This year sees the introduction of a very welcome second regional training day in the Western region’s calendar. Flowerhill is a wonderful venue for the usual training day but it’s too far to travel for the majority of the Donegal clubs’ members. Cloncaw Equestrian Centre in Glaslough is a much handier alternative and will hopefullyContinue reading “Details of Regional Training Day, Cloncaw EC, Sunday 19 June”
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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
Dressage in the wild west
It was a fine dry evening with some lovely sunshine and enough of a breeze to merit an amendment to the AIRC dressage tack sheet: in future bandanas are permissable at our club dressage competitions (they might even be permissable for the horses, if they lobby strongly enough!). Day after day of fine dry weatherContinue reading “Dressage in the wild west”
Plenty of competition for Friday evening’s dressage test
About a dozen members have booked in with Liz to test their skills in the dressage arena on Friday evening. Patricia Warren will talk the test over with each individual and there’ll be a chance to ride it twice with each participant allocated a 15 minute slot. It’s a tremendous opportunity to get very concentratedContinue reading “Plenty of competition for Friday evening’s dressage test”
Easter action on several fronts
Lots can happen on a sunny 4-day weekend in the lives of our members. Easter kicked off with a heavily attended and somewhat chaotic training session for team jumping on Thursday evening. With the focus of the tuition on turns and speed, Tanya and Damien took unlucky tumbles as both Al and Millie slipped upContinue reading “Easter action on several fronts”
Course building training with Charles Maudlin
Course building training with Charles Maudlin takes place this Friday evening at Killult, Falcarragh, at 7pm. Further training will be on Monday 6 June with Tony Ennis. The final training session and exam will be in August. For further information or to book your place, contact Orla on 087 643 2458.
Some further notes on last Friday’s flatwork
Liz, chief organiser of our current series of flatwork lessons with Patricia Warren, has provided some further observations on the initial session last week. She reports that Nadine rode Millie who was full of beans and anxious to show off her musculature. This performance left Liz’s own mare Judy unphased, as were the others! And VeraContinue reading “Some further notes on last Friday’s flatwork”
Team show jumping training begins at Templemore
With the team show show jumping qualifier now just four weeks away, extra training sessions for those interested in being selected begin this Tuesday with Kelda in Templemore. Next week’s session will also be in Templemore while the remaining two are most likely to take place at Cyril’s arena in Milford. Please let Orla knowContinue reading “Team show jumping training begins at Templemore”
Flatwork Lessons with Patricia Warren
This Friday evening sees the beginning of a series of flatwork lessons at Cyril’s with Patricia Warren. Patricia’s jumping lessons last autumn proved immensely popular and her flatwork sessions are bound to attract plenty of participants. To book, contact Liz on 086 831 3799 by the end of Wednesday and let her know approximately what time suitsContinue reading “Flatwork Lessons with Patricia Warren”
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”
Letterkenny Riding Club 