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A busy week and this week is even busier with the follow-up reports and pics, so this page is on 'auto-pilot' for now. Y...
20/08/2024

A busy week and this week is even busier with the follow-up reports and pics, so this page is on 'auto-pilot' for now.

You write about these 1.60m horses in rankings and bloodlines articles so it was a bonus to see them at Dublin and add some action shots to the archives too.

"Not now, Game of Thrones has just started. Get the popcorn, Kerry!"  Ballard Bridge Boy got his priorities sorted.
19/08/2024

"Not now, Game of Thrones has just started. Get the popcorn, Kerry!"

Ballard Bridge Boy got his priorities sorted.

"Ah, he doesn't need a telly in his stable Deirdre" He does, John, he does. (And any 5-day veterans of Dublin would like...
19/08/2024

"Ah, he doesn't need a telly in his stable Deirdre"

He does, John, he does.

(And any 5-day veterans of Dublin would like to join him, hooves n'feet up but back to work).

😂 All kinds of 🏆 this weekend
18/08/2024

😂 All kinds of 🏆 this weekend

The winners of Electric Picnic 🙏

Remember the   about young Kaleigh Dolan and how she won her first show jumping rosette the same day as Jessica Burke wo...
17/08/2024

Remember the about young Kaleigh Dolan and how she won her first show jumping rosette the same day as Jessica Burke won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hickstead?
Well, Jessica Burke - Showjumping heard about Kaleigh and very kindly took time out today to meet her and her parents Aidan and Kathrina at Dublin Horse Show. Class 👌🏻

Thanks Jessica .. you made Kaleigh's summer.

Irish Farmers Journal Irish Country Living

How quick did this week go 🏇🏻👌🏻 The Clarecastle Show
17/08/2024

How quick did this week go 🏇🏻👌🏻 The Clarecastle Show

This weekend in The Irish Field, Clarecastle Show’s level of organisation, welcome and prize money on offer won widespread acclaim, as Susan Finnerty reports

17/08/2024

“Dee! I’m on the telly!!! Look!” Ballard Bridge Boy 😎

Small World/Proud Mammy Moments ... look who 🙋‍♀️met ringside yesterday only Stevo Finn's mum watching the Irish Draught...
17/08/2024

Small World/Proud Mammy Moments ... look who 🙋‍♀️met ringside yesterday only Stevo Finn's mum watching the Irish Draught class. And then Stevo only goes and wins with Pat H***e's Moylough Supremacy 👌🏻

(Lovely to meet lots of FTF followers and put faces to names at Dublin and apologies there isn't time for lots of banter, t'is kind of busy this week 😵‍💫)

16/08/2024

Mayo McDonnells: John McDonnell wins the show jumping section of The Irish Field Breeders Championship with his CBI Ice Queen and her Vancouver foal, shown by his nephew Johnathon, pictured with the Irish Horse World editor Judith Faherty and judges Marc Hahne (GER) and Jacques Verkerk (NED) \ Susan Finnerty

16/08/2024

🏆 A second win in the Irish Field Breeders Championship for Paula Howard whose Dernahatten Out Of Touch and Sir Lando foal were the winners of the eventing section. Pictured are Judith Faherty, Irish Horse World editor with Davy Lyons and Keva Milligan who showed Paula’s champions and judges Jacques Verkerk and Marc Hahne. Congratulations!

16/08/2024

Aw Shucks .. Moylough Supremacy with owner Pat H***e, daughter Kate H***e and Stevo Finn who showed this year’s Irish Draught stallion champion. Photo by Susan Finnerty

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15/08/2024

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Amongst the throngs of overseas visitors to the Dublin Horse Show this week, you may spot this gentleman all the way from New South Wales. He’s James Balfe, originally from Claremorris and based Down Under since 1996 when the Mayo farrier moved to a job with Coolmore Australia. His father Seán, a...

Day 2 ✅
15/08/2024

Day 2 ✅

Report and photos by Susan Finnerty for The Irish Horse Board Day 2 of Dublin Horse Show and it lived up to its reputation as “Draught Day” with throngs of Irish Draughts enthusiasts, from home and abroad, gathered at Ring 1 for this morning’s mare classes and the first glimpse of the contende...

"Subtle. Blend in," thought Kim on Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show.
15/08/2024

"Subtle. Blend in," thought Kim on Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show.

14/08/2024

Selfie time 😍 Katie Wyse records the Dublin championship moment after winning aboard Clareville Codiac in the the eight to 15-year-old section of the Connemara performance hunter on Day 1 at the RDS Dublin Horse Show.

Photo by Susan Finnerty

14/08/2024
"Please, George .. the Scottish dress code next year" 😂 These two just work so well together and both From The Yard of E...
13/08/2024

"Please, George .. the Scottish dress code next year" 😂
These two just work so well together and both From The Yard of Eddie Macken graduates.

👏George O' Malley and Denise Norton at The Clarecastle Show

And finally on this ⚡️⚡️⚡️⛈🌩⛈ night.. a second Show of the Year award for The Clarecastle ShowIf you went, you saw why ;...
11/08/2024

And finally on this ⚡️⚡️⚡️⛈🌩⛈ night.. a second Show of the Year award for The Clarecastle Show

If you went, you saw why ;-)

Thank you again Galway Crystal

11/08/2024
Paris Olympics, his aunt Edna O'Brien's funeral yesterday, Dublin ahead .. Michael Blake still took time to visit The Cl...
11/08/2024

Paris Olympics, his aunt Edna O'Brien's funeral yesterday, Dublin ahead .. Michael Blake still took time to visit The Clarecastle Show today, where he paid a heartfelt tribute to the show's 'genius' chairman Michael Slattery.
And one more upcoming Banner County show is the Blake family's local show in Scarriff, where the All Ireland yearling filly final returns to this year (Sunday, Sept. 1st).
Conor Sheridan .. a brave man to utter that All Ireland wish in a marquee packed with Banner folk 😂 but thank you too for dropping into the 'Roadcaster' for a chat about Olympics and the HSI stand features at Dublin Horse Show.

Olympic coincidence as the Paris Games come to a close but did you know that Cyril Conway bred Gortnageer Star, dam of A...
11/08/2024

Olympic coincidence as the Paris Games come to a close but did you know that Cyril Conway bred Gortnageer Star, dam of Athens Olympics horse Carling King?
Cyril and his good friend and fellow stallion master Paddy Quirke, Ballymureen Stud, were two more stalwarts of the Irish horse world honoured today at The Clarecastle Show with Clarecastle 🏅🏅
As was Michael Ring T.D, the Mayoman who secured funding for Irish agricultural shows.

All the details, including Michael Ring's next dream job 😂, in next Saturday's The Irish Field

This year's Clarecastle Medal winners? Ladies first .. Eiline Brennan who has given decades to the Irish Draught and Pon...
11/08/2024

This year's Clarecastle Medal winners? Ladies first .. Eiline Brennan who has given decades to the Irish Draught and Pony Club worlds. And she bred a Dublin Guinness champion too. 🏅

Clarecastle (2): Living the dream .. the McCarthy Cup brought to The Clarecastle Show today, refereed by Michael Slatter...
11/08/2024

Clarecastle (2): Living the dream .. the McCarthy Cup brought to The Clarecastle Show today, refereed by Michael Slattery 🇵🇼

Clarecastle Highlights (1) A busy week ahead ... especially for those going to concerts out of the country 😂 .. but how ...
11/08/2024

Clarecastle Highlights (1) A busy week ahead ... especially for those going to concerts out of the country 😂 .. but how great to see such a turnout today at The Clarecastle Show
Broodmare/young horse entries have been low all summer, it's tempting to wrap up your unbeaten horse or pony but fair play to those that brought them out and got their €€€ reward.

Report in Saturday's Irish Field ☘️

These Three 💖 Michael x 2, plus partner in banter Simon .. wonderful day at The Clarecastle Show .. Ringo brought the ma...
11/08/2024

These Three 💖 Michael x 2, plus partner in banter Simon .. wonderful day at The Clarecastle Show .. Ringo brought the marquee down 😂

Oh David 😂😂😂😂😂 You won’t miss your meet &greet host The Clarecastle Show
11/08/2024

Oh David 😂😂😂😂😂 You won’t miss your meet &greet host The Clarecastle Show

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