Category: Eventing
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Monumental win for Corkman at Maryland five star Austin O’Connor wrote his name into the Irish equestrian history books on Sunday evening – for the second time this year – by winning the MARS Maryland Five Star. The Mallow man became the first Irish event rider to win a five-star competition since Major Eddie Boylan […]
Dag Albert has named the Irish selection for the FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has announced the team of horses that will represent the Irish WBFSH Studbooks at the FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses 2023. The Championship will be held at Le Lion […]
Alannah Kelly was best of the Irish claiming the individual bronze medal with all Irish athletes finishing inside the top 12 The GAIN Equine Nutrition Irish Young Rider (under 21) Eventing team had a stellar performance at the FEI Young Rider Eventing Championship in Montelibretti, Italy, to claim the team silver medal and Kildare native […]
Where did March go? I can’t believe that it’s nearly 6 weeks since I last blogged and a lot has happened…the eventing season is truly in full swing. Having navigated some dressage tests and rounds of jumping at Coilog in less than ideal weather, it was time to go cross country schooling in March. Eventing […]
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 […]
It’s February and the start of the eventing season is fast approaching, so: The bank account takes a double whammy and it’s only 1 pay check post-Christmas…..early in February my poor bank account had a rather tough day having paid out double whammy on both Eventing Ireland and SJI memberships. This resulted in the debit […]
In 2016, Eventing Ireland became the first nation worldwide to use the ERQI (EquiRatings Quality Index) system – the cross-country risk analysis indictors developed by Equestrian data science company EquiRatings. The ERQI system provided traffic light indictors of risk for all horses at all levels competing in Ireland in 2016. Horses which displayed amber ERQIs […]
It’s 5.45am and as the alarm goes I can hear the wind howling and it’s pitch dark outside. I am fighting the urge to hit snooze, but Tyrella is in 2 weeks time and the pony needs to be exercised! Welcome to the world of an amateur eventer! So, despite the rather dreary picture I […]
Off-season for eventers can seem to last a lifetime but then all of a sudden, the first event is upon us and we find ourselves wondering what we really achieved over the winter months. For me, it’s important that I plan my winter training like I would plan my events for each horse during the […]