Plans for our pre-Flowerhill cross country excursion on St Patrick’s weekend are coming together in sketch format. Castle Leslie’s course is currently closed because of the wet ground but will re-open when conditions permit. the forecast for next week is fairly good so who knows what might be possible. Dirraw Farm near Ballymoney is definitelyContinue reading “Cross country excursion pencilled in for Saturday 15 March”
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Keeping up to speed with Health & Safety
AIRC HQ have organised a series of Health & Safety seminars to keep members up to speed on this serious topic. Each club must send representatives to at least one of the seminars. Full details are on the AIRC website where you’ll see that the closest venue to us is Sligo: Tuesday 15 April BestContinue reading “Keeping up to speed with Health & Safety”
Donegal Clubs meeting, Tuesday 11 March
Subject to the suitability of the date for our neighbouring clubs, the next meeting of the Donegal clubs will take place at Tir na nOg on Tuesday 11 March. Subjects covered will include the final of the league, upcoming events such as the Team Dressage & Show Jumping Challenge, regional qualifiers, etc. All members areContinue reading “Donegal Clubs meeting, Tuesday 11 March”
Results and points from NWL, Show 2
Sunday’s leg of the Northwest League proved a great success with Inishowen doing a great job of running the event. It’s impressive to see just how quickly this young club has come to grips with managing riding club shows. Full details of the day have yet to filter through but there are already reports ofContinue reading “Results and points from NWL, Show 2”
Focus on details on Friday evening at Glenleary
It was a cold night at Glenleary for the first of Mary’s Friday evening flatwork lessons. Louise, Christopher and Vicky were put through their paces in the first lesson while Nadine, Tanya, Vera and Libby came in for scrutiny in the second. An innocent little bit of warming up gave Mary all the information sheContinue reading “Focus on details on Friday evening at Glenleary”
Chance for bargains at Equestrian Store sale
Some members may already be familiar with the Equestrian Store in Northern Ireland. There’s a chance to capitalise on some of their great bargains at their 2-day sale at the Mount Errigal in Letterkenny on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March. Check out full details on The Equestrian Store Sale flyer.
Dates of regional qualifiers confirmed
Dates for our regional qualifiers have been confirmed by Head Office, as follows: 4 May – Masters Series Qualifier 25 May – Team Show Jumping Championship Qualifier 6 July – Team Dressage Championship Qualifier 10 August – Horse Trials Qualifier As mentioned at our meeting in January, there remains the possibility of running two dressageContinue reading “Dates of regional qualifiers confirmed”
Flatwork lessons start this Friday at Glenleary
Members have the opportunity over the next several Fridays to brush up on their flatwork skills under the eye of Mary Finneran. There are few instructors who are better able to identify and isolate one or two critical details to a specific horse and rider partnership. Mary doesn’t bombard her pupils with advice — she pinpointsContinue reading “Flatwork lessons start this Friday at Glenleary”
Sioux for sale
Ruth McCrossan has made the very difficult decision to part with her great coloured mare, Sioux Indian. Most of our members know this talented and colourful character who has been Ruth’s partner for several years now. She’s a cracking riding club horse and would also suit a competent and competitive teenager who wants to doContinue reading “Sioux for sale”
Flatwork skills with mini-competition, Friday 21 February *updated again*
Orla is organising an intriguing-sounding evening this Friday, 21 February. The “flatwork skills with mini-competition” kicks off at 7.30pm at Cyril’s in Milford. Our Friday night focus is switching to flatwork for a while and Vera is organising sessions from next Friday with Mary Finneran at Glenleary. Orla has kindly stepped into the breach forContinue reading “Flatwork skills with mini-competition, Friday 21 February *updated again*”
Letterkenny Riding Club 