CANADA SCOOPS THE SILVER…. It was Team USA on the top step of the podium today when Sarah Lockman steered the lovely chestnut stallion, First Apple, to clinch Individual Dressage gold at the Pan American Games 2019 taking place at the Army Equitation School at La Molina in Lima, Peru….
Continue ReadingUSA clinches silver while Brazil bags bronze and the second Olympic team qualifying spot Canada came out on top in a tight battle with the USA when the Team Dressage medals were decided today at the Pan American Games 2019 taking place at the Army Equitation School at La Molina…
Continue ReadingTeam Germany almost completely dominated the FEI Dressage European Championship 2019 for U25, Young Riders, Juniors and Children staged at the fabulous Horses Riviera Resort at San Giovanni in Marignano, near Rimini in Italy (23-28 July). They claimed nine of the 11 gold medal placings on offer, with only a…
Continue ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Greece 2019 Team Norway stormed to a very significant victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Greece staged at the 2004 Olympic venue of Markopoulo in Athens (GRE) today. This final of the 2019 Europe Division 2 series saw eight nations battle…
Continue ReadingIt’s 30 years since Rory Gilsenan left Ireland to make his way on the English show circuit, but none of his long list of extraordinary successes can compare with scooping the Charles Owen Working Hunter title riding the Collins family’s Atlantic Slim at Hickstead last Friday (26 July). Because the…
Continue ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Great Britain 2019 Vital double-clears from Anthony Condon with Aristio and Paul O’Shea partnering Imerald van’t Voorhof, and four fault-results in each round from both Brian Cournane with Armik and Michael Duffy with Mullaghdrin Touch the Stars ensured a really solid Irish performance –…
Continue ReadingIreland’s Dressage team finished sixth of the seven competing nations on the first day of the Lambertz Nations Cup at CHIO Aachen yesterday, and it was a heart-warming and encouraging result for the newly-formed side. The pure joy on Anna (Petezy) Merveldt’s face when she steered her 10-year-old Lusitano, Esporim,…
Continue ReadingThree-time gold for Germany, Britain takes Young Rider team title at EC Eventing Championships at Maarsbergen
Germany dominated the FEI Eventing European Championships 2019 for Juniors and Young Riders at Maarsbergen in The Netherlands (10 to 14 July) when taking Junior team and individual gold along with the Young Riders Individual title. A total of 22 countries were represented, and Great Britain reigned supreme in the…
Continue ReadingFor FEI…… Spectacular performances from more than 300 promising young athletes from 33 countries. The Netherlands and Germany claimed double-gold, while Spain and Ireland topped the podium in the remaining two Championships as talent, courage, determination and team-work were all tested during a superb week of top sport. Children In…
Continue ReadingWe’re like an unstoppable train, another weekend of extraordinary results and so much talent emerging at all levels of Irish equestrian sport. The biggest news of course was Kate Derwin’s superb Junior European individual gold medal – and what a way to celebrate it, singing our National Anthem with such…
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