December
18th, 2005
An Aussie's first time at Olympia.............. Our
Correspondent in London jumped at the opportunity to cover Olympia -
the show she has dreamed of since she was a very little girl in Australia.
Read Kirstin Coote's coverage and see her fabulous pictorial of dressage
and showjumping plus more....full story
December
8th, 2005
Leinster Region election declared null
and void After
the date for closing of votes, for the Leinster Region, was extended
without notification the members present at the AGM voted for the ballot
to be declared null and void and a new election to be called.......full
story
December
6th, 2005
A very interesting letter regarding the
SJAI Ulster AGM This
very interesting suggestion has come in from an Ulster Region member
concerning the way the meeting was run and an excellent suggestion for
future procedures. It is great to see there is interest in improving
things with showjumping....full story
December
2nd, 2005
Ulster Region held their AGM...... and
a Letter to the Editor has been received regarding this meeting.
Anyone wanting to comment on the meeting is free to do so as detailed
when reading the letter. It seems as though there is still discontent
within Irish showjumping.......full
story
December
1st, 2005
Australian, Edwina Alexander moves
dramatically up the rankings! With
the new rankings out, Edwina has moved from 61st positon on the
rankings up to number 47 making her the highest ranked Australian
for some time now. Marcus Ehning maintains top spot with Rodrigo
still in 2nd place on the list. The top 10 have remained the same
with some changes of position.
November
28th, 2005 -
NOW UPDATED WITH
MORE PHOTOS
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29/11/05
The stars shone as the showjumpers
danced the night away. The
Showjumpers Ball was a glittering affair with people flying in from
all around the world to be at the Killashee house Hotel in Naas,
County Kildare and the place was jumping until the music finished
and breakfast was served at 4am.....full
story -
November
27th, 2005
Irish Showjumping awards are all in now............... The
highlight of the Irish Showjumpers Ball is always the awards and this
year was no different with the addition this year of the Paul Darragh
Perpetual Trophy. The recipients were well received............full
story
November
27th, 2005
Young Australian receives a wild card
to Dressage World Cup Young
Australian rider, Stephanie Dijkstra has received a wild card to ride
at the Young Rider World Cup Dressage Championships to be held next
month in Frankfurt, Germany riding AEA Just de Pomme.....full
story
November
26th, 2005
Heath Ryan wins the right to represent
Australia........ Our
intrepid and usually missing reporter, Penelope Shortly has turned in
a super report from the Australia show, Dressage With the Stars with
a full critique on the top 5 horses in the Asia Pacific World Cup FInal
event............full story
November
25th, 2005
Chairman of Irish International Affairs
resigns last night..... After
a major disagreement last night, Taylor Vard resigned as Chairman
of International Affairs. The disagreement allegedly erupted between
Vard and the four selectors over the appointment of Robert Splaine
as Chef d'Equip without a contract being in place. We understand
Vard's letter of resignation was received this morning, leaving
................International Affairs
without a leader.
November
19th, 2005
A new show on the Australian calendar
for the jumpers A
group of showjumping supporters have banded to getehr to put on an excellent
program of jumping at the Sydney Showjumping Club on 28th and 29th January,
2006 as a warm up to the Tempo Summer Showjumping Classic - for full
details click here
November
14th, 2005
International Grand Prix sees an Irish
win! Peter
Gillespie set the riders a tough track for this evenings course and
of the 39 starters just 8 combinations went through to the jump off
and gave us a very exciting jump off with the end result seeing on two
double clears....full story
November
14th, 2005
The 6 & 7 year old class saw super
horses in the Final The
final of the Irish Horse Board sponsored 6 & 7 year old class had
20 in it with just seven going through to the jump off. Peter Gillespie
built a difficult track for these young horses and the riders managed
it with total professionalism.....full
story
November 14th, 2005
Cavan host their November International
Show As
always, the numbers were huge, the jumping spectacular and the quality
of horses fabulous with excellent classes for all levels of horses from
4 year olds through to the International's.....full
story
November
11th, 2005
Ryan Crumley is All Shook Up................. When
an insignificant practice arena scuffle gets blown out of all proportions,
and the non-equestrian press are suddenly on hand to report on the squirmish
there are too many questions which need answers urgently for the sake
of the sport......full story
November
10th, 2005
Irish Showjumpers gear up for their Annual
Awards As
the year comes frighteningly fast to a close the Showjumpers Club are
busy organising the Annual Showjumpers Ball which incorporates the Awards
- the International Rider is voted for by the general public - to find
out how to cast your vote click here
November
9th, 2005
FEI/Gandini Jumping Rankings see Germany's
Marcus Ehning No 1! Marcus
Ehning holds his lead as Rodrigo Pessoa moves into 2nd place. Ireland's
Jessica Kurten holds her number 6 placing while Aussie girl, Edwina
Alexander moves into 61st placing. Meredith Michaels-Berbaum drops to
number 4......full story
November
6th, 2005
An "all girl result" in the
top three brings applause.......... The
Irish Autumn Grand Prix League moved to Kill International Equestrian
Centre this weekend and saw the girls, Marie Burke, Jane Annett and
OLive Clarke take out first, second and third placings ......full
story
October
25th, 2005
The Dressage fraternity kick up their
heels at the Christmas Ball With
the year coming all too quickly to an end, Dressage Ireland held their
Christmas Ball in Wicklow where William Micklem acted as Master of Ceremony
for the evening and a great time was had by all in attendance.....full
story
October
20th, 2005
Finally.......the report on the Grand
Prix League Final Apologies
to our readers for the lateness of this report - but it is here now
so please read and enjoy. The battle between Cian O'Connor and Sarah
Kate Quinlivan inspired a nation of showjumping fans and this final
round drew a huge crowd.....full story
October
16th, 2005
Pessoa takes home the spoils from Vegas...... The
Americans have raised the bar in showjumping as they put on a spectacular
event in the heart of Las Vegas - a one million dollar event with four
classes runs for the first time and looks set to become a regular on
the calendar.....full story
October
12th, 2005
Latest on Belfast International Show.... After
the jubilant news last week that the Belfast International Show
was to go ahead, it has now been revealed that things were not as
settled as had been announced and the news now is that the show
is cancelled......full story
October
10th.2005
Western Australia host the Australian
Showjumping Championships The
long haul from New South Wales to Western Australia was well worth the
trip for Vicki Roycroft who won the Australian Senior National title
riding the imported gelding Ricardo D from local David Dobson who was
aboard Noblewood Park Blatini....full
story
October
2nd, 2005 - 9.00pm
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL GOES AHEAD........ News
in to the office late this evening is that the Belfast International
Show is going ahead with Scarva Stud as the new financial backers
of the show. There has been much confusion as to whether this great
show on the Irish calendar would go ahead and no doubt everyone
will be thrilled with the news.....more to come
September
18th, 2005
USA emerge triumphant in the Samsung Super
League Coming
second in the final in Barcelona today did not stop the Americans from
winnning the League, the world applauds the result of their hard work
and dedication while at the other end of the ladder the battle to avoid
relegation was tough with Ireland remaining and Belgium leaving..full
story
September
13th, 2005 The
final leg of the Samsung Super League is to get underway after the
veterinary trot up on Wednesday, 14th with a fierce battle at both
ends of the League. Three teams battle it out for top honours while
three teams are battling relegation...full
story
September
9th, 2005
Brain Injury Association of NSW raising
funds.....
Brain Injury Awareness Week 2005 will
be promoting the joy of horse-riding with a timely reminder of the risks.
Even for very young riders, helmet-wearing is not as universal as it
should be and this has to change....full
story
August
31st, 2005
Nothing resolved as riders and officials
continue to disagree Last
evenings meeting of Irish showjump riders saw no resolution as Jessica
Kurten left after suffering verbal abuse from Captain Gerry Flynn, while
many call for a stop to the ongoing childish fighting.....full
story
August
30th, 2005
Irish showjumpers and officials meet at
Dublin Airport today A
conciliatory meeting is scheduled to take place at Dublin Airport today
to try and sort out the issues which are currently splitting the Ireland
as sides are taken everywhere. It is understood that Jessica Kurtten,
Harry Marshall and Cian O'Connor are amongst the invited. Watch this
space!
August
28th, 2005
As David does battle with Goliath, Olive
Clarke takes the win! Cavan
hosted the 3rd last round of the IJM Grand Prix League today and with
Sarah Kate Quinlivan holding a delicate lead from Cian O'Connor and
his team of International horses the excitement was high today......full
story
August
12th, 2005
Dublin Horse Show showcased the Coloured
Horses..... and
Australian photographer, Katrina Mann was on hand to capture the beauty
of these romantic horses who so often don't have their breeding listed
but have the kindest of eye, temperament and the beautiful markings
make it an interesting class to watch....full
story
August
10th, 2005
The richest Puissance in the world goes
to Britain..... Nick
Skelton and the handsome grey stallion Russell wowed the crowds at Dublin
on Saturday as they made 2.10m look like a 1.20m warm up fence - they
soared over it with ease and nobody could match them.......full
story
August
9th, 2005
Ladies Day is one of the fashion features
of Dublin Horse Show Australian
photographer, Katrina Mann, in for Dublin Horse Show, had a field day
with all the glamorous hats out in full force on Thursday, Ladies Day
at Dublin Horse Show. There were so many and most were beautifully suited
to their wearers....full story
August
9th, 2005
The Irish Draughts were under saddle for
the first time at Dublin For
the first time in the history of the Dublin Show the national breed,
the Irish Draught Horse was seen and judged under saddle rather than
only in hand and the interest was enormous for this class......full
story
August
8th, 2005
The Irish couldn't win their own Aga Khan
Cup but ....... they
have managed to claw their way off the bottom of the Leaderboard for
this 6th round. The Brits won it in fine style and even Michael Whitaker's
last fence down couldn't deny them the win at Dublin on Friday......full
story
August
8th, 2005
The continuing Irish showjumping blues As
Irish Showjumping appears to be split over the current round of fights
between riders, officials and owners many are speaking out on radio,
tv and mainstream newspapers. Threats are being thrown at riders, owners,
officials......full story
August
8th, 2005
Irish showjumping troubles continue........ Two
of the five selectors resigned last night as Dublin Horse Show came
to a close. Tom Slattery (the riders representative) and Liam Buckley
called it quits last evening after much discussion regarding team
selection. With the next Super League fixture in Aachen, Ireland
cling by their fingernails to stay in the Super League.
August
6th, 2005
NICK SKELTON AND RUSSELL TAKE THE PUISSANCE The
euro11,300 prize for first in the richest PUissance in the world went
to Britain's Nick Skelton today when they were the only ones to successfully
clear 2.10m at Dublin Horse Show today and they did it without appearing
to raise a sweat. Photos and full story to follow.
August
5th, 2005
AGA KHAN CUP GOES TO GREAT BRITAIN FOR
THE 23rd TIME..... With
6 points in hand the Brits were in the lead as their last rider came
out - Michael Whitaker was clocking up a clear round to take the win
and even when Michael lowered the last fence and collected a time penalty
they still won from Germany. Photos and full story to follow.
July
31st, 2005
Conor Swail - 3 horses in the Grand Prix
- 6 clear rounds! The
win went to Harry Marshall today with the handsome grey All Shook Up
in the seven horse jump off over the tall and testing Allan Wade track
at South County Dublin held at the beautiful property of the Bagnall
family....full story
July
30th, 2005
National Irish Draught Championships 2005
sees an Australian win Held
at Thurles Racecourse in County Tipperary, the cream of Irish Draught
breeding came to show themselves of to a huge number of specators. There
were stallions, mares and foals everywhere you turned....full
story
July
27th, 2005
National Balmoral Championships - Young
Riders The
Young Rider Show was a hotly contested class with 20 riders making the
final cut for the Championship class. Lisa Priestley and Ye Wee Girl
took out the class in fine style with an incredibly quick and clear
jump off round......full story
July
25th, 2005 - 7pm Irish time
Jessica Kurten won't be appearing at Dublin With
the
shock announcement that Jessica Kurten, top ranked Irish rider, will
not be on the Irish team for the Aga Khan at Dublin Horse Show, it appears
the much publicised row between Cian O'Connor and Jessica would now
seem to be coming to a head....full
story
July
24th, 2005
Aussie showjumper takes 2nd in Puissance
at Oldenburg David
Lever, riding for Stahl Soren Pederson in Germany, took 2nd in the Puissance
at Oldenburg jumping 2m on board the 7 year old mare, Lavina, who pipped
her sire, Lordanos who placed 3rd in the Puissance.
July
24th, 2005
Pictures and the excitement of the European
Junior Champs The
Individual Junior European Championship medals came down to a jump off
for Silver and Bronze medals after Kristian Kniha secured the Gold medal,
finishing with a faultless perfoemance over 5 rounds.....full
story
July
24th, 2005
News in from Aussie kids in Sth Africa Thanks
to Australian Showjumping Judge, Reg Cleland, we have the results in
from the South African Children and Junior Classique - 4 days of showjumping
held at the the Equestrian International Stables,Benoni.....full
story
July 23rd, 2005
Amy Graham speaks about her training session
with John Ledingham Amy
Graham, has been thrown in at the deep end having just 5 days to get
to know her borrowed horse before heading to Belfast for the National
Balmoral Championships. Her session with John Ledingham gave her plenty
to think about ....full story
July
15th, 2005
Australian Young Rider, Amy Graham in
Ireland Winner
of the jumpingaround.com Young Rider Challenge went National for 2005
and South Australian rider, Amy Graham had a resounding victory at Treehaven
Equestrian Club in Victoria in April this year....full
story
July
14th, 2005
Australian horse community get behind
Young Rider...... The
Australian Equestrian and Racing community have got behind Victorian
Young Rider, Jess Mills after the tragic loss of her two showjumping
horses, Riverside and Tom Whiskers after they got out on the road and
were hit by a truck.....full story
July
10th, 2005
Germans and Dutch continue their domination
at Europeans Individual
medals for the Juniors saw Gold to Germany, Silver to the Netherlands
and Bronze to Germany and in the Young Rider Individual class the Gold
went to the Dutch, Silver to Germany and Bronze to France - full story
and photos to follow.
July
9th, 2005
Olympic Games see Equestrian moved to
Hong Kong..... In
a release from the FEI today news is in that is has been agreed
to move the Equestrian events to Hong Kong due to insurmountable
problems with holding equestrian events in Beijiing. .......full
story
July
8th, 2005
Netherlands take Gold at European Junior
Champs..... The
Dutch held their lead from the opening round of the Nations Cup, Team
event and when the final scores were added they took Gold easily with
German taking Silver and France grabbing Bronze.....full
story
July
7th, 2005 In
a tough and exciting Nations Cup for the Juniors at the European Championships
today, the Netherlands all boy team took out the Gold with nobody coming
near to them when they clocked up 5 clears in round one to take an early
lead. Silver went to Germany, Bronze to France with Ireland taking 4th
placing, just out of the medals - full story with photos to follow
July
3rd, 2004
Cian O'Connor cements his strong lead....... With
Cian O'Connor at home this season, he has taken a strong lead on the
National Grand Prix Leaderboard after clocking up yet another win at
Blessington Show this weekend..........full
story
December
1st, 2005
