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Irish Sports horse for saleFOR SALE 15.1 hands bay mare 6 years old traditional irish cob. breeding recorded broken and riding very well. lovely cob with loads of ability, good temperament, quiet to shoe, box,ride and in traffic. Schooled over poles and over cross ountry fences hacks out alone and in company. guaranteed no vices
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“Today has been a remarkable achievement,” commented Walsh, “especially as this was the first year that Ireland had qualified a dressage team for the Paralympics. My congratulations go to everyone involved in this wonderful success.”
PARALYMPIC GAMES : WICKLOW’S HELEN Kearney won the silver medal in the Grade 1a individual competition at Greenwich Park yesterday when riding her Irish Sport Horse gelding Mister Cool to a personal best score of 76.700 per cent.
The 23-year-old from Dunlavin has been competing in para dressage since 2004 and last year claimed bronze at the European Championships on Mister Cool, a 12-year-old grey by Coolcorran Cool Diamond.
Gold in the Grade 1s class went to Britain’s Sophie Christiansen, who achieved a score of 82.750 with Janeiro, while the bronze went to Singapore’s Laurentia Tan on Ruben James 2 (73.650). Ireland’s Geraldine Savage recorded a PB when finishing seventh on Blue Tip Top Too (68.800).
Horse Sport Ireland chairman Joe Walsh said: “I’d like to congratulate Helen Kearney for her fantastic achievement at Greenwich Park today, which was well deserved. It’s another great day for Irish equestrian sport.”
Kearney’s silver medal-winning performance saw Ireland claim team bronze behind Britain and Germany. “Today has been a remarkable achievement,” commented Walsh, “especially as this was the first year that Ireland had qualified a dressage team for the Paralympics. My congratulations go to everyone involved in this wonderful success.”
Yesterday morning, Kilkenny-born James Dwyer, riding Orlando, claimed sixth place in the Grade IV championships on 68.516, while Co Louth’s Eilish Byrne, with her chestnut gelding Youri, returned a score of 73.429 to place fifth in Saturday’s Grade II competition.
PARALYMPIC GAMES : WICKLOW’S HELEN Kearney won the silver medal in the Grade 1a individual competition at Greenwich Park yesterday when riding her Irish Sport Horse gelding Mister Cool to a personal best score of 76.700 per cent.
The 23-year-old from Dunlavin has been competing in para dressage since 2004 and last year claimed bronze at the European Championships on Mister Cool, a 12-year-old grey by Coolcorran Cool Diamond.
Gold in the Grade 1s class went to Britain’s Sophie Christiansen, who achieved a score of 82.750 with Janeiro, while the bronze went to Singapore’s Laurentia Tan on Ruben James 2 (73.650). Ireland’s Geraldine Savage recorded a PB when finishing seventh on Blue Tip Top Too (68.800).
Horse Sport Ireland chairman Joe Walsh said: “I’d like to congratulate Helen Kearney for her fantastic achievement at Greenwich Park today, which was well deserved. It’s another great day for Irish equestrian sport.”
Kearney’s silver medal-winning performance saw Ireland claim team bronze behind Britain and Germany. “Today has been a remarkable achievement,” commented Walsh, “especially as this was the first year that Ireland had qualified a dressage team for the Paralympics. My congratulations go to everyone involved in this wonderful success.”
Yesterday morning, Kilkenny-born James Dwyer, riding Orlando, claimed sixth place in the Grade IV championships on 68.516, while Co Louth’s Eilish Byrne, with her chestnut gelding Youri, returned a score of 73.429 to place fifth in Saturday’s Grade II competition.
Billy Twomey was Ireland’s international winner on day one of the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show, but other Irish riders made there mark with respectable showing with top ten places.
Riding Irish-bred mare Cavinem, Twomey won the Speed Stakes, beating compatriot Conor Swail and Coulthard 2 by just over two seconds, while Alex Duffy took fourth place on Courttown. Cian O’Connor riding his new mount Shooting Star positioned sixth, while Capt David O’Brien and Mo Chroi placed tenth place.
America won the first class of the morning, the Failte Stakes, with Kraut once again showing great speed, this time on the Darco mare Dona Evita, but Capt David O’Brien kept the Irish flag flying with a third place on the Irish-bred Heartbreaker gelding Drumiller Lough, while Trevor Breen took ninth on Andino Z.
The USA’s Laura Kraut took the Sports Council Classic trophy with Blue Angel, while Ireland’s Nicola Fitzgibbon placed fifth with Puissance. Conor Swail was once again in the money with a tenth-place on the eight-year-old stallion Lansdowne.
Cork’s Shane Sweetnam will be the first Irish rider out on to the turf when the Aga Khan Trophy competition begins shortly before 3pm on Friday at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show at the RDS in Ballsbridge.
Team Ireland Equestrian’s show jumping manager Robert Splaine revealed that his team for the Nations’ Cup will comprise of Sweetnam aboard Amaretto Darco, followed by Kildare rider Nicola FitzGibbon and Puissance, Tipperary’s Denis Lynch with All Inclusive NRW, while Cork rider Billy Twomey takes up the anchor position for Ireland with the mare Tinka’s Serenade.
Ireland have been drawn to jump in a favourable seventh position of the world’s top-eight teams competing, while France will open the competition. Meanwhile, Co Down’s Dermott Lennon took first prize with the Irish-bred Loughview Lou Lou in the hotly-contested Speed Derby this afternoon, followed in second place by Mayo’s Alex Duffy and Courtown.
The Irish continued their domination with a third place from Capt David O’Brien and Mo Chroi.
The Power and Speed class later in the day saw the USA’s Laura Kraut take victory on Dona Evita, but Tipperary’s Denis Lynch was hot on her heels in second place with Night Train.
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The Tinahely Agricultural Show
The 76th Agricultural Show (Wicklow County Show) which was held at Fairwood Park, Tinahely on the August Bank Holiday Monday. Located on a 71 acre site which overlooks Tomnafinogue Oak Wood, Coollattin, Co. Wicklow.
“The Tinahely Agricultural Show is a celebration of the richness of rural Irelands traditions, it’s people and their way of life. It is a fantastic family day out with live entertainment for kids and adults and an endless list of competitions and displays.
There is a palpable festival atmosphere as you walk around the massive show grounds to the parade rings, the exhibit marquees and the entertainment sections.
Founded over seventy years ago the show is one of the longest running agricultural shows in Ireland and has developed as a must on everyone’s social calendar. ” http://www.tinahelyshow.ie/
The Davidsons aren’t a dynasty yet, but they might become one if Buck Davidson makes history at the Kentucky Horse Park the way his father did 32 years ago.
Bruce Davidson Sr. won the 1978 eventing world championship aboard Might Tango at the fledgling facility in Lexington, four years after taking the title for the first time in Burghley, England, on Irish Cap in 1974. That gave the U.S. the right to stage the next edition of the competition, and it put the Horse Park on the international map.
This month, a greatly expanded and upgraded Horse Park is at the center of that international map as it becomes the first site outside Europe to host the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, a compilation of eight world championships that began in 1990. A statue of the senior Davidson on one of his legendary mounts, Eagle Lion, is prominently positioned just outside the park’s new stadium, where opening ceremonies will be held Saturday.
Bruce Davidson Jr., better known as Buck, last week was named to the U.S. team for the competition, achieving a goal toward which he has been working practically all his life. The 34-year-old athlete will be aboard BallyNoe Castle RM, an Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Carl and Cassandra Segal of Pottersville, who are happy to be along for the ride.
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