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Apparently storms are like buses…..none for ages and then two come bumper to bumper. Having lost the first leg of our spring league to the ravages of Ciara we are now having to cross all fingers and toes in the hope that Dennis wont put paid to the second leg. Scheduled to be held thisContinue reading “Farewell Ciara. Hello Dennis”

Tomorrow’s first leg of the North West Riding Clubs spring show-jumping league has been cancelled for safety reasons. Details on how scoring for the league will be affected will be posted in due course.

The third one’s the charm, so they say, and so it is with a date for our Audrey Jacob Team Challenge. It is now confirmed for Sunday May 24th in Eglinton. Even more time to perfect your moves.

If it looks like heaven and sounds like heaven it probably is heaven. I feel a little escapism coming on.

This coming Sunday sees the start of the north west riding clubs spring show-jumping league. The first leg of the league is in Templemore Equestrian Centre in Muff and promises to kick off the competitive year in great style. Inishowen riding club is running the first leg and the action kicks off at 11.00, withContinue reading “Time to step up to the mark”

Many thanks to Mary Devine for providing photographic evidence of the hardy crew who travelled to Twin Towns equestrian centre for this evenings lesson. Looking good folks  

Having set myself the goal of taking part in my first ever one day event this year you can imagine my delight when I saw that AIRC  hq had published the dates and venues for all the national championships and the eventing championship is to be held in Flowerhill!  That’s all the motivation I needContinue reading “It’s an omen”

Our north western sub-region is part of the the greater Western region of the AIRC, which stretches from the tip top of Malin head to Kilbaha on the southern toe of Co. Clare. As a general rule clubs within an area are not allowed to run events in competition with each other, so getting aContinue reading “Fancy a road trip?”

Intermediate riders may now compete in Young Horse and Green Horse competitions. Previously the competitions were restricted to riders graded Advanced Intermediate and higher. In show jumping and eventing, the competitions are traditionally run over a 0.90m track while the young horse class is run over a 0.80m track at the National Hunter Trials Championships.Continue reading “Intermediate riders now eligible for Young Horse competitions”

The talk given by Jim Hickey on Thursday evening was a great success, with almost ninety people attending and taking away an increased awareness and understanding of the power of the mind in our day to day riding endeavors. Top marks to Marina for organising the whole event, which added a tidy sum to theContinue reading “Time to boot and spur”