Month: March 2017

Following on from our previous article ‘The question of breeding’ in which our equine veterinary expert Nikki Walshe considered the important question of whether or not you should breed from your mare, in this article Nikki considers the next steps you should take to give your mare the best chance of conception and in producing […]

We just love spring time… the days are getting longer; the grass has started to grow and there’s the impending pitter patter of tiny hooves as new born foals take their first steps in the world, with breeders dreaming of following them on a path to stardom. But there’s an old saying… ‘fools breed horses […]

Eventing Ireland is delighted to announce that Connolly’s RED MILLS will continue to sponsor the SuperLeague for 2017. The Connolly’s RED MILLS SuperLeague encourages the top horse/rider combinations to compete at the highest level and previous winners include 4* athletes Camilla Speirs, Sam Watson and Sarah Ennis. Last year saw a total of 67 combinations […]

Television star Martin Clunes presents a new documentary show on Horse & Country TV, all about how equine learning can benefit people with special needs. In ‘Martin Clunes: Riding Therapy’, the actor and horse lover heads to the Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy in Hampshire to meet a group of young people with learning difficulties […]

Costa: The woman has undertaken a crazed new training regime where she appears, frothing at the mouth, four days a week to subject me to a rigorous workout before disappearing. Due to the frenzied speed in which she embarks on these endeavours, I haven’t really been able to process the activities, so quickly do I […]

By John Haime Sometimes things get fuzzy in sports and a reset is exactly what you need. Very often my phone will ring, or I’ll get an “emergency” text and an athlete client will be in a funk. Their focus unconsciously shifts to the many distractions around them – often things they have no control […]

Did you watch the Olympic Equestrian events last year and wonder how you could become involved? It looks like a wonderful experience, but it’s a long, challenging and expensive road to get close to becoming an Olympic rider. You need to put in 100% dedication, commitment and a lot of hard work. But even after […]