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racing

Irish-breds top of the eventing class

Irish-bred horses continue to dominate the world of eventing, topping the latest yearly rankings by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), which were issued on Monday.

sport

Single errors keep Irish duo out of the shake-up in Lyon

sport

Development of equestrian facilities at Abbotstown welcomed

sport

Barbury test for Irish Olympic hopefuls

sport

Three eventers poised to get green light for Olympics

sport

Irish eventing on course to have a team at the Olympics

Defining weekend for Olympic eventing hopefuls

Jayne Doherty would be the first to acknowledge she does not do “quietly confident”.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2012

Ryans ride towards Olympic dream

AS Ireland’s eventing riders go through an intensive training period in a final push to secure a team place in the Olympics, rider Michael Ryan noted how the vagaries of the sport impacted on him and his wife four years ago.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2012

Twomey finishes seventh in Helsinki

CORK’S Billy Twomey rode Romanov II to seventh place in the second leg of the Rolex World Cup Series in Helsinki, Finland yesterday.

Mon, 24 Oct, 2011

Kürten’s slide down the Rolex World Rankings continues

SHOW jumper Jessica Kürten’s slide down the Rolex World Rankings continued last month, with the Antrim woman now lying 20th.

Sat, 05 Mar, 2011

Ireland joint fifth in Spanish nations cup

IRELAND’S show jumpers finished in equal fifth place yesterday in a closely-fought nations cup at Gijon, Spain.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2010