Cunningham) 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 it…
2025 Dublin Horse Show begins at the RDS
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 horses coming through the RDS during the week, attracting over 120,000 spectators and to mark…