Author Archives: 2011

Views sought on relocating Riding Clubs Festival

The Executive Committee  of the AIRC is currently reviewing the Riding Clubs Festival (RCF) and as part of the review they are investigating the possibility of changing venue to Mullingar Equestrian Centre, Co. Westmeath. There are a number of key reasons for this: Reduced stable costs of €70 in Mullingar Equestrian Centre. Stables currently costContinue reading “Views sought on relocating Riding Clubs Festival”

Nice little gathering expected at John & Sharons

John and Sharon are famous hosts and not surprisingly a nice little group has signed up for their saddle-fitting armchair evening tonight, Friday 24 October. Their equestrian business has blossomed over the past couple of years and a visit to their premises is always a treat. Tack shop, rug wash, saddlery workshop and more, generouslyContinue reading “Nice little gathering expected at John & Sharons”

A Friday night drenching and the NWL bookend a varied weekend

There are evenings where it just sounds worse outside than it really is and others where reality greatly exceeds expectations. Friday was one of the latter and there were four drenched riders, four saturated horses and four soggy sets of tack by the time Tracy’s jumping lesson at Cyril’s was brought to an abrupt haltContinue reading “A Friday night drenching and the NWL bookend a varied weekend”

Back to Milford to fine tune our jumping

Our two week sojourn in Ballybofey made clear that we have a very attractive new venue for riding club activities. The spacious indoor arena now has an excellent, safe surface and both horses and riders were very happy in the environment. Kelda managed to combine gridwork and a small course in last week’s lesson, doubtless keepingContinue reading “Back to Milford to fine tune our jumping”

Raising the bar: Jumping lessons with Kelda

The past two Friday evenings were spent doing polework exercises with Patricia Warren. Al, Fenway, Lady, Bonzo and Paddy’s youngster benefitted greatly from their co-ordination and muscle-building endeavours while their riders learned about rhythm and picked up a few new tricks like the rising canter. This Friday the schoolwork takes place at Gallagher’s arena inContinue reading “Raising the bar: Jumping lessons with Kelda”

Open Day this Saturday at new XC and show jumping facilities, Drumkeen

Regina Bonner has invited all of us to try out her new cross country and show jumping courses this Saturday, 27 September. To launch it to the public Regina’s Deelside Stables are holding a go-as you-please. The course is open from 11am to 5pm and there will be a show jumping course as well as the cross country course. AndContinue reading “Open Day this Saturday at new XC and show jumping facilities, Drumkeen”

Northwest Autumn League schedule

There are just three weeks to go until the first leg of our Autumn Northwest League, this year with four legs of competition. The first phase takes place on Sunday 19 October and the venue, as always, is Templemore. The format each days is familiar with training rounds interspersed with competitive classes. Remember that the league provides anContinue reading “Northwest Autumn League schedule”

Congratulations, Cormac!

While his club mates kicked back in Bundoran at the weekend, Cormac hit the long road to Mullingar with Santa Fe to represent Letterkenny at the finals of the prestigious Masters Series in show jumping. They duly delivered the goods and brought home a treasured national ribbon. Huge congratulations on your sixth place in the Advanced Intermediate Welcome Stakes,Continue reading “Congratulations, Cormac!”