Irish Bred Horse Success
Marion Hughes, Eileen Brennan and Peter Brady honoured during Irish Horse Board reception at HHS Horse Show
Photo (l-r) Cllr Andrew McGuinness (Mayor of Kilkenny), Marion Hughes, Mikey Pender. Miguel Bravo, John McGuinness TD and Alison Corbally (Irish Horse Board Director General) (Photo: Rachel Lyons) 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…
Irish owners and breeders enjoy huge success at Millstreet International Horse Trials
Gemma Stevens with Flash Cooley (ISH) (ISH) Winner of the Noel C Duggan Engineering CCI4*-L at Millstreet International Horse Trials (Photo: Irish Eventing Times) 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…
Patrick Whelan is Irish champion as Kevin McNab wins Millstreet CCI4*-S
Patrick Whelan, first winner of the Connollys Red Mills EI120 National Championship. 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 is awarded to…
Runner-up finish for Cian O’Connor in Rolex Grand Prix of Rome – Kilkenny’s Seamus Hughes Kennedy fourth
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) claimed a fourth place finish. World No.10 O’Connor and the 12-year-old gelding Iron Man narrowly…
In Profile – Dermot Molloy – Across All The Miles
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. “We live halfway between Kilkenny and Clonmel and we were brought up hunting with the…
Native doubles at Balmoral
It was the year of the Irish Draught at Balmoral Show where several open titles were won by native breed entries. County honours were evenly divided amongst Balmoral supreme horse titles. On Wednesday, we saw the young horse championship going to Mayo’s Tiernan Gill with his Flogas Syb and neighbouring county Galway struck too when…
Irish Equestrian Success
Irish Youth Show Jumpers score hat-trick of Nations Cup podium finishes in Germany
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. A fantastic performance from the Irish U18 (Junior) team of Jack Kent (Indiana Jones), Alice…
Incredible Irish winning run continues at Spruce Meadows
Jordan Coyle and For Gold 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 off. It was another Irish1-2-3 with Conor Swail second with…
Outstanding Ireland complete hat-trick of La Baule Nations Cup wins
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 the way by Belgium, but it was the Irish who came out on top at…
Ireland score third consecutive Langley Nations Cup win
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 became a reality. And reality was better than any of them dreamed. If you’re choosing…
Ireland finish fourth in St Gallen Nations Cup while winning run continues in Hamburg
Denis Lynch and Vistogrand 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 Switzerland. Ireland made a strong start after both Denis Lynch and…
Win for Niamh McEvoy in opening leg of Plusvital Premier Series
The opening leg of the 2025 SJI Plusvital Premier Series took place on May 11th, at Barnadown Equestrian Centre in Co Wexford, where Co Tyrone’s Niamh McEvoy dominated, filling three of the top four places. After a 14-horse jump-off, McEvoy took victory with Rock Warrior, finishing just ahead of Kildare’s Mikey Pender in second with…