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Elegant Hunting ladies on horseback – Side Saddle Hunt Weekend
Catch up with these elegant hunting ladies who along with Side Saddle riders from all over the world will descend on Brittas house, the stately home of Oinri Jackson and Neville Jessop on Saturday, November 30 at 1pm. The Irish Horse Gateway will be speaking with these elegant ladies shortly and learning more about the […]
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Dreaming of buying an Irish Draught on the Irish Horse Gateway
“The pure-bred Irish Draught gelding, Loughkeen Dancing Lord, produced and ridden by society president Robert Oliver, was the winning heavyweight hunter at the Horse of the Year Show in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and was also reserve champion Show Hunter of the Year in 2010. The half-bred gelding Lenamore, by RID stallion, Sea Crest, won […]
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16 Irish-bred event horses take on Pau CCI4*
A total of sixteen Irish-bred event horses take on this years CCI4* at Les estoiles de Pau, France. The event was last won by an Irish-bred in 2008 when Germany’s Bettina Hoy rode the eventing icon Ringwood Cockatoo to victory ahead of Mr Medicott (ISH) in third with his then rider Frank Ostholt, also from […]
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Poignant farewell to Coolcorron Cool Diamond Irish show jumping legend
“He was great, brave, careful, honest, intelligent – as good a horse as you would ever want to go to war with.” Robert Splaine 2013 COOLCORRON Cool Diamond an Irish equine legend, known fondly as Bobbu spent his retirement in paddocks beside Irish show jumper Robert Splaine’s house on his farm in Co. Cork where […]
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Irish Eventers on the Irish Horse Gateway
“The Irish Sport Horse Studbook won the eventing rankings every year since the conception of the rankings in 1994 up until 2010. In 2012, the Irish Sport Horse Studbook never looked in doubt of winning and ultimately finished on 1,427 points, to reclaim the top spot in the rankings. In that same year, Mr […]
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TWENTY SIX IRISH SPORT HORSES HEAD TO LE LION D’ANGERS 2013
THE FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses takes place in Le Lion d’Angers, France, this week. Horse Sport Ireland has confirmed the combinations selected to represent Ireland at the Championships. A team of three 6 year old and ten 7 year old horses will travel to Le Lion d’Angers. Janet Murray will […]
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Irish Sport Horse Studbook number one in the World
IRISH SPORT HORSE STUDBOOK TOPS WBFSH EVENTING RANKINGS 2013 THE WBFSH 2013 rankings were announced last week. The Irish Sport Horse Studbook has taken the top spot in the studbook rankings for eventing. At the 2013 WBFSH annual meeting, the winning studbooks in the three disciplines were honored. The Irish Sport Horse Studbook topped the […]
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Irish Sport Horse strikes Gold at Lanaken 2013
Each September some of the world’s most promising five, six and seven year-old horses congregate in the small town of Lanaken, Belgium, to participate in the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses. In recent years the Irish Sport Horse studbook has been well represented and enjoyed well deserved success in the young horse […]
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Irish-bred horses dominate at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials 2013
FENYAS ELEGANCE WINS BLENHEIM PALACE CCI*** Blenheim Palace CCI3* saw Aoife Clark make history by becoming the first Irish rider to win the prestigious event. This victory was made all the sweeter by the fact that her ride, Fenyas Elegance, is also Irish bred. Fenyas Elegance, owned and bred by West Cork’s PJ Hegarty, is […]
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FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses 2013
The Irish Sport Horse team for the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses 2013 was recently announced by Horse Sport Ireland. In addition to the 15 horses selected to represent the Irish Sport horse Studbook there are also a number of additional Irish bred horses heading for the Lanaken event next week. Austria’s […]
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Irish Hunters in a class of their own
As the autumn closes in the hunting season will soon be upon us. Ireland is known throughout the world for its big banks, ditches, rugged countryside and of course the famous Irish Hunter. The Irish hunting field for many riders is often considered the ideal start for both horse and rider where prospective jockeys,event riders […]
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Reed Kessler buys the Irish Sport Horse “Cos I Can”
Congratulations from the Irish Horse Gateway to Reed Kessler who is now officially the new rider of the Irish Sport Horse Cos I Can (ISH). Bred by John Griffin, Ballyvogue House, Asketon, Co. Limerick Cos I Can (ISH) – 2003 gelding by Olympic Lux (KWPN) out of Carel View Lass (ISH), by Harlequin De Carel […]
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Erin Gilmore of ProEquest on Irish Horses “Where it all Begins”
During the week of the Dublin Horse Show the Irish Horse Gateway had the pleasure of meeting Erin Gilmore from ProEquest. Michael Doherty (HSI/IHG) brought Erin to meet Dr. Noel Cawley, whose Newpark Lodge Stud in County Kildare has produced Shane Sweetnam’s Solerina, Jessie Drea’s Touchable and Cruise on Clover, ridden by Thomas Ryan. One […]
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Travel refunds for International buyers 2013
Relating to the Irish Horse Gateway 7th August 2013 to 31 December 2013 Horse Sport Ireland provides refunds of air or ferry travel costs to the purchasers of horses and ponies registered in a studbook licenced by the Department of Agriculture that have been purchased from sellers registered with the Irish Horse Gateway, subject to […]
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AMBASSADOR Irish Sport Horse-Irish Horse Gateway hall of fame
Born in Italy in 1937 Graziano Mancinelli enjoyed a long list of Grand Prix and Nations Cup wins throughout an International showjumping career spanning over 20 years. Much of Mancinelli’s International success came aboard Irish bred horses such as The Rock, Turvey, The Rockette, Water Surfer, Oxo Bob, Petter Patter, Doneraile and Impeccable. He participated […]
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