Organisation: World Cruise

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Millstreet ready to fly international flags again

Millstreet Horse Show returns to the international stage next week after a 12-year hiatus, with its popularity as strong as ever.

racing

O'Connor in Ireland squad for German Nation's Cup

sport

Splaine aiming to keep top ranking

sport

Breen and Burke complete an Irish double at Hickstead

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Splaine hints toward Euro squad with RDS team

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Breen confident of making team

Swail wraps up Grand Prix League in style

CONOR SWAIL won the Boswell Grand Prix League on a fitting note yesterday when victorious in the penultimate round at Iverk Show, Piltown, Co Kilkenny.

Fri, 08 Sep, 2006

Burke shines for Ireland in Aachen

MARIE BURKE, riding Chippison, proved an able replacement for Cian O’Connor yesterday when best of the Irish on the opening day of show jumping at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany.

Wed, 30 Aug, 2006

Third-place finish boosts Burke’s chances of getting place in Irish squad

SHOWJUMPER Marie Burke hopes her third place in yesterday’s Longines Grand Prix at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show will earn her a place in Ireland’s World Equestrian Games (WEG) squad.

Mon, 14 Aug, 2006

Ireland impress but relegation still looms

IRELAND’S team manager Robert Splaine last night took only positives from yesterday’s third place in the nations cup at the Dublin Horse Show, despite the result failing to lift them from the bottom of the Samsung Super League.

Sat, 12 Aug, 2006

Irish aim to steal march on Dutch

IRISH show jumping team manager Robert Splaine has only one aim in today nations cup at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show: to finish well ahead of the Netherlands.

Fri, 11 Aug, 2006

Equine bodies consider proposals

THE Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) executive has been issued with draft proposals on the setting up of an umbrella body for the equine industry as the initiative gains momentum.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2006

Irish show jumpers prop up league

IRELAND’S show jumpers dropped to the bottom of the Samsung Super League yesterday, after finishing second last in the German Nations Cup in Aachen.

Sat, 20 May, 2006

Splaine looking for solid start

IRELAND show jumping team manager Robert Splaine is not one for bombast, so it was not surprising yesterday to learn that his aims in today’s French nations cup are modest.

Fri, 05 May, 2006

Top rider to be decided by text voting

THE public will have the chance to decide Ireland’s best international rider for 2005 with the Showjumpers’ Club initiating a text voting system.

Fri, 11 Nov, 2005

Irish jumpers save the day but time for change has come

RELIEF was the overwhelming feeling emanating from the Irish camp in the final of the Samsung Super League final in Barcelona last Sunday, following the team’s battling performance. But the sense of satisfaction at a task completed was also palpable.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2005

Major league display needed to avoid drop

IT’S a fair bet that very few people in Ireland are interested in who will be crowned Samsung Super League champions following Sunday’s final in Barcelona.

Fri, 16 Sep, 2005

Relegation looms as Ireland last in Aachen

RELEGATION looms larger for Ireland’s showjumpers after the team finished last in the German Nations Cup at Aachen yesterday.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2005

Touting for clues on ‘€1m offer’ for World Cruise

CHASING rumours that swept the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday that US interests had offered €1 million for an Irish-bred horse used up a lot of energy.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2005

Nations Cup fourth not enough to stop Irish slide

IRELAND’S show jumpers finished a creditable fourth in the Nations Cup at Hickstead yesterday, but still slipped to last place in the Samsung Super League.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2005

Investigators set to clear Army school

THE independent investigation of the Army Equitation School by two UCD vets has been completed and indicates there are/were no untoward practices at the facility, sources say.

Fri, 12 Nov, 2004

Breen gains on Swain after Grand Prix win

SHANE BREEN narrowed the gap on IJM TimberFrame League leader Conor Swail yesterday with victory in the Cahir Grand Prix.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2004