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From GAA to gold, and from Glasgow to the Olympic Games

Louise Parkes
January 16, 2021

For The Irish Farmers Journal The life and times of Irish team vet Marcus Swail…. (by Louise Parkes on behalf of Horse Sport Ireland) Anyone following the Irish equestrian team in recent years will have seen him in the thick of things. As team veterinarian Marcus Swail is a man…

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From isolation to the Olympic Games….Ken Lalo

Louise Parkes
January 16, 2021

FEI Talking Horses press release by Louise Parkes He’s a horseman, a sports fan, a legal expert and successful businessman, and as 2021 dawns Israel’s Ken Lalo is filled with anticipation. Because, for the very first time, his country will be represented by a Jumping team at the Olympic Games…

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Big blow for Ireland as Kenny and Thompson dissolve partnership

Louise Parkes
September 19, 2020September 19, 2020

The news that Ireland’s Darragh Kenny will no longer compete the brilliant string of horses owned by America’s Ann Thompson sent a shudder through the sport today. The 32-year-old Offaly native has risen to the no. 7 spot in the Longines World Rankings, thanks in no small part to the…

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The best is yet to come……..Federico Fernandez

Louise Parkes
July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Mexican showjumper, Federico Fernandez, had just arrived in Madrid (ESP) by train when I spoke with him last week. He was en route to a business meeting and had intended travelling by air from Valencia (ESP), but the flight was cancelled at the last…

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The King of the Ring……Pedro Cebulka

Louise Parkes
July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

FEI Press Release It sounded like he was being dive-bombed by sea-planes when I spoke with Pedro Cebulka last week. “That’s another one coming over now”, he’d say with a laugh as our conversation about his life and times had to be put on hold again and again. He and…

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The best job in Fleet Street…..Alan Smith

Louise Parkes
July 6, 2020

Talking Horses – FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Not too many people have been to 17 Olympic Games in their lifetime, but retired British journalist Alan Smith most certainly has. In a career that spanned 48 years he reported on no less than nine Summer and eight Winter Games…

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From equestrian press to Olympic media mogul…..Lucia Montanarella

Louise Parkes
June 29, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes The birds were singing so loudly in the background that I thought Lucia Montanarella was out in the countryside when I called her last week. She wasn’t though, she was in her apartment in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland where she has been based…

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From Wildfire to the world stage…….David Broome

Louise Parkes
June 22, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes When I called David Broome last Tuesday he had been haymaking at Mount Ballan Manor near Chepstow in South Wales which, apart from being the family farm, is also home to the hugely popular Wales and West showgrounds. The legendary British showjumping rider is…

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Be not afraid……Jim Wofford

Louise Parkes
June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes An interview with James Cunningham Wofford is not something to be taken lightly. Any attempt at leading the conversation fails miserably, because you are talking with a man with the most exceptional communications skills and extraordinary stories to tell. There’s a sense of riding…

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Lockdown Lifting – now that’s a Friday Feeling!!!

Louise Parkes
June 5, 2020

It’s been a big news days in Ireland with a number of exciting announcements. Sporting his very healthy-looking Phoenix Park tan, Taoiseach Leo Varadakar confirmed the further lifting of Covid 19 restrictions across the country, Horse Sport Ireland and Showjumping Ireland confirmed that the HSI Premier and ISH Studbook series…

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