Irish Bred Horse Success
Winning start to Horse Of The Year Show for Commandant Geoff Curran
Irish army rider Commandant Geoff Curran produced a dominant display to win The Dick Turpin Stakes, as international competition began at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham. Puissance champion at HOYS in 2022 and 2023, and bidding for a hat-trick this year, he added another title to his collection by landing the one-round…
Mikey Pender sees-off Paris Olympic medallists to win five-star Longines Grand Prix of Barcelona
Photo: Mikey Pender and HHS Calais (ISH) winners of the 2024 Longines Grand Prix of Barcelona Ireland’s Mickey Pender scored one of the biggest wins of his career late last night (Saturday), as he took a magnificent victory in the €300,000 five-star Longines Grand Prix at the League Of Nations Final in Barcelona, Spain. It…
Magnificent hat-trick of medal wins for Ireland at Lanaken World Championships
Ireland’s proud record at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for young horses in Lanaken, Belgium continued today, with Irish riders winning three of the nine World Championship medals on offer, including two precious golds. Michael Pender riding HHS Mercedes (ISH) clear the final fence to win the gold medal (Photo: Irish Eventing Times)…
Irish-bred young horses impress on way to qualification for World Championship finals in Lanaken
Ireland’s Vincent Byrne riding the Eleanor Byrne-bred Gone Girl VB (ISH) Photo Irish Eventing Times A strong group of Irish-bred horses have qualified for Sunday’s grand finals at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses at Lanaken in Belgium, from almost 700 of the top young horses from around the globe that…
Irish-bred horses fill three of top five places at five-star Burghley
Cavalier Crystal (ISH), bred by Thomas Horgan (Photo: Irish Eventing Times) The five-star Defender Burghley Horse Trails have concluded in the UK, with three Irish-bred horses finishing inside the top five. Cavalier Crystal (ISH), bred by Thomas Horgan in Co Waterford and ridden by Harry Meade (GBR) secured a brilliant podium finish, taking third place…
Runner-up finish for Ireland in Longines EEF Series Final
The Irish Show Jumping squad at the EEF Series Final (l-r) Jenny Rankin, Seamus Hughes-Kennedy, Taylor Vard (Chef d’Equipe) Francis Derwin, Jason Foley and Jessica Burke The Irish Show Jumping team of Jessica Burke, Jenny Rankin, Seamus Hughes-Kennedy and Francis Derwin, managed by Taylor Vard, have finished as runners-up in the 2024 Longines EEF Series…
Irish Equestrian Success
“We like mud!” Irish eventers dig deep to win Nations Cup final
Ireland winners of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ at Military Boekelo 2024 Austin O’CONNOR riding ISAZSA , Susie Berry riding CLEVER TRICK , Padraig MCCARTHY riding POMP N CIRCUMSTANCE , Aoife CLARK riding SPORTSFIELD FREELANCE, Team Ireland take the win for the FEI Eventing Nations Cup in Boekelo (NED) . L-R: Padraig McCarthy and Pomp…
Runner-up finish for Ireland’s Darragh Kenny in €2Million Rolex Grand Slam at Spruce Meadows
Daniel Deusser (GER), Martin Fuchs (SUI), and Darragh Kenny (IRL) shared the podium in the €2Million CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix, presented by Rolex at Spruce Meadows Offaly’s Darragh Kenny and the 17-year-old stallion VDL Cartello recorded a brilliant runner-up finish in Sunday’s €2Million CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix, presented by Rolex at Spruce Meadows in Canada…
Irish Horse Board – Guide to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
The 2024 Paralympic games is underway in Paris, with Ireland’s Para Dressage athletes set to begin their competitions at the Games this Tuesday September 3rd. with four days of Para Dressage to look forward to. Ireland is represented at the Games by four Para Dressage athletes – Kate Kerr Horan, Sarah Slattery, Jessica McKenna and Michael…
European Silver Medal for Irish Junior (U18) Eventing team – Tom Nestor takes individual silver
Ireland (silver), Germany (gold) and Great Britain (bronze) share the podium at the 2024 FEI European Eventing Championships for Juniors and Young Riders (Photo: Leszek Wójcik/ Strzegom Horse Trials) The Irish Junior (U18) Eventing team have taken the silver medal at the 2024 FEI European Eventing Championships for Juniors and Young Riders in Strzegom, Poland.…
Runner-up finish for Louth’s Mark McAuley as Swiss star Fuchs wins €500,000 Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland
Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Mark McAuley (IRL) stand on the podium following the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland (Photo: Pam Cunningham) The 2024 Dublin Horse Show has come to a thrilling conclusion at the RDS in Ballsbridge, where Ireland’s Mark McAuley and GRS Lady Amaro (ISH) claimed a runner-up finish in the €500,000 Rolex Grand…
Irish winning run continues at Dublin Horse Show ahead of Friday’s Aga Khan
Daniel Coyle and Incredible took the honours in the Cashel Palace Hotel Stakes on day 2 of the Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Pam Cunningham) Irish riders have maintained their superb run of form at the 2024 Dublin Horse Show, with a double of wins on day 2 at the RDS. Paris Olympian Daniel Coyle and…