O'Connor to renew Blue Loyd partnership
Cian O'Connor's Olympic bronze medal horse Blue Loyd will return with him to the Irish team for the vital Nations' Cup competition at St Gallen in Switzerland on 31 May.
Cian O'Connor's Olympic bronze medal horse Blue Loyd will return with him to the Irish team for the vital Nations' Cup competition at St Gallen in Switzerland on 31 May.
Cameron Hanley returned triumphantly to the Grand Prix winner's podium in Germany after a near two-year absence caused by a freak accident to his knee that resulted in a total of 17 operations.
Tipperary rider Shane Breen claimed third place and an €8,000 prize in the famous five-star La Baule Derby in France on Saturday.
The Royal Windsor Horse Show in England yielded two major wins for Irish competitors on Sunday.
Aoife Clark followed up her notable eighth-place finish in Badminton last weekend with a second place at the Chatsworth Horse Trials.
Aoife Clark produced an impressive show jumping performance to finish eighth overall at Britain's Badminton Horse Trials.
Tipperary's Denis Lynch took the biggest prize pot of this weekend's international showjumping, pocketing €28,500 for a fourth place in the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at Madrid on Saturday night.
With just Monday's deciding show jumping phase to come, Ireland's Aoife Clark moved into 12th place overall after the cross-country stage of the Badminton Horse Trials in England today.
A notable performance left Ireland's Aoife Clark and her Irish Sport Horse Master Crusoe in joint 16th place after today's dressage phase at the world famous Badminton Horse Trials in England.
Irish riders notched up a total of six victories at European show jumping competitions this weekend, though an Irish bid for the World Cup trophy in Gothenburg failed to ignite.
Ireland's Austin O'Connor and Kate Jarvey's Ringwood Mississippi recorded just four faults in what proved to be a very challenging show jumping phase at the Rolex four star event in Kentucky today.
Despite being assured of a second HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour title before today's final leg, Daniel Coyle didn't let that disrupt his excellent run of form as he recorded a 1-2 in todays final leg at Coilog.
Cameron Hanley took his first international show jumping victory today Saturday after an almost two-year absence caused by a freak accident to his knee that resulted in a total of 17 operations.
US-based Cork rider Shane Sweetnam snatched the $33,000 first prize in Sunday's Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida aboard the Irish Sport Horse Solerina.
Jessica Springsteen, show jumping daughter of rock legend Bruce, has bought leading Irish jumper Lisona
Ireland's Darragh Kerins took third place in Sunday night's feature class at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, while fellow Irish rider Richie Moloney claimed fifth.
Ireland finished fourth in last night's Wellington Nations' Cup in Florida.
Cork's Shane Sweetnam placed third in Saturday's World Cup Grand Prix in Wellington, Florida, with fellow Irish rider Conor Swail taking eighth.
Robert Splaine has been re-appointed to the position of chef d'équipe for the Ireland equestrian team.
Ireland's Denis Lynch and Jessica Kuerten both scored top-five finishes at the last World Cup show of 2012 at Mechelen.