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 […]
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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
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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
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Olympic Bronze Medallist Cian O’Connor won first prize at the Grand Prix in Sommerstorf, Germany. Riding Beverley Widdowson’s 12 year old gelding Unique clear over two rounds, 33 year-old O’Connor, who is based in Co. Meath, was one of ten combinations through to the jump-off, but romped home almost two seconds faster than German challenger Carsten-Otto
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Ireland produced a breathtaking display of world class show jumping last nights Canadian Nations’ Cup to win the trophy with a total of six clear rounds. Under Team Manager Robert Splaine, the Irish quartet of Conor Swail, Darragh Kerins, Richie Moloney and Cameron Hanley delivered a remarkable succession of zero scores in the first round
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Ireland’s Sarah Ennis and the Irish Sport Horse BLM Diamond Delux moved up one place during the final show jumping phase at Tattersalls Horse Trials this afternoon (Sunday) to finish fourth, but British rider Pippa Funnell maintained her lead with Billy Beware to take the three-star trophy. A clear round from the 44 year-old Sussex
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Team Ireland’s show jumping manager Robert Splaine has announced his fifth man for the Swiss Nations’ Cup squad who will line out at St. Gallen this weekend. Twenty-three year old Alex Duffy from Mayo, who jumped for Ireland in the Europe Division Two Nations’ Cup at Copenhagen last week, will step up to the first
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A total of eight Irish riders will compete at the world famous Badminton Horse Trials in England, which get underway this morning (Friday). In addition, some 27 of the 85 starters are Irish bred horses, representing countries such as the UK, the USA and New Zealand. The UK Olympic medallist Zara Phillips, grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth, will
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Nine Irish combinations have been accepted for one of the world’s top Three Day Events, the four-star Badminton Horse Trials in England, which begins on May 2nd. Only the world’s top riders make the cut for acceptance in the Badminton competition list, and the selection is based on each combination’s ranking points. Ireland, as well
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Cork rider Shane Sweetnam snatched the $33,000 first prize in Sunday’s Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida aboard the Irish Sport Horse Solerina. With just five through to the jump-off from a talented field of 32, Sweetnam and the Kildare-bred Cruising mare took on some of the show’s top international riders, and
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Nick Turner will be the new High Performance Manager for Irish Eventing. Turner is a Fellow of the British Horse Society (FBHS) and was an accomplished eventer who completed in 13 four star events. He stopped competing in 2008. In recent times he has been a member of the British Senior International Selection Committee and
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Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor was presented with The Irish Field’s prestigious 2012 senior show jumper of the year award. The show jumper overcame a number of late challenges to take his place in the show jumping final at London 2012 and went on to secure the bronze medal on Blue Loyd 12, who
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