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Irish Show Jumping team finish equal third in competitive Portuguese Nations Cup

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The Irish Show Jumping team, managed by Michael Blake and sponsored by Devenish & The Underwriting Exchange, have finished in a share of third place in today’s (Tuesday) FEI Nations Cup at Vilamoura in Portugal. Sligo’s Richard Howley was Ireland’s best performer in the first round after he produced a perfect clear with Arlo De Blondel, a […]

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Brilliant runner-up finish for Ireland’s Anna Merveldt in Hungarian World Cup Freestyle

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Brilliant runner-up finish for Ireland’s Anna Merveldt in Hungarian World Cup Freestyle Irish Dressage rider Anna Merveldt and the 11-year-old stallion Esporim have recorded their best ever World Cup finish as a pairing – taking runner-up spot in today’s (Sunday) CDI3*-W FEI World Cup Freestyle To Music Grand Prix at Budapest-Fot in Hungary. Merveldt and

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Horse Sport Ireland appoint Kevin Babington as technical advisor to the Senior Jumping Programme

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Horse Sport Ireland are delighted to announce that Kevin Babington has been appointed by HSI to the High Performance Jumping Committee, as technical advisor to the Senior Jumping Programme. The Committee acts in an expert advisory capacity in relation to the execution of the HSI Senior Jumping High Performance strategy and to act as a

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Shane Sweetnam second in Florida Grand Prix and crowned Leading Irish Rider

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Cork’s Shane Sweetnam capped an excellent weekend at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, by scoring a runner-up finish in Sunday’s $214,000 Premier Equestrian four-star Grand Prix while he was also crowned leading Irish rider of Nations Cup week at the American venue. Sweetnam was riding his gold medal winning mount from the 2017 European

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Kate Dwyer becomes first Irish Dressage rider to win a five-star Grand Prix Special

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History made in Qatar as Kate Dwyer becomes first Irish Dressage rider to win a five-star Grand Prix Special   Meath-based Irish Dressage rider Kate Dwyer made history this morning (Saturday) at Doha in Qatar, by becoming the first ever Irish rider to win at Grand Prix Special at five-star level. Last to go in the

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Michael Blake names Irish Show Jumping squad for Nations Cup season opener in Florida

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New Irish Show Jumping manager Michael Blake has named his squad for the first Longines FEI Nations Cup of the year, which takes place at Deeridge in Wellington, Florida, USA in just over a week on Sunday February 16th. Ireland have an excellent record in the Wellington Nations Cup having taken victory in 2016 and

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Daniels claims outstanding bronze medal at European Eventing Championships

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Twenty-two-year-old Cathal Daniels from Co Galway and the Irish Sport Horse mare Rioghan Rua (ISH) have produced a magnificent performance at the Longines FEI Eventing European Championships at Luhmühlen in Germany, to claim the individual bronze medal to add to the World Championship team silver medal they won last year. Daniels had been lying in

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Tony Kennedy called up to Irish Eventing squad for European Championships

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Irish Eventing team manager Sally Corscadden has announced that Tony Kennedy and The Irish Sport Horse Westeria Lane have been added to the Irish Eventing squad for the upcoming 2019 European Eventing Championships which take place in Luhmühlen (GER) from August 29th  to September 1st. The news comes after it was confirmed that Clare Abbott will

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