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
Lynch consolidates ranking
Tipperary’s Denis Lynch took fourth place on Contifex in a thrilling jump-off at the World Cup competition in Bordeaux. The Tipperary native maintained his third place overall in the World Cup rankings, narrowing the gap with the leader. Lynch, who will also strengthen his number two position in the Olympic …
Splaine horse power request
Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine hopes the Army Equitation School can boost Ireland’s chances of qualifying two riders for the Olympics by loaning one of its top horses, Annestown, to Billy Twomey. Corkman Twomey lies second in the Olympic rankings and is in line to earn Ireland a place …
Curran boosts London hopes
CAPT. Geoff Curran with Maurice Cassidy and The Minister for Defence’s gelding The Jump Jet finished fourth of 87 starters in the CIC 3 star event in Cameri in Italy today (Sunday) to boost Ireland’s chances of gaining individual places in the London Olympics. The combination was ninth after dressage …
Speirs helps Olympic bid
Camilla Speirs, riding Portersize Just A Jiff finish second in Sunday’s Olympic eventing qualifying competition in Boekelo. Meath’s Liz Power also jumped clear with September Bliss to climb to ninth place. Speirs’s superb show jumping clear round also saw Ireland move up to third behind Germany and Australia in the team competition. …
Ireland miss out
Ireland failed to secure a show jumping team place at next summer’s London Olympic Games when finishing ninth in the European championships in Madrid. The Irish squad of Shane Sweetnam, Nicola FitzGibbon, Denis Lynch and Billy Twomey went into the team finale in seventh place and they had to maintain their …
Showjumping Team Olympic qualifier
RTE’s Niall O’Flynn talks to Ireland Showjping Team Manager Robert Spaine on how they can be real medal contenders at the London Olympics – if they qualify at this week’s European Championships. The championships, which begin on Tuesday, 13 September in Madrid, represent the last chance for Ireland to qualify a …
Irish eventing team miss out
The Irish Three Day Eventing team finished fifth in today’s European Championships at Luhmuhlen in Germany on a total penalty score of 206.70. However they missed out on Olympic qualification by 7.5 penalties to Sweden, who finished fourth on 199.20. The other remaining qualification place went to France, who finished …
Elliot confirms team
Ireland Equestrian High Performance Manager Ginny Elliot has confirmed the four combinations that will form the Irish team at the European Eventing Championships in Luhmuhlen, Germany, which begin today (Thursday). The team will compete in the following order: Mark Kyle; CoolioJayne Doherty; The Only OneJoseph Murphy; Electric CruiseSam Watson; Horseware …
Euro Eventing squad named
Ginny Elliot, Team Ireland Equestrian’s eventing high performance manager, yesterday named the Irish squad for the European championships which will determine Olympic qualification, reports Margie McLoone. Four of the six selected combinations will make up the team in Luhmuhlen, Germany, from August 25th to 29th, with the other two …
Watson and Spiers medal
Ireland’s Sam Watson and the Irish-bred Horseware Bushman completed an outstanding weekend for Irish eventing when they took the three star class in Hopetoun in Scotland. Kildare’s Camilla Speirs and another Irish-bred gelding, Portersize Just a Jiff, finished third. The event was the final selection viewing for the Irish team …
London 2012