Breen wins Hickstead Speed Classic
Shane Breen, riding bay mare Ominerale Courcelle, took first place in Satruday's Speed Classic at the five-star Hickstead Show in Britain.
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Nations Cup glory for Ireland
Ireland secured their first victory in the 2012 Nations Cup series at Hickstead this afternoon with a classy display of jumping that left just four faults on the team card at the end of two rounds.
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Beecher secures Hickstead Derby win
Paul Beecher became the first Irish winner of England's famous Hickstead Derby in nine years today.
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Splaine names team for Hickstead
Tipperary's Shane Breen will lead the Irish attack in the sixth leg of the FEI Nations' Cup Superleague at Hickstead, England tomorrow, riding the Irish-bred Cos I Can.
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Breen on-song at Hickstead
Ireland's Shane Breen racked up his second Hickstead victory on Saturday when he won the Speed Derby with Magic Fox.
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Breen maintains high score rate at Hickstead
Tipperary's Shane Breen maintained his high score rate on the second day of the four-star show at Hickstead in England, with two top five places.
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Ireland make good start in Hickstead
Ireland had a win and four top ten places on the opening day on Thursday in the historic Hickstead Derby Meeting in England.
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Breen wins jump-off at Hickstead
Tipperary's Shane Breen has claimed won the first jump-off competition at this week's five-star Nations' Cup show at Hickstead with Sandra Duffy's back-in-form Cruising gelding World Cruise.
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Irish perform well at Hickstead
Captain David O'Brien and Billy Twomey shared third place with four other riders in Sunday's DFS Derby at Hickstead, and a total of three Irish-bred horses finished in the top ten.
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Griffin second in Hickstead speed derby
26-year-old Damien Griffin was best of the Irish at Hickstead's Derby Meeting in England on Saturday when finishing as runner-up in the Speed Derby.
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Ireland third in Hickstead
Ireland's senior showjumping team took third place today in the British Meydan Nations' Cup at Hickstead, England on Friday, with Germany winning after a jump-off with Series leaders France.
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Weekend equestrian preview
With just Hickstead and Dublin to follow, the Irish senior show jumping team will hope to improve their position in the Meydan Nations' Cup Series when they battle it out with the world's other top ten teams at Falsterbo, Swedenon Friday.
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Breen brothers shine at Hickstead
In a twist on last year's result at Hickstead, Trevor Breen beat his brother Shane to the winner's podium in the Speed Derby.
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Irish contingent head to Hickstead
Despite the recent death of revered Hickstead founder Dougie Bunn, the annual Derby Meeting will kick off as usual at the English venue this weekend, with his funeral taking place on the following Monday.
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Canada's Lamaze wins gold in jump-off
Canada's Eric Lamaze, riding Hickstead, won the individual jumping gold medal Thursday in a dramatic jump-off in searing heat and humidity as Hong Kong waited for Typhoon Nuri to make a direct hit.
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Hughes impresses in Longines Classic
Kilkenny-born Marion Hughes registered the best Irish score in the Longines Classic at Hickstead, England on Saturday
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Ireland fifth in Nations Cup
Ireland finished in fifth place in a closely fought Nations' Cups at Hickstead on Friday.
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Breen wins British speed derby
Tipperary-born Shane Breen chalked up Ireland's first victory at the weekend Derby Meeting in Hickstead, England, on Saturday.
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Macken returns to Ireland squad
Eddie Macken has been named in the Ireland squad to compete at Hickstead on 25 July.
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Irish riders fail to win trophies
Irish riders failed to take any trophies at the opening day of the Hickstead Derby Meeting, England, but made up for it by sheer weight of top ten finishers