22/09/09 HORSE Sport Ireland has confirmed that the following riders have been selected for the first seven Rolex FEI World Cup shows.

20/09/09 BILLY Twomey added a final flourish to the weekend's Irish whitewash at Barcelona's four-star show with a win and a fourth place today (Sunday).

20/09/09 THE Spanish team secured a convincing victory at the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final in Barcelona today (Sunday) where Canada finished second.

19/09/09 JESSICA Kurten continued the exceptional run of Irish success at Barcelona's four-star show with a second place in this evening's (Saturday) Queen's Cup competition. Riding Lady Georgina Forbes's nine year-old mare 'Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois', Kurten claimed the runner-up prize of 8,000 euro in a nine-horse jump-off behind Austria's Thomas Fruhmann. Cork's Billy Twomey was also in the prize money but had to settle for a 13th place on 'Montanus Colorado' after a single mistake in the first round. Yesterday (Friday) Kurten won the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona on 'Castle Forbes Cosma', the first Irish rider to do so since 1996, with Twomey in second place. The two riders also took first and second in the opening day's feature class, with Twomey this time the winner, as well as four other top five places in a 24 hour period.

18/09/09 JESSICA Kurten became the first Irish rider in 13 years to win the prestigious Spanish Grand Prix when she took first place at Barcelona tonight (Friday). With Lady Georgina Forbes's ever-improving nine year-old mare 'Castle Forbes Cosma', Antrim-born Kurten was one of just eleven riders through to the second round, and narrowly beat Cork's Billy Twomey, who took tonight's runner-up prize with Sue Davies's mare 'Tinka's Serenade'. The pair have been dominating classes at the four-star show since Thursday, and have now accounted for three wins and two second places in 24 hours, Twomey claiming another runner-up spot earlier this evening in the Coca-Cola Trophy. Kurten tonight won a car worth 30,000 euro for her Grand Prix victory, while Twomey pulled down prize money of 18,000 euro. The last Irish rider to win the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona was the late Paul Darragh, with 'Cera', in 1969.

17/09/09 THE FOLLOWING statement was issued by the FEI today (Thursday) : "Following consultation with National Federations, riders and event organisers, the FEI Bureau today decided that Great Britain and Belgium will both be relegated from the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™.

17/09/09 SHOWJUMPING IRELAND and Horse Sport Ireland will be jointly running an information day on Tuesday October 27th in Coilog Equestrian Centre, Co. Kildare for Junior and Young Riders with aspirations to making future European Teams and a career in Show Jumping.

17/09/09 IRISH riders kept up the pressure at Spain's four-star show in Barcelona with two wins, a second place and a fifth on the opening day (Thursday).

13/09/09 TIPPERARY'S Denis Lynch jumped two rounds clear today (Sunday) at Paderborn, Germany, and finished fourth in the Riders' Tour Grand Prix.

13/09/09 JESSICA Kurten took second place in this afternoon's (Sunday) Swiss Grand Prix at the three-star show in Humlikon riding Lady Georgina Forbes's nine year-old mare 'Castle Forbes Cosma'.