Equestrian
Introduction to Equestrian
The Equestrian disciplines are unique among Olympic sports, in the sense that men and women compete on the same terms and horse and rider are both declared Olympic medal winners.
Rider and horse are considered a team. Years of systematic efforts are required for the team to be able to perform adequately various exercises of skill, speed, endurance, and jumping of obstacles. For contact details of Horse Sport Ireland please click on Full story
Badminton Horse Trials
A total of eight Irish riders will compete at the world famous Badminton Horse Trials in England, which get underway this morning (Friday). In addition, some 27 of the 85 starters are Irish bred horses, representing countries such as the UK, the USA and New Zealand. The UK Olympic medallist Zara Phillips, …
Irish at Badminton Horse Trials
Nine Irish combinations have been accepted for one of the world’s top Three Day Events, the four-star Badminton Horse Trials in England, which begins on May 2nd. Only the world’s top riders make the cut for acceptance in the Badminton competition list, and the selection is based on each combination’s …
Sweetnam wins in Florida
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. With just five through to the jump-off from a talented field of 32, Sweetnam and the Kildare-bred Cruising mare took on some of the …
Turner appointed to HSI Eventing
Nick Turner will be the new High Performance Manager for Irish Eventing. Turner is a Fellow of the British Horse Society (FBHS) and was an accomplished eventer who completed in 13 four star events. He stopped competing in 2008. In recent times he has been a member of the British …
O’Connor Claims Show Jumper Award
Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor was presented with The Irish Field’s prestigious 2012 senior show jumper of the year award. The show jumper overcame a number of late challenges to take his place in the show jumping final at London 2012 and went on to secure the bronze medal …
Irish Horse TV Channel
A new online TV channel dedicated to both Irish Horse Racing and Irish Sport Horse disciplines is ready to air from early February 2013. Irish Horse TV will be the first Irish station of its kind which combines flat and jump racing, excluding live racing, with the Olympic disciplines of …
Horse Sport Ireland Awards at Croke Park
Horse Sport Ireland today celebrated their outstanding equestrian year with an Awards ceremony at Croke Park. Cian O’Connor re-lived his medal winning performance in London by jumping a replica fence on the pitch of Croke Park. Cian received an Award for his outstanding performance, along with Ireland’s Paralympic …
Olympic Medallist O’Connor in China
Olympic show jumping Bronze Medallist Cian O’Connor is competing at the FEI International Show in Beijing this week. Before going to China he met with the Chinese ambassador Luo Linquan at his residence in Dublin. Horse Sport Ireland was part of Minister Simon Coveney’s trade mission to Beijing earlier this …
O’Connor waits
Cian O’Connor narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympic show jumping final when his gelding Blue Loyd had three fences down, giving the rider a total of 20 penalties over three qualifying rounds, leaving him as the first reserve for the final. O’Connor will have to wait to see if …
O’Connor progresses
The second qualifier of the show jumping is complete and Cian O’Connor has qualified but Billy Twomey has been eliminated. O’Connor is in a share of 31st place after today’s action in Greenwich Park. He will resume the Olympic Final qualification process on Monday. There were a total of 12 …
London 2012