Horse Sport of Ireland

Some good podium spots show Irish Sport Horses can produce results. These are the last Showjumping results to be posted on the Horse Sport Ireland web site. Lexington International (USA) 14th – 18th May CSI 3* € 125,000 US Grand Prix. Table A. One round against the clock, jump off against the clock 1.50m 8th Ultimately Cooley (ISH) – 2014 gelding by OBOS Quality 004 (OLD) out of Tiamo Diamant (SF) by Diamant De Semilly (SF). Breeder: Patrick J. Kearns. Owner: Orpen Horses Ltd. Rider: Loic Cannaert (BEL). Читать дальше...

After another weather related cancelation Eventers in the UK have to think outside the box to get a run. However Irish Sport Horses excel at all levels once again. See below the first results of this week. Aston-le-Walls One Day Event (GBR) 15th – 18th May 2024 Open Intermediate Sec D 3rd Moonlight Charmer (ISH) – 2013 gelding by OBOS Quality 004 (OLD) out of Enchanter Heart (TB) by Good Time (TB). Breeder: Michael Brennan (Sligo). Rider: Aaron Millar (GBR) 28.6, 0, 04 = 29.0 6th Monbeg By Design (ISH)[was Eskerhills Elixir] ... Читать дальше...

Four-star triumph achieved on Irish Sport Horse Mikey Pender and Irish Sport Horse HHS Calais exhibited the qualities that have earned the pair World Cup success when securing four-star honours in Wiesbaden, Germany today. Pender came out on top of a field of 39, with the 13-year-old Cavalier Royale gelding bred by Ita Brennan and owned by Bravo Hughes jumping two clear rounds and going quickest in the jump-off to win the €56,8000 contest. The number six ranked U25 rider in the world, Castledermot... Читать дальше...

Lynch and Swail bag major individual ribbons The Underwriting Exchange Irish Show Jumping team have posted a third-place finish in the opening regional qualifier of the Longines EEF Nations Cup in Kronenberg, The Netherlands. While a positive result from a 13 team competition, which was won in a jump-off against Canada by the hosts, there was a tinge of disappointment around it from an Irish perspective, given that Michael Blake’s unit had posted four clears in the first round. This is despite the... Читать дальше...

Quartet ready to rock in Longines EEF qualifier Michael Blake has named his Underwriting Exchange Irish Show Jumping team to contest the three-star Longines EEF Nations Cup in Kronenberg, The Netherlands tomorrow. Horse Sport Ireland’s Show Jumping High Performance Director has gone with a quartet of in-form riders with buckets of experience to contest the €65,000 Peelbergen event and is optimistic of a good show despite some stellar opposition with qualification for next month’s semi-finals up for grabs. Читать дальше...

HSI Eventing Senior High Performance Manager Dag Albert has named his team ahead of the CCIO4*S FEI Nations Cup in Chatsworth, GBR. Taking place from May 17th-19th, the event attracts a competitive field each year. The team for Chatsworth is as follows: Sarah Ennis with Action Lady M (ISH), owned by Andrew Cox & Suzanne Macken Felicity Ward with Regal Bounty (ISH) owned by James O’Callaghan Sam Watson with Ballyneety Rocketman (ISH) owned by Hannah & Sam Watson Patrick Whelan with Altitu... Читать дальше...

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Irish breeding shows up around the world with a good turnout of fresh names in Norway. See below all validated showjumping results of Irish Sport Horses Hamburg International (GER) 7th – 12th May 2024 CSI 5* € 28,500 Table A. One round against the clock. 1.50m 8th DPS Camelot (ISH) – 2015 gelding by Camillo VDL (KWPN) out of Celerina (AEAS) by Cento (HOLST). Breeder: Dara O’Malley. Owner: Iian Ferder. Rider: Philipp Weishaupt (GER). € 28,650 Table A. One round against the clock. 1.50m 10th DPS Camelot (ISH) ... Читать дальше...

Olympics now the dream for part-time athlete Lucy Latta has achieved one of the greatest results in the history of Irish eventing, after posting a runner-up finish at the prestigious Mars Badminton Horse Trials today. Eight faults on RCA Patron Saint in today’s jumping phase enabled Latta to rise to second from an overnight position of third in the 75th edition of the competition. 51-year-old New Zealand rider Caroline Powell and the Irish Sport Horse Greenacres Special Cavalier, bred in Meath by Michael Callery... Читать дальше...

Some good results for Irish bred 6 & 7 year old horses in the UK. Hopefully some good results to come tomorrow. See below the latest Eventing results Tweseldown One Day Event (GBR) 10th – 12th May 2024 Open Intermediate Sec F 1st SBH Big Wall (ISH) – 2015 gelding by Puissance (ISH)[TIH] out of Unanibeath (ISH) by Courage II (HOLST). Breeder: John P Murphy (Kilkenny). Rider: Izzy Taylor (GBR) 22.5, 0, 0.0 = 22.5 2nd Patch Ali (unk) – 2010 gelding by Aughabeg Patch (IPSA) out of Cluoca Ali (unk) by Aldatus Z (OLD). Читать дальше...