Parkview Veterinary Clinic in Strabane are holding two information evenings for horse owners over the coming weeks. The first takes place on Wednesday 25 January and will deal with the subject of lameness. The second, on Wednesday 22 February, covers the topic of parasites. The talks are open to everybody and begin at 7pm. For furtherContinue reading “Information evenings at Parkview Veterinary Clinic, Strabane”
Category Archives: Talks & Demonstrations
Showing clinic illustrates level of professionalism needed to succeed in the show ring
There’s no news yet of any members who travelled to Annagry for Sunday’s show jumping but eight mounted members participated in a very entertaining showing clinic at Glenleary on Friday evening. Mary Finneran began the session with a talk on all aspects of the discipline. From conditioning the horse to tailoring the turn-out, she presentedContinue reading “Showing clinic illustrates level of professionalism needed to succeed in the show ring”
Showing, show jumping and more on the cards this weekend
Our showing clinic gets the weekend off to a classy start at Glenleary this evening. Martina has everything arranged and the session will kick off at 7pm. On Sunday, both adults and children can enjoy a great day’s show jumping at the Annagry Show where classes begin for ponies at 11 am and continue throughoutContinue reading “Showing, show jumping and more on the cards this weekend”
Showing clinic takes shape
Mary Finneran will conduct our showing clinic this Friday evening at Glenleary. Recent weather conditions mean that the event will take place in the arena rather than on grass, as originally intended. The format will be that of a ridden showing class with a Q&A afterwards covering all aspects of tack, turn out, etiquette andContinue reading “Showing clinic takes shape”
Course design and judging seminar with Tony Ennis, Monday 6 June
Course builder, judge and AIRC chairman Tony Ennis will deliver a seminar on course design and judging during his trip to Donegal as course builder for the Beach Show in Falcarragh. The seminar takes place on bank holiday Monday, 6 June. The seminar includes a slide show and practical demonstrations. The event is open toContinue reading “Course design and judging seminar with Tony Ennis, Monday 6 June”
The fine art of lungeing on a frosty Friday evening
Mary Finneran’s well attended lungeing demonstration on a dry but bitterly cold Friday evening opened the eyes of many members to a very fine equestrian art. Beginning with a talk on lungeing equipment, Mary then explained the three types of lungeing: lungeing to train, lungeing to exercise and lungeing to school. Moving outside to theContinue reading “The fine art of lungeing on a frosty Friday evening”
Lungeing demonstration with Mary Finneran
This Friday sees a continuation of our series of non-mounted activities. It’s not exactly an armchair evening (unless you wish to bring your own to Glenleary) but you don’t need to bring your horse. Many people think of lungeing exclusively as a safe means of knocking a bit of stuffing out of a fresh horseContinue reading “Lungeing demonstration with Mary Finneran”
An armchair night to remember
The prospect of a talk on “safe towing and transport of horses” doesn’t exactly get the adrenalin flowing but the sober topic did nothing to deter a large troop of members from showing up for our armchair event at Tir na nOg last Friday. The original intention was to have a professional expert on handContinue reading “An armchair night to remember”
Learn how to safely transport your horse at another of our armchair evenings
Tonight, at another of our armchair evenings, Francis will cover the topic of safely transporting your horse. As we all know, hitching the trailer is the easy part. Loading the horse is generally not too difficult either (although some remedial work is sometimes necessary). And sure once that bit’s over we just sit back inContinue reading “Learn how to safely transport your horse at another of our armchair evenings”
Busy weekend with a show jumping focus
Orla’s Armchair Show Jumping evening on Friday got the weekend off to a good start. Held in the Milford Inn, attendance was excellent and the subject matter was intriguing. Orla had made the most of one of the Inn’s dance floors to cleverly build a scale model of one of the Derby courses from lastContinue reading “Busy weekend with a show jumping focus”
Letterkenny Riding Club 