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The past number of months have been incredibly frustrating for us all as we have not been allowed to continue with our equestrian pursuits due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. We must remember that the virus was rampant in our communities last December when these current restrictions were introduced but thankfully the numbers affected haveContinue reading “2022 riding club festival to blow the socks off all previous outings”

Book your holidays…the Association of Irish Riding Clubs National Hunter Trials Championships will now take place on Sunday 12th September 2021. The championships which were due to take place on Sunday (11th April) were postponed last month for the second year in a row due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Details for this year’s championshipsContinue reading “Annual goal moved to September”

The Association of Irish Riding Clubs National Hunter Trials Championships has been postponed for the second year in a row due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Championships, which were due to take place on 11th April at Flowerhill, will now be rescheduled to a new date, most likely in September. Members are asked not toContinue reading “No surprise as Covid causes postponement”

Remember that if you need to register a new mount with the AIRC the service is currently free of charge. However a fee of E25 will come into effect on the first of April and remain in place until the Monday after the Riding Clubs Festival, which is on the 12th and 13th of JuneContinue reading “Gentle reminder”

Most of us in the local riding club scene have come across equestrian coach Sonya McAleer. Sonya coaches all around the area and has been a guiding presence for many of the regions riders over the past few years. Four years ago Sonya realised that she was suffering from depression and anxiety. In her ownContinue reading “Are you Aware of this?”

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said “severe” lock-down restrictions will remain in place for at least another nine weeks – until the end of April. Now this does not necessarily mean Level 5, but the problem is that we don’t know what exactly it does mean. An educated guess is that the best we can hopeContinue reading “Hope springs eternal”

Whilst showing is definitely not to everyone’s taste it is a form of competition that is very broad in it’s remit and offers opportunities to almost every make and shape of horse and handler. In the second of their young horse training series Horse Sport Ireland talk to showing aficionado Brian Murphy about his scheduleContinue reading “Enjoy your Showing?”

With restrictions keeping us all on home turf till March 5th at the soonest, and a pretty baltic few days ahead on the weather front, we can all do worse than curl up by a warm fire and read some good blogs. One interesting article available on the Horse Sport Ireland site gives a greatContinue reading “Making the most of down-time”

People ride for many reasons—it’s fun, it’s good exercise, it builds mastery and confidence, it offers time with human and horse friends. Usually, these incentives are enough to foster improvement. But all of us tire of drilling a particular skill.We know we should post without stirrups for 15 minutes, but, aww… maybe tomorrow? Motivation comesContinue reading “What’s your motivation?”

As many are aware Brexit has had far reaching effects, not least of all in the field of equine insurance and public liability. Many equestrians in Ireland will have, or will have had, insurance through their membership of the British Horse Society however the BHS is no longer offering public liability to members resident inContinue reading “Ensuring insurance”