Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Lynch repeated his success of 14 years ago

Lynch creates history with victory in Rome

An amazing performance from Tipperary's Denis Lynch and the 13-year-old gelding Brooklyn Heights has seen them claim a historic win in today's hugely prestigious €450,000 Rolex Grand Prix of Rome at the Piazza Di Siena in Italy.

Equestrian • 29 May 22

Joe Reynolds, Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland, welcomed the announcement

RTÉ to show Show Jumping Masters live on television

RTÉ has confirmed that it will screen the Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping Masters live on television on Friday 18 December.

Equestrian • 11 Dec 20

Denis Lynch and Cristello (Photo: Hubside Jumping)

Lynch edges home favourites for five-star French win

A superb performance from Tipperary's Denis Lynch and the Onyx Consulting-owned stallion Cristello, has seen them take victory in today's five-star Grand Prix at Grimaud in France.

Equestrian • 20 Sep 20

Denis Lynch and Chablis salute the crowd after winning the Longines Masters of Hong Kong Grand Prix

Lynch caps incredible weekend for Irish equestrian

Tipperary's Denis Lynch has added to an incredible weekend for Irish equestrian sport by winning today's $400,000 Longines Masters of Hong Kong five star Grand Prix.

Equestrian • 17 Feb 19

Billy Twomey took the top prize in Switzerland

Twomey takes top prize as Irish shine in Basel

Irish riders dominated the line-up in Saturday night's 'Golden Drum of Basel' 1m 50 jump-off class at the five-star Swiss show, where Cork's Billy Twomey scored a superb win with the Sue Davies-owned Lady Lou.

Equestrian • 13 Jan 19

Denis Lynch takes third at Masters of Paris

Tipperary's Denis Lynch and the 10-year-old gelding The Sinner recorded an excellent third-place finish in today's five-star Longines Grand Prix at the Masters of Paris in France.

Equestrian • 02 Dec 18

Tipp riders Breen and Lynch produce goods in Monaco

Irish Show Jumping is celebrating one of its biggest results of the season, after Tipperary's Shane Breen won his first ever Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix late on Saturday night in Monaco.

Equestrian • 01 Jul 18

Irish duo dominate at tour show in Spain

Irish riders dominated the five-star Kings Cup Volvo Trophy at Madrid's Global Champions Tour show in Spain.

Equestrian • 06 May 18

Denis Lynch is in 27th spot after Thursday's opening competition

Irish riders remain in hunt after FEI World Cup opener

American and German riders dominated the top four places in Thursday's opening competition of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France.

Equestrian • 12 Apr 18

For the second year in succession, Limerick's Paul O'Shea and Skara Glen's Machu Picchu jumped double clear at the Wellington Nations Cup in Florida

Ireland shine again with podium finish in Florida

The Irish show-jumping team earned their third podium finish of the season, after taking runner-up spot in the Wellington Nations Cup in Florida, USA in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Equestrian • 04 Mar 18

Individual success for O'Connor and Lynch at the RDS

Ireland's incredible winning run in the individual international classes at the Dublin Horse Show continued on Saturday, with Cian O'Connor and Denis Lynch taking Ireland's total number of victories so far to six.

Equestrian • 12 Aug 17

Allen was a winner on the second day of the Dublin Horse Show

Allen keeps up Ireland's winning run at RDS

Ireland's brilliant run of results at the 2017 Dublin Horse Show continued this afternoon (Thursday), with Wexford's Bertram Allen (pictured) guiding Izzy By Picobello to victory in the Anglesea Serpentine Stakes.

Equestrian • 10 Aug 17

Denis Lynch denied by hundredth of a second in France

Just one hundredth of a second denied Denis Lynch victory in today's five-star €300,000 Rolex Grand Prix at Château de Versailles in France, after a brilliant performance from the Tipperary rider with the gelding Echo De Laubry.

Equestrian • 07 May 17

Denis Lynch climbs World Cup rankings

Tipperary's Denis Lynch has shot up to third place on the Longines World Cup league table, after a sixth-place finish with the stallion All Star in Mechelen, Belgium.

Equestrian • 30 Dec 16

Irish riders excel at World Cup GP in France

Three Irish riders finished among the top 10 in the feature Longines World Cup Grand Prix after a stunning run of results for Ireland at the five-star show at Lyon.

Equestrian • 30 Oct 16

Team Ireland celebrates last year's Aga Khan success

O'Connor 'quietly confident' of Aga Khan success

Olympic medallist Cian O’Connor is hopeful that Team Ireland can handle the favourites tag as they look to defend their Aga Khan Nations Cup title at the RDS today.

Equestrian • 22 Jul 16

Lynch the last man standing in Cannes

Ireland's Denis Lynch was the last rider standing after a jump-off in the feature class at the French five-star show in Cannes.

Equestrian • 10 Jun 16

Lynch brilliance earns runner-up finish in Sweden

Tipperary's Denis Lynch and the stallion All Star 5 produced an outstanding double clear round to finish as runners-up in the second competition of the Longines World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday.

Equestrian • 27 Mar 16

Denis Lynch qualifies for World Cup final

Ireland’s Denis Lynch has booked a place in next month’s World Cup final after finishing fifth in the five-star World Cup class at Bordeaux in France last night.

Equestrian • 07 Feb 16

Denis Lynch takes victory in Basel

Denis Lynch produced a stunning second round performance to win the five-star world ranking class in Basel.

Equestrian • 09 Jan 16

Denis and All Star finished 11 seconds ahead of Mexico's Santiago Lambre

All Star Lynch wins Barcelona Grand Prix

Denis Lynch delivered a classic performance to win the five-star Longines Grand Prix at Barcelona, taking the €50,500 prize aboard All Star.

Equestrian • 27 Sep 15

Denis Lynch and Abbervail van het Dingeshof

Hat-trick of wins for Denis Lynch in Germany

Denis Lynch made it a hat trick of wins in Germany today with victory in the Grand Prix aboard Thomas Straumann's Abbervail van het Dingeshof.

Equestrian • 22 Mar 15

Denis Lynch and Bertram Allen bag Bordeaux wins

Denis Lynch and Bertram Allen recorded wins for Ireland at the at the big five-star World Cup show in Bordeaux in France on Friday.

Equestrian • 06 Feb 15

Denis Lynch had a clear round on Abbervail van het Dingeshof

Lynch lands runner-up spot in Leipzig

Ireland’s Denis Lynch finished runner up in the five-star Championat of Leipzig today, picking up a €8,300 second-prize cheque in the process.

Equestrian • 17 Jan 15

Denis Lynch on Abbervail van het Dingeshof

Denis Lynch wins Mechelen Grand Prix

Tipperary's Denis Lynch scored Ireland's first win at the five star show in Mechelen, taking victory in the Grand Prix with Thomas Straumann's bay gelding Abbervail van het Dingeshof.

Equestrian • 29 Dec 14