HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed the initial Young Rider Eventing High Performance squad for 2010. High Performance Manager for the Young Rider squad Comdt. Brian MacSweeney said that no decision had yet been made on whether Ireland would send a team to this year's Young Rider Championships, at Pardubice in the Czech Republic.

CARLOW'S Sam Watson led the Irish charge at Aldon's national One-Day Event in England this weekend, with a win and two top five places on Irish-bred horses, while other Irish combinations also took top ten places.

EIGHT Irish riders have been accepted for entry in next month’s top-ranked Badminton Horse Trials in England, while five are on the waiting list. Badminton is regarded as the biggest three-day event in the sport, and is broadcast live every year on BBC television. Horse Sport Ireland’s Eventing High Performance Manager Ginny Elliot said she was delighted that so many Irish combinations had made both lists.

THE Organising Committee of the International Horse Trials at Necarne Castle, Co. Fermanagh, announced today (Tuesday) that, for financial reasons, the event would not run in 2010.

HORSE Sport Ireland has announced the horses and riders that make up the initial Team Ireland Equestrian Junior Eventing squad for the Junior European Eventing Championships in Bad Segeberg, Germany, from the 19th to the 22nd of August.

27/09/09 KRISTINA Cook (GBR), long renowned as one of the world's best horsewomen, at last won the major international title that has eluded her thus far in her illustrious career when she headed an all-conquering British team at ...

27/09/09 PATRICIA Ryan was best of the Irish riders on the final score sheet of the European Eventing Championships at Fontainebleau, France, which ended today (Sunday).

26/09/09 Downloadable biographies and pictures are now available here for the team and individual Irish riders competing in the European Senior Eventing Championships at Fontainebleau, France. Click the arrow below for the next page and the download link.

26/09/09 LIVE SCORING FROM FONTAINEBLEAU CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO LIVE SCORES OR HERE TO LINK TO ARCHIVED SCORES WHEN last team rider Liz Power and 'Kilpatrick River' went out on the cross-country course at Fontainebleau, France today (Saturday), Ireland were lying in European Bronze Medal position, with a possible individual silver medal within Power's grasp, after her outstanding dressage score on Friday. The 24 year-old Meath rider, who was competing in her first European championships, went clear as far as Fence 22 on the 27-obstacle course, where a tiring 'Kilpatrick River' ran out and then faulted twice more at Fence 23 to face automatic elimination. This left the Irish out of team contention, Sacha Pemble also having been eliminated with 'I've Been Dun' at Fence 24 today. A minimum of three scores out of the four riders are necessary to keep a nation in the team competition. A total of 20 international combinations were eliminated on the French cross-country course during the day. Horse Sport Ireland's High Performance Manager Ginny Elliott said afterwards: "The way it finished for us today was heartbreaking, but it was a very tough course which caught out a lot of the world's top combinations. We had a very inexperienced team here and it will stand us in good stead for the future. I am proud of all the riders."

24/09/09 LIVE SCORING FROM FONTAINEBLEAU DRESSAGE Sacha Pemble/I've Been Dun 65.0 Ciaran Glynn/Killossery Kruisita 59.0 Sam Watson/Horseware Bushman 53.9 Michael Ryan/Old Road 58.8 Patricia Ryan/Fernhill Clover Mist 57.1 Elizabeth Power/Kilpatrick River 42.5 CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO LIVE SCORES OR HERE TO LINK TO ARCHIVED SCORES 23/09/09 MOST Irish equestrian attention will be focused this weekend on the chateau of Fontainebleau, France, in whose historic parkland the senior European Eventing Championships take place over the next four days. Ireland is one of 18 nations competing, and will field a team of four, together with two individual riders. The team declared by HSI High Performance Manager Ginny Elliott today (Wednesday) is Sacha Pemble with 'I've Been Dun', Sam Watson with the Irish-bred 'Horseware Bushman', Patricia Ryan and the Irish-bred 'Fernhill Clover Mist' and Elizabeth Power with 'Kilpatrick River'. The Individual Irish competitors are Ciaran Glynn with 'Killossery Kruisita' and Michael Ryan on 'Old Road', both Irish-bred horses.