The Gaeltachts have lured the sponsors of the Western Region Spring League to the seaside. Horze Ireland are having a GALAXY Sale at the beach show which will cover all clothing items, coats, jackets, tops, t-shirts, riding shirts, brushes, saddle cloths, tack, almost everything including competition wear, with discounts of up to 35% off. They haveContinue reading “Horze Ireland tack shop at Beach Show”
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Opportunity to register older horses with known breeding
One of the topics which arose during Friday evening’s showing clinic was Horse Sport Ireland’s current initiative enabling owners to register the breeding of their older horses for a comparatively affordable sum. Basically, if you know the breeding of your horse but didn’t have the means of proving it and therefore only have a whiteContinue reading “Opportunity to register older horses with known breeding”
Equestrian art
A few of our club members have been through art college. The question is whether any of them managed to reconcile their interest in horses with their college work as actively as these students at the RHA? Art Class at the RHA
Reserve your copy of next week’s Farming Indo
The Farming section of the Independent is running a great competition for AIRC members in next week’s edition. Reserve your copy now! Farming Indo | AIRC Competition Notice
Another great weekend result
This time it’s Francis who hits the headlines: His key has been found at Claremorris Equestrian Centre! It’s making its way by bank transfer to Cormac and the joyful reunion will probably take place at the weekend. (Here’s hoping there weren’t two almost identical keys lost at Hanleys!) Pictured below: An uncharacteristically dejected Francis mentallyContinue reading “Another great weekend result”
Another information source
Here’s another good source of information about equestrian events at this end of the country. The site seems pretty well organised and is kept up to date. It’s been added into our useful links section. Equestrian News NI
From the Derry road to Dingle: The 2011 flapping season kicks off this Sunday
Sunday 1 May sees the beginning of the local horse and pony racing season in Donegal. While most riding club interest will be focussed on the team show jumping qualifier in Claremorris, a lot of other local horse enthusiasts will be heading for Manorcunningham where the first flap of the season kicks off at 2.30pm.Continue reading “From the Derry road to Dingle: The 2011 flapping season kicks off this Sunday”
More products to try and test
Ireland’s Horse & Pony magazine (which you can now read on line) is sending more products for club members to test drive. This time they come from Blue Chip. Orla is looking for five guinea pigs to test a bottle of Joint RLF and two to test one of the their balancer feeds, Blue Chip Original.Continue reading “More products to try and test”
The show jumping cow
Maybe we should ship all our unwanted Irish horses over to Germany and let the german cows get on with their real job! Enjoy this clip from the RTÉ news: Luna, The Show Jumping Cow
Stallion parade at Cavan Equestrian Centre, Saturday 9 April
Cavan Equestrian Centre’s annual National Stallion Parade takes place this Saturday, 9 April. This year it’s on for the day rather than just an evening and has trade stalls and an army equitation display. Erica went to the event last year and found it very good. It should be even better this year and willContinue reading “Stallion parade at Cavan Equestrian Centre, Saturday 9 April”
Letterkenny Riding Club 