June
16th, 2005
The third round of the Dublin Show qualifiers
held in Leinster Region With
four qualifiers to find the final riders for this prestige show, three
have now been held with this round being held at Mullingar Summer Showjumping
Spectacular - the conditons were testing but the riders were in good
form....full results
June
14th, 2005
AIRC National Festival 2005 The
Riding Club Festival again attracted huge numbers with the 500 stables
at the Goff's complex in Kill, County Kildare filled from the the moment
the entries were open. The sun shone on this great festival of horses......full
story
June
12th, 2005
Conor Swail takes 1st & 2nd places
in the Super League GP In
an exciting jump off at Ballivor today, Conor Swail had two of the seven
horses and he was the only rider to go through Tom Holden's jump off
track with all the fences in place and just to make extra sure he made
very good time as well....full story
June
9th, 2005
Melbourne 3 Day event ready to go...... The
Horseland Melbourne International 3 Day event begins on Friday morning
and the start list represents the cream of Australian eventers with
21 starters listed for the final leg of the World Cup event.....full
story
June
9th, 2005
The Irish name their Team for the Junior
European Championships The
Irish selectors have named their JUnior Team for the European Championships
to be held in Schaffhausen, Switzerland next month. The decision has
been made to not field a Young Rider Team this year........full
story
June
8th, 2005
Almost 12 months to the day and a result
from the Armitrano case Almost
12 months after Australian Tim Armitrano's horse Mr Innocent tested
positive to banned substances a result comes down from the FEI - thanks
go to Franz Venhaus, CEO of EFA for his prompt release of details.......full
story
June
8th, 2005
Mullingar Summer Showjumping spectacular
saw two Grand Prix's Sarah
Kate Quinlivan made it a hat trick and possibly the first time in the
history of Irish Grand Prix's that this has been achieved - Australian
rider wins the Lady Georgina Forbes 5&6 year old Final and the Super
League win goes to Stephen Smith.......full
story
June
8th, 2005
International 3 day eventer conquers Everest In
aid of charity the tough and gutsy former Irish International 3 day
eventer, Grania Willis has reached the top of Mt Everest after delays
caused by poor weather conditions including high winds ......full
story
May
30th, 2005
The eleventh hour Grand Prix held at Kill
International Equestrian Centre Jack
Doyle and the Irish Showjumpers Club came in at the last moment when
weather again caused cancellation for another Grand Prix class - the
Showjumpers Club managed to get things ready between Thursday night
and Saturday morning.......full story
May
27th, 2005
First qualifier for horses in age classes
held in Leinster Region Results
of the 4 year old, 5, year old. 6 year old and 7&8 year old horse
classes can be found here for this first of the Dublin Qualifiers for
horses. With 3 qualifiers to go we will no doubt see many more quality
young horses....full story
May
27th, 2005
Munster Region host the second round of
YR, Juniors and Ponies The
second qualifier for Dublin Horse show is now completed for the Young
Riders, Juniors and Pony Riders - we are at the half way mark and there
are many riders looking for that all important qualification - Tara
Dunne brings us all the colour of the event...full
story
May
26th, 2005
1pm-Thursday - 1.40m relocated to Kill Equestrian Centre The
cancelled 1.40m IJM Timber Frame Grand Prix has been relocated to Kill
International Equestrian Centre on Saturday, 28th May, 2005. For further
information phone the SJAI offices on 045 842300.
May
25th, 2005
10pm
- Wednesday ROLESTOWN TWO DAY SHOW CANCELLED!
Due
to the bad weather currently being experienced in Ireland, this two
day show has been cancelled as the jumping arenas are under water and
considered unsafe to jump on - sadly this show is one which hosts a
1.40m IJM Timber Frame Grand Prix and the 1st of the 1.50m Super League
Grand Prix's.
May
21st, 2005
CoilOg beset by bad weather put on a bright
face for the GP Chris
Byrne and the great staff at CoilOg Event Centre did not let bad weather
dampen their spirits and the 4th leg of the IJM Timber Frame Grand Prix
League was held on the very impressive grass arena in Kilmeague....full
story
May
19th, 2005
Father of the Whitaker Showjumping Dynasty
dies At
8am this Thursday morning, Donald Whitaker lost his fight to cancer
passing away quietly. Donald and Enid Whitaker are the
parents of a dynasty which is surely the most successful in the history
of showjumping....full story
May
18th, 2005
Dublin Horse Show qualifiers begin.......... The
Young Riders and Pony Riders were the first to try for qualification
for Dublin Horse
Show at Claremorris School of Equitation and the numbers were huge and
the courses
were tough - those who got through can breathe a sigh of relief .....full
story
May
17th, 2005
Cavan Equestrian leg of the IJM Grand
Prix League With
a good field, jumping in the outdoor on a glorious sunny day in
Ireland Cian O'Connor took line honours in the Grand Prix which
topped off a very successful weekend of jumping for Cian,who would
not be used to being in Ireland at this time of year.....full
story
May
12th, 2005
Barnadown host this leg of the IJM Grand
Prix League Tara
Dunne again brings us a great coverage of the Grand Prix event hosted
last
weekend at Barnadown in Gorey, County Wexford. With new faces and new
horses
on the circuit it is going to be a great season.....full
story
May
5th, 2005
La Baule hosts the first leg of Samsung
Super League La
Baule, in France saw some highs and lows today when the All Girl American
team won
the first leg convincingly today from Great Britain. The Irish again
sufferd dramas when Harry Marshall was eliminated and then reinstated......full
story
April
29th, 2005
Tom McGuiness hosts the first of the
IJM National Grand Prix's With
a record number of entries in the first of the IJM Timber Frame National
Grand
Prix's the weekend gave us fantastic jumping - and all 6 rings were
running huge
numbers with many new horses on the scene this season....full
story
April
26th, 2005
The final round of the Guidam Spring
Tour Grand Prix Series Our
report from Barnadown comes from jumpingaround.com's newest reporter
Tara Dunne
who will be writing for us from many different perspectives throughout
the season. This excellent report covers the final in this new series
on the Irish calender.....full story
April
26th, 2005
Message for Irish Showjumpers Tuesday,
3rd May, 2005 - Open meeting of the Riders Club to be held at the
Ambassador Hotel, Kill, County Kildare. The meeting starts at 7pm and
riders
over 16 years of age are welcome. Speakers Tom Keagher and Alison Corbally.
April
25th, 2005
jumpingaround.com Final has been
won............... The
jumpingaround.com Young Rider weekend, held at Treehaven Equestrian
Club on the
weekend of 9th and 10th April was a fabulous weekend, where, as always,
the Lever family
sensational hosts and put on an action packed weekend.....full
story
April
21st, 2005
World Cup Showjumping and Dressage Finals
begin..... In
the opening round of the showjumping, the speed class was won by Ludo
Philippaerts
and Parco with a 1.05sec lead for Belgium. The Dressage saw the first
round going to
Edward Gal for the Netherlands, with Anky sitting closely behind her
student.
April
3rd, 2005
Guidam Grand Prix Spring Tour 2005
- fourth leg As
we come towards the end of this fabulour series, Cavan has put on
an excellent three days of jumping where many brought out new young
horses for their first look around the ring - and there are some
nice young ones around this season....full
story
April
21st, 2005
