Are you interested in being on a team for the Audrey Jacob Team Challenge?

The Audrey Jacob team Challenge is one of the biggest events on our riding club calendar and this year, to do justice to Audrey’s memory, we need to win some silverware for the club! We need as many members as possible to participate on teams so please let our dressage and show jumping selectors knowContinue reading “Are you interested in being on a team for the Audrey Jacob Team Challenge?”

Dressage tests for Audrey Jacob Team Challenge, Sunday 26 April

Interest in the rapidly approaching Team Challenge is keen and several enquiries about the dressage tests to be ridden have already been fielded. We’re going to use the festival tests, i.e. those that are being ridden at the Riding Clubs Festival in Stradbally in June. You can find them on the AIRC website and we’llContinue reading “Dressage tests for Audrey Jacob Team Challenge, Sunday 26 April”

Derby & Dressage Show Schedule, Sunday 15 June

And the countdown begins… This year’s big event will follow a similar pattern to usual but note that the Derby classes run in the reverse order to standard, beginning with the Open riders and working down the grades to Primary. This will ensure good ground when the obstacles are really big and intimidating. Dressage timesContinue reading “Derby & Dressage Show Schedule, Sunday 15 June”

Flatwork lessons with Mary Finneran, Fridays 23+30 May and 6 June

Hazel is kindly organising a series of flatwork lessons with Mary Finneran at Glenleary, kicking off this Friday evening and continuing for three weeks. It’s a great opportunity to tweak riding techniques and sharpen up for the coming series of dressage competitions. Contact Hazel on 087 746 6431 if you’d like to participate. Pictured below: DenisContinue reading “Flatwork lessons with Mary Finneran, Fridays 23+30 May and 6 June”

Regional dressage qualifier confirmed for Beach Show

Great news on the dressage front: Donegal will host one of two dressage qualifiers in the western region this year. Our qualifier will take place at the beach Show on Sunday 1 June. Our Donegal Gaeltacht hosts will operate a pre-entry system for ‘Teams’ with allocated times in the dressage. Entries close on Wednesday 28 May and theContinue reading “Regional dressage qualifier confirmed for Beach Show”

Beach Show emerges on the horizon, Sunday 1 June

Time is ticking inexorably towards high summer and there’s no surer sign of it than the sight of the Beach Show on the calendar, less than two weeks away. The schedule is a familiar one (again without showing this year) and if God plays along on the weather front, it’s a guaranteed great day out.Continue reading “Beach Show emerges on the horizon, Sunday 1 June”