|  | | TRM NATIONAL GRAND PRIX LEAGUE 2012 - Thursday, May 17, 2012The Start List is available for the next leg of the TRM National Grand Prix League at Cavan on Sunday
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| CHILDREN ON HORSES - Tuesday, May 15, 2012NEW RULE: In the interests of Safety, the Executive Committee of ShowjumpingIreland has ruled as follows:
Children in their 12th year can compete in horse competitions with 2 named horses and the required approval from 2 Level II Coaches up to 1.10m. Children in their 12th year can only compete at the 1.20m level in specific ‘Children on Horses’ competitions, again with the 2 horses named and two Level II Coach approval letters that have been received by the ShowjumpingIreland Office. |
| MULLINGAR INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW 2012 - Monday, May 14, 2012Please note that International Entries for the Mullingar International Horse Show close today. Please see www.mullingarequestrian.com for further details.
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| TRM NATIONAL GRAND PRIX LEAGUE 2012 - Monday, May 14, 2012Greg Broderick and Mrs Quinn were the winners of the TRM National Grand Prix at Barnadown on Sunday in a thrilling jump off
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| HIGH PERFORMANCE PONY SHOW JUMPING - Thursday, May 10, 2012Please click the Link Below for details on the High Performance Programme for Pony Show Jumping with Horse Sport Ireland read more ... |
| TRM NATIONAL GRAND PRIX LEAGUE 2012 - Tuesday, May 08, 2012Capt Michael Kelly secured the top prize in the second leg of the TRM National Grand Prix League at Coilog on Monday riding Ringwood Abbey read more ... |
| ULSTER REGION PONY & YOUNG RIDER QUALIFIER - Tuesday, May 08, 2012IMPORTANT: THERE WILL NOW BE A REVISED SCHEDULE AT THE RDS PONY AND YOUNG RIDER QUALIFIER ORGANISED BY THE ULSTER REGION SJI COMMITTEE AT THE MEADOWS ON 19TH MAY 2012.
THERE WILL BE 3 ARENAS IN OPERATION. YOUNG RIDER CLASSES STARTING WITH 1.10m QUALIFIER WILL START AT 8AM IN ARENA 3 WHICH WILL BE ON GRASS.
128A QUALIFIER WILL BE HELD IN ARENA 2 AND COMMENCE AT 8AM. 148A QUALIFIER WILL BE THE FIRST CLASS IN ARENA 1 ALSO AT 8AM FOLLOWED BY THE 138A QUALIFIER. THE 6/7YO WILL TAKE PLACE IN ARENA 2 AFTER THE 128A CLASS.
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| SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND FACEBOOK PAGE - Thursday, May 03, 2012 From next week, the ShowjumpingIreland Facebook page will be moving. Please click the Link below to LIKE our Facebook Page and keep in touch with all our updates
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| TRM NATIONAL GRAND PRIX & PREMIER SERIES - Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Conor Swail took centre stage on Sunday when winning the opening leg of the TRM/SJI Premier Series with Lansdowne at the Horseware Louth County Show while on Saturday, Cian O'Connor continued his good run of form winning the TRM National Grand Prix League at Louth with Da Vinci's Pride.
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| WEEKEND UPDATE - Monday, April 16, 2012Cian O'Connor stole the show at Mullingar on Saturday winning the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour with Da Vinci's Pride. He almost did a double when finishing second to William McDonnell in Sunday's leg.
While abroad, the Irish Pony Team continued their success at Fontainbleau by winning Saturday's Nations Cup
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| HORSE LOCATION PREMISES TO BE REGISTERED - Thursday, April 05, 2012IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has signed into law, a new order to require anyone who is the owner/person in charge of any premises in which horses or other equines (such as donkeys, ponies etc) are kept to register their premises with the Department. This Order completes the Department’s commitment to have a full register of premises on which all farmed animals are kept. Currently premises where cattle, sheep, pigs or poultry are kept must be registered. read more ... |
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| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, April 02, 2012 Daniel Coyle moves back to the top of the Leaderboard after he produced a fantastic display with Uptown Girl in Cavan yesterday
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| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, March 26, 2012John Floody moved to the top of the leaderboard following his win in Kernan's while in Cork, Mark Sullivan was putting his first points on the board as he won in Maryville on Parcival read more ... |
| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, March 12, 2012Frank Curran collected the top prize in the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour at Broadmeadows with New World for the second time in three years.
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| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, March 05, 2012John Floody scored his second successive win on PMR Rehy Irish All Star in a thrilling jump off at Killossery on Sunday in the fourth leg of the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour
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| LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 - Friday, March 02, 2012  It has been confirmed today, Friday, that Ireland have secured 2 Individual places at the 2012 London Olympics thanks to the very hard work and great results from Billy Twomey and Denis Lynch. The Irish Eventers have also secured places in London with a team of 3 Riders currently qualified and further 2 in the 1st and 3rd reserve places. Congratulations to all involved.
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| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, February 27, 2012John Floody gave a thrilling display with PMR Rehy Irish All Star to collect top honours in the third leg of the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour at Cavan
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| HSI/BLUE GRASS SPRING TOUR 2012 - Monday, February 20, 2012Young Rider Daniel Coyle finally got his head in front after several near misses in last year's Tour with Uptown Girl in the second leg of the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour at Ravensdale on Sunday
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| HSI/BLUEGRASS SPRING TOUR - Monday, February 13, 2012Liam O'Meara claimed his first National win when taking the opening leg of the HSI/Bluegrass Spring Tour at Kildare International on Sunday
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| NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING RULES FOR ALL IRISH EQUESTRIAN DISCIPLINES INTROduced - Tuesday, February 07, 2012NATIONAL anti-doping rules for all equestrian disciplines have been introduced in Ireland for the first time.
The new rules were passed unanimously at a board meeting of Horse Sport Ireland on Friday. The rules will come into effect in equestrian disciplines in Ireland from April 1st next. read more ... |
| INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Tuesday, December 20, 2011Dermott Lennon rounded off a great show at Olympia with a fantastic win on the Irish bred Loughview Lou Lou in the London Grand Prix
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| Showjumping Online - Friday, May 06, 2011 Please visit www.irishsport.tv each week for Rounds from Grand Prix and Interviews with the top riders at some of the biggest Shows in Ireland
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| ShowjumpingIreland Classifieds - Monday, October 11, 2010 ShowjumpingIreland have added a Classifieds Section to the website where there are Sections for Job Vacancies, Goods and Services and Horses and Ponies for Sale. Please see the Classifieds Tab on the menu bar for options.
Advertisements can be added by simply emailing the ShowjumpingIreland Office. Please feel free to contact the SJI Office on 045 852230 for further details. read more ... |
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3 IRISH RIDERS CONFIRMED FOR WORLD CUP FINAL IN GENEVA
WITH Jessica Kurten confirming her position as favourite to win April's Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Geneva after a second place finish in the Netherlands today (Sunday) put her at the top of the Western European League, Ireland now has three contenders bidding for show jumping's elite prize.
Co. Down's Dermott Lennon, himself a former World Champion, puts his hat in the ring for World Cup glory with an 18th place qualifying position after today's last competition in the 2009/2010 series at 's-Hertogenbosch decided the Western European rankings, while in the US Offaly-born Darragh Kenny has already booked his ticket to Geneva as one of the top seven in America's hotly-contested East Coast league.
The Swiss Final will bring together the world's biggest show jumping stars from 13 different leagues, with qualifying positions decided through 132 preliminary competitions.
Jessica Kurten last featured in the World Cup Final top ten in 2008 when she took an equal fourth on Lady Georgina Forbes's 'Castle Forbes Libertina' at Gothenburg, but was runner-up on the same mare in Kuala Lumpur in 2006. The only other Irish riders to have ever finished in the annual World Cup Final top three were Trevor Coyle and his second place with the famous Irish-bred stallion 'Cruising' in 1999 at Gothenburg, and before that Eddie Macken with 'Carroll's of Dundalk', who took an equal third place 20 years before, again at Gothenburg. |
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Winner of the final round of HSI Chippison Spring Tour Grand Prix Coilog last Sunday, Limerick native Paul O’ Shea, travelled from his base in Dublin with Michael Hayden's nine-year-old Belgian bred Primo De Revel to lead the field in the €12,000 Horsewear sponsored class. Using his last to go advantage, O’ Shea, delivered one of only two double clear rounds of the class, and clocked the winning time of 42.56.
Speaking afterwards, the winner commented: “The horse jumped really well and it was a great course. Michael Hayden bought the horse through Trevor Coyle as a six-year old and he has shown a lot of potential. I had this horse on the Sunshine Tour and he went really well, but my plan was to always aim him at the Premier Series. I just really went for it today and I thought even if I had one down, if I was fast enough I could still take second place”.
Meath rider, Alexander Butler looked up for the challenge and set the target when delivering the first double clear with Harold McGahern’s Will Wimble. The pairings time of 43.95 only proved good enough for the runner-up spot as last in Paul O’Shea shaved fractions off his earlier target. Similar to O’ Shea, Butler has demonstrated good form on the international circuit of late, clocking up a series of placing’s in Villeneuve-Lobet before returning home to take the honours in the HSI Chippison in Barnadown last month.
A multiple winner on the circuit last year, Trevor Breen on board Karen Swann’s Adventure De Kannan was up on time in 41.31 but had one fence on the floor for third, while Joan Greene and Tim O'Shea’s Biscaya D'Eversem accounted for fourth place when the combination crossed the line also on four faults, in a time of 42.78.
Mervyn Clarke riding his mother Pauline’s Big Boy slotted into fifth place, while current HSI Chippison League winner, John Floody claimed sixth with Michael Smith’s Larkhill Cruiser. |
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| | FLOODY TAKES HSI CHIPPISON TOUR TITLE, O'SHEA WINS GRAND PRIX  MEATH'S John Floody finally secured the HSI Chippison Spring Tour Leading Rider title this evening (Sunday) at Coilog Equestrian Centre in Co. Kildare with a Grand Prix second place on Michael Smith's nine year-old gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser'.
The runner-up spot, behind today's winner Paul O'Shea and 'Day Dream St Ghyvan Z', yielded sufficient points to take the Slane rider well clear of his nearest challenger Ger O'Neill, who placed fifth at Coilog with Paul O'Byrne's 'Cassidee'. Floody ended the 13-leg series with 56 points, while O'Neill had 36.5. Afterwards Floody said: "I'm absolutely delighted. Ger O'Neill put me under terrific pressure with two horses going clear today, but 'Larkhill Cruiser' coped very well with the pressure and I'm very happy with him." The HSI Chippison 2010 Spring Tour Young Rider title went to Conor Drain, with 'Larkhill Cruiser' taking the Leading Irish Sport Horse award and Jim Monks's 'Ashbourne' receiving the Leading Horse trophy. SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: HSI CHIPPISON SPRING TOUR, COILOG EQUESTRIAN CENTRE, CO. KILDARE GRAND PRIX FINAL
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13th and Final Leg of 2010 HSI Chippison Spring Tour
Presented by the Show Jumpers' Club in Association with TRI Equestrian
Sponsored by Horse Sport Ireland and Coilog Equestrian Centre
Coilog Equestrian Centre, Co. Kildare
Sunday April 18, 2010 1) Day Dream St Ghyvan Z (Owner Paul Clarke & Michael Walsh); Paul O'Shea Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 38.73
2) Larkhill Cruiser (ISH) (Owner Michael Smith); John Floody Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 39.38
3) Touch Of Dawn (ISH) (Owner Old Mill House Stud); Alan Creighton Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 39.98
4) Oldtown Katie (ISH) (Owner M & P Coffey); Trevor Breen Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 40.12
5) Cassidee (Owner Paul O'Byrne); Gerard O'Neill Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 41.08
6) Carton Free (ISH) (Owner Raymond Donohoe); Alexander Butler Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 41.34 93 starters, 15 through to jump-off |
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| | FLOODY TAKES VICTORY IN CLARE HSI CHIPPISON GRAND PRIX  MEATH'S John Floody set his sights firmly on the HSI Chippison Spring Tour title when finishing first in the penultimate leg of the series in Clare Equestrian Centre, Co. Clare today (Sunday) with Michael Smith's Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser'.
With three wins already under his belt, but victories eluding him on his most recent Chippison outings, the Newgrange-based rider said this afternoon: "I've been knocking on the door very hard, and I'm really delighted to have succeeded today." Floody now sits on top of the leaderboard with 44 points ahead of next Sunday's HSI Chippison Spring Tour Final in Coilog Eventing, Co. Kildare. Second-placed Cian O'Connor will be absent on international duty next week, so Floody will face a challenge from third-ranked Ger O'Neill, who finished fourth today on Jane O'Flynn's Irish-bred 'Kinnagrelly', and is now 14 points behind the leader. Points-and-a-half will be allocated for the Kildare final, so O'Neill is still within striking distance of the title. Second place at Clare went to Sinead Kennedy on her father Bill's Irish-bred 'KEC Alicante', with Floody himself taking third place on Jim Monks's 'Ashbourne', who now moves into first on the tour's Leading Horse ranking. SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: HSI CHIPPISON SPRING TOUR, CLARE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE, CO. CLARE GRAND PRIX
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Twelfth Leg of 2010 HSI Chippison Spring Tour
Presented by the Show Jumpers' Club in Association with TRI Equestrian
Sponsored by Horse Sport Ireland and Timberpro Products
Clare Equestrian Centre, Co. Clare
Sunday April 11, 2010 1) Larkhill Cruiser (ISH) (Owner Michael Smith); John Floody Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 34.05
2) KEC Alicante (ISH) (Owner William Kennedy); Sinead Kennedy Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 35.17
3) Ashbourne (Owner Jim Monks); John Floody Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 35.85
4) Kinnagrelly (ISH) (Owner Jane O'Flynn); Gerard O'Neill Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 36.85
5) Cobra (Owner Lissava Stud); Joe Owens Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 38.37
6) Cyril Van De Mespel Z (Owner Kilian Browne); Kilian Browne Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 39.50 43 starters, 13 through to jump-off |
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| | YOUNG RIDER HARRISON WINS MULLINGAR HSI CHIPPISON GRAND PRIX  EIGHTEEN year-old Robert Harrison cut through a substantial field of 56 starters to win the HSI Chippison Grand Prix at Mullingar Equestrian Centre, Co. Westmeath tonight (Saturday).
Piloting his father David Harrison's 'Unlimited Lady', Young Rider Harrison was one of just eight to make it through to the jump-off on Tom Holden's course, in this 11th leg of the HSI Chippison Spring Tour. With five Irish-bred horses and four Young Riders in the top six this evening, it was Lt. Michael Kelly and the Minister for Defence's Irish-bred 'Lough Foyle' who took the runner-up spot, just one-and-a-half seconds adrift of the Longford-born winner. In third place, Young Rider Aidan Loftus accounted for one of only three double clears in the competition, with the Irish-bred 'Hi Kilrainey'. The 12th leg of the HSI Chippison Spring takes place at Clare Equestrian Centre tomorrow (Sunday). SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: HSI CHIPPISON SPRING TOUR, MULLINGAR EQUESTRIAN CENTRE, CO. WESTMEATH GRAND PRIX
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Eleventh Leg of 2010 HSI Chippison Spring Tour
Presented by the Show Jumpers' Club in Association with TRI Equestrian
Sponsored by Horse Sport Ireland and Mullingar Equestrian Centre
Mullingar Equestrian Centre, Co. Westmeath
Saturday April 9, 2010 1) Unlimited Lady (Owner David Harrison); Robert Harrison (YR) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 45.28
2) Lough Foyle (ISH) (Owner Minister for Defence); Lt. Michael Kelly Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 46.60
3) Hi Kilrainey (ISH) (Owner Vincent Loftus); Aidan Loftus (YR) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 50.79
4) I Caesar (ISH) (Owner Vincent Digby); Gerard O'Neill Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 41.80
5) Kilrainey High Destination (ISH) (Owner Vincent Loftus); Aidan Loftus (YR) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 43.51
6) Du Noble (ISH) (Owner Caroline Killeen); Aidan Killeen (YR) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 44.56 |
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| | O'CONNOR SNATCHES HSI CHIPPISON GRAND PRIX IN KILKENNY  MEATH-based Cian O'Connor was the man in the Easter Monday limelight at Warrington Equestrian Centre in Co. Kilkenny this afternoon, with two horses in the top six of the HSI Chippison Grand Prix.
And it was Stephen O'Connor and Castlemartin Stud's 13 year-old gelding 'Complete' who took away the winner's rosette after stopping the clock in the 16-horse jump-off round almost two seconds clear of Tralee runner-up Sinead Kennedy on her father Bill Kennedy's Irish-bred 'KEC Alicante'. Cian O'Connor said afterwards: "I'm delighted with 'Complete', he's obviously a very experienced horse and this Grand Prix will prepare him for international duty, on which he heads off next week. It was a very smooth jump-off round and he went well within himself. I'm also excited about my new horse 'K Club Lady', who jumped a double clear here today and finished in sixth." In third place in the tenth leg of the HSI Chippison Spring Tour at Warrington this afternoon was Gerard O'Neill and Paul O'Byrne's 'Cassidee'. SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: HSI CHIPPISON SPRING TOUR, WARRINGTON EQUESTRIAN CENTRE, KILKENNY GRAND PRIX
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Tenth Leg of 2010 HSI Chippison Spring Tour
Presented by the Show Jumpers' Club in Association with TRI Equestrian
Sponsored by Horse Sport Ireland and Supporters of Warrington Equestrian Centre
Warrington Equestrian Centre, Co. Kilkenny
Monday April 5, 2010 1) Complete (Owner Stephen O'Connor & Castlemartin Stud); Cian O'Connor Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 30.35
2) KEC Alicante (ISH) (Owner William Kennedy); Sinead Kennedy Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 32.29
3) Cassidee (Owner Paul O'Byrne); Gerard O'Neill Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 32.81
4) The Bodyguard (ISH) (Owner Seamus Hutchinson); Lisa O'Farrell Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 33.46
5) Rathglass Dexter (ISH) (Owner Edward Sheehan); Blayne Sheehan (YR) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 33.53
6) K Club Lady (Owner Askirk LTD); Cian O'Connor Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 36.72 |
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| | BUTLER WINS HSI CHIPPISON GRAND PRIX AT BARNADOWN  TWENTY two year-old Alexander Butler had a narrow victory in this afternoon's (Sunday) HSI Chippison Spring Tour Grand Prix at the Barnadown Equestrian Centre in Gorey, Co. Wexford, with Raymond Donohoe's Irish-bred 'Carton Free', one of five Irish-breds to feature in the top six.
Meath-born Butler, who took a third place in March's Villeneuve-Loubet Grand Prix in France, was today half a second ahead of challenger Gerard O'Neill and Vincent Digby's Irish-bred 'I Caesar' in a 13 horse jump-off that yielded only three double clear rounds on Killian Clarke's course. Tom McGurk's Irish-bred 'Macusla R' improved one place from last weekend to take third with rider Derek McConnell in the 58 strong startlist. SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: HSI CHIPPISON SPRING TOUR, BARNADOWN EQUESTRIAN CENTRE, CO. WEXFORD GRAND PRIX
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Ninth Leg of 2010 HSI Chippison Spring Tour
Presented by the Show Jumpers' Club in Association with TRI Equestrian
Sponsored by Horse Sport Ireland and Barnadown Show Jumping
Barnadown Equestrian Centre, Co. Wexford
Sunday April 4, 2010 1) Carton Free (ISH) (Owner Raymond Donohoe); Alexander Butler Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 43.20
2) I Caesar (ISH) (Owner Vincent Digby); Gerard O'Neill Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 43.74
3) Macushla R (ISH) (Owner Tom Mc Gurk); Derek McConnell Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 49.31
4) Larkhill Cruiser (ISH) (Owner Michael Smith); John Floody Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 37.62
5) PMR Rehy Irish All Star (ISH) (Owner Paula Rafter); John Floody Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 39.21
6) Splendor (Owner Stephen & Cian O'Connor); Cian O'Connor Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 39.96 |
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