Equestrian

Congratulations to the Irish show jumping team of Darragh Kenny, Lorcan Gallagher, Kevin Babington and Conor Swail who swept to victory in the FEI Furusiyya Nations’ Cup in Ocala, Florida at the weekend, finishing on a total of just four faults. Ireland’s victory was made remarkable by the fact that all four horses had not competed […]

Billy Twomey notched up Ireland’s first win at the  weekend in the prestigious five-star show in Basel, Switzerland, and did so riding an Irish Sport Horse. The 37 year-old, who is now based in England, showed a notable turn of speed at the St Jakobshalle stadium (Friday Jan 9th), when he piloted Joe Flynn’s grey

Congratulations to Joseph Murphy who claimed a career best when finishing in fifth place for Ireland at the four-star event in Pau, France at the weekend. Murphy also took the trophy for best cross country round of the competition. Riding the Irish Sport Horse Sportsfield Othello, had three fences down in the final show jumping

The Irish show jumping team came tantalisingly close to obtaining automatic qualification for the Rio Olympics when finishing seventh at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy. Ireland’s quartet of Darragh Kenny, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch and Cameron Hanley moved up one place from their overnight position, but because Olympic host nation Brazil were ahead in

Beating 152 other competitors, young Wexford rider Bertram Allen set Irish hopes high  when he claimed first place in the opening speed competition of the World Equestrian Games’s show jumping element at Caen in France. Putting up a mature performance aboard the 10-year-old grey mare Molly Malone V, 19 year-old Allen, who won the Grand Prix

Ireland’s show jumping team will be in action at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy. Ireland will compete, in alphabetical order, as: Bertram Allen with Ballywalter Farms’s Molly Malone V Cameron Hanley with Eleonore Paschoud and Yves Bouvier’s Antello Z Darragh Kenny with Hyperion Stud’s Imothep Denis Lynch with Thomas Straumann’s All Star 5The travelling reserve

Best wishes to Ireland’s Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner and his team competing at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy: Aoife Clark with Fenya’s Elegance Sarah Ennis with Horseware Stellor Rebound Joseph Murphy with Electric Cruise Sam Watson with Horseware Bushman Camilla Speirs and Portersize Just a Jiff and Clare Abbott with Euro Prince

Ireland will be fielding a 21-strong squad across five disciplines in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, which begin in Normandy, France, today and run through to September 7. Dressage will be the first competition in which the Irish are due to take part, both beginning on Monday. In Dressage, the country is represented by James Connor,