Team Ireland Equestrian’s Eventing High Performance Manager Ginny Elliot has named a shortlist of ten riders and 11 horses for Olympic selection. At present Ireland is assured of a team of at least three riders at the games, but this could increase to four or five on June 17th, depending on whether other countries who […]
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Ireland’s second biggest equestrian event, Tattersalls International Horse Trials in association with Horse Sport Ireland, takes place this weekend in County Meath with the focus firmly on selection for the Olympic Games. While Irish riders and competitors from other countries will be trying to win the event at Tattersalls, they will also be eager to
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An eventing team of at least three riders and two individual showjumping riders will represent Ireland at the London Olympics followingconfirmation of the allocation of places today (Friday) by theInternational Governing Body for equestrian sport. While Ireland’s two show jumpers will compete as individuals, the threeeventing riders will compete as a team in the team
With the March 1st cut-off date looming and the final counting competitions taking place this weekend, Ireland now seems certain to have two show jumping riders and two eventing riders in unassailable positions to secure qualification slots for the 2012 Olympics in London. More eventing riders could also make the cut, depending upon the result
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Irish riders will be competing at the international horse trials in Ballindenisk, Co Cork this weekend with a final chance to secure Olympic ranking points. The home contingent has been split in a bid to maximise this opportunity. Michael Ryan, who heads the Irish rankings, has a trio of horses in the CIC***, including the
Tipperary’s Denis Lynch took fourth place on Contifex in a thrilling jump-off at the World Cup competition in Bordeaux. The Tipperary native maintained his third place overall in the World Cup rankings, narrowing the gap with the leader. Lynch, who will also strengthen his number two position in the Olympic rankings with the result, was
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Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine hopes the Army Equitation School can boost Ireland’s chances of qualifying two riders for the Olympics by loaning one of its top horses, Annestown, to Billy Twomey. Corkman Twomey lies second in the Olympic rankings and is in line to earn Ireland a place in London 2012, while Tipperary
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CAPT. Geoff Curran with Maurice Cassidy and The Minister for Defence’s gelding The Jump Jet finished fourth of 87 starters in the CIC 3 star event in Cameri in Italy today (Sunday) to boost Ireland’s chances of gaining individual places in the London Olympics. The combination was ninth after dressage on Friday but was one
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Camilla Speirs, riding Portersize Just A Jiff finish second in Sunday’s Olympic eventing qualifying competition in Boekelo. Meath’s Liz Power also jumped clear with September Bliss to climb to ninth place. Speirs’s superb show jumping clear round also saw Ireland move up to third behind Germany and Australia in the team competition. Team Ireland Equestrian’s high performance
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Ireland failed to secure a show jumping team place at next summer’s London Olympic Games when finishing ninth in the European championships in Madrid. The Irish squad of Shane Sweetnam, Nicola FitzGibbon, Denis Lynch and Billy Twomey went into the team finale in seventh place and they had to maintain their position to secure a place
RTE’s Niall O’Flynn talks to Ireland Showjping Team Manager Robert Spaine on how they can be real medal contenders at the London Olympics – if they qualify at this week’s European Championships. The championships, which begin on Tuesday, 13 September in Madrid, represent the last chance for Ireland to qualify a team for the 2012 Olympic
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The Irish Three Day Eventing team finished fifth in today’s European Championships at Luhmuhlen in Germany on a total penalty score of 206.70. However they missed out on Olympic qualification by 7.5 penalties to Sweden, who finished fourth on 199.20. The other remaining qualification place went to France, who finished second. The competition was won
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