Equestrian

Irish Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine squad for the important Nations’ Cup Final to be held at Barcelona in Spain next week is: Bertram Allen Shane Breen Cameron Hanley Denis Lynch Billy Twomey Horses will be announced shortly.   Ireland is one of 18 nations from around the globe to have qualified for the inaugural […]

Olympian Aoife Clark won her first Three Star event at the weekend, after taking the lead in Saturday’s cross-country phase at the Blenhein CCI3* event. With not even a fence in hand when entering show jumping phase, the 32 year-old nevertheless held her nerve, and guided PJ Hegarty’s Irish Sport Horse Fenya’s Elegance to a zero penalty

Eighteen year-old Wexford native Bertram Allen yesterday (Sunday)  triumphed in the five-star Príncipe de Asturias jump-off competition in Gijon, Spain, aboard Ballywalter Farms’s grey mare Molly Malone V. A huge 18 horse jump-off from a starting field of 56 saw the Irish teenager challenged by some of the world’s top riders, but his time of 44.60

Irish show jumping manager Robert Splaine  has announced his squad for the five-star Spanish FEI Nations’ Cup competition that will take place in Gijon on Saturday, August 31. Gijon will see ten other nations taking part, with teams from Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Portugal, United States and the host nation

Clare Abbott and Euro Prince (Owned by Dr Cormac McKay & Dr John McKay) have been drafted into the squad for the European Eventing Championships in Malmo Sweden from August 29th to Sept 1st. The combination has been called up to replace Aoife Clark and Master Crusoe. Ireland’s Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner explained:

Congratulations to Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor who won the Longines Grand Prix at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show with his Olympic mount Blue Loyd, just over a year since they took their medal at London. One of ten through to the jump-off from a starting field of 40, the Meath-based rider led from

Irish riders took first place in both of today’s international feature classes at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show, with fast-rising star Bertram Allen capturing the honours in the Sports Council Classic, and Olympic Bronze medallist Cian O’Connor winning the earlier Speed Stakes. Wexford-born Allen, who turned 18 just last week after winning six European

Despite scoring the only two double clear rounds of the competition, Ireland’s team at the Hickstead Nations’ Cup in England finished fourth on 13 faults, with just a single time penalty denying them a share of the runner-up place behind winners Germany. The German quartet never looked in danger of yielding their lead from the

Eventing High Performance Manager Nick Turner has named the six combinations that will represent Ireland at the European Eventing Championships in Malmo from August 29 to September 1. The squad in alphabetical order is: Aoife Clark/Master Crusoe (owned by Lily White Syndicate) Jonty Evans/Double Dutch (owned by Otto van der Wyck) Joseph Murphy/Electric Cruise (owned

With just two point-scoring chances left for Ireland in the top level Furusiyya Nations Cup series for 2013, Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine announced his squad of five to compete at Aachen, Germany next week. Leaving August’s Aga Khan Trophy competition at Dublin Horse Show still to follow as the last of Ireland’s chosen