HORSEWARE LOUTH COUNTY SHOW
IN AID OF CHARITY
By kind permission of Mr & Mrs Tommy McGuinness Dromiskin Dundalk Co. Louth
Paul O'Shea and Michael Hayden's Primo De Revel on their way to winning the 2010 Horseware Premier Grand Prix at the Louth County Show
The 2011 ShowjumpingIreland Premier Series gets underway later this month with the opening round taking place at the annual Horseware Louth County Show in Dundalk on the 23rd and 24th of April.
Similar to previous years, it is expected that many of our top riders will use this weekend as a warm up for future International events. Former winners in the series, include top names such as Cian O’ Connor and Paul O’ Shea. The show which is held by kind permission of Tom McGuinness, Horseware Ireland, and will take place on his grounds at the Circle T Ranch in Dromiskin. Now in its eleventh year this annual event has grown from strength to strength, and its success has meant that over €100,000 has gone to well deserved charities in the area.
Saturday’s event to watch though will undoubtedly be the €2,500 qualifying class which acts as a qualifier for Sunday’s feature event, The Horseware Premier Series Grand Prix, which boasts a lucrative prize fund of €12,000.
In a change from last year’s format, the Horseware Premier Grand Prix Series will see the top 35 Horse/Rider combinations qualifying from the 1.40 class on Saturday to the Premier Series Grand Prix.
There is a full schedule of events over the course of the weekend, which includes classes for horses, ponies and amateur riders. Among the list of league classes scheduled over the two days, is the popular Amateurs (Dingos Qualifier), Amateurs Grand Prix (Leddy League) and the Leinster League. New to the program for 2011 is the National Development league, this class boasts a total prize fund of €750, and is open to children on horses, junior and young riders.
This year the show will host a round of the ever popular Irish Sport Horse Studbook Showjumping Series. Open to five, six/seven-year-olds Irish bred horses, the series has a generous prize fund of ten thousand euro over the course of the two days and will attract Ireland’s top young horses.
Apart from the above classes there is also a full selection of pony jumping classes, from the Glencarrig league to Grand Prix level.
Please note Entries for each class will close 30 minutes after the start of that class.
Full competition schedule in SJI Bulletin.
Grand Prix Winners
2010 Paul O'Shea & Primo De Revel
2009 Cian O’Connor & Baloufina
2008 Tholm Keane & Warrenstown You 2
2007 Cian O’Connor & Markopaulo
2006 Paul O’Shea & The Patriot
2005 Harry Marshall & All Shook Up
2004 Cian O’Connor & Annabella
2003 Cian O’Connor & Casper
2002 Stephen Smith & Desert Prince
2001 Tom Slattery & Coille Mor Hill
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