The HSI Reining & Western Committee for 2012 are:

• Declan McArdle (Chairman)
• Maggie Courtage (Connaught)
• Niall Bradley (Ulster)
• Eilish Fennelly (Leinster)
• Helena Ryan (Munster)
• Derek O'Byrne White (IQHA Rep)
• Andrew O'Byrne White (IQHA Rep)

We would like to welcome the new committee for 2012 and also acknowledge the hard work from the out going committee. We had our first committee meeting of the year on the 9th February which was very pro active. We are looking forward to an exciting year and the calender will be available here shortly.

To download 2012 Reining membership form click here

To download 2012 Western membership form click here

For a definition sheet on the different memberships please click here

If you would like further information on the HSI Reining & Western Riding Section please contact Aileen Cartwright on Email: acartwright@horsesportireland.ie  or Tel: 045 854530 9am - 5pm any queries outside of these hours please leave a message.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

HSI Reining & Western Section Spring Show 2012

The first show of the year is taking place on Friday the 13th April 2012 at Cavan Equestrian Centre, this is an evening show start time approximately 5pm. 

Classes: 

Western Showmanship (Prelim and Novice Section)
Western Pleasure (Prelim and Novice Section)
Western Trail (Prelim and Novice Section)
Western Horsemanship (Prelim and Novice Section)
Western Reining (Prelim and Novice Section)
Pole Bending
Barrel Racing
 

Fee for classes: Members of HSI R & W Section - €15 for first class, €10 for every additional class

                             Non members - €20 for first class, €15 for every additional class

Entry forms will be available soon

IQHA Events:

Members of the HSI Reining and Western Section can take part in these events

Ride Outs:

June 3rd – Fox River Ranch – Organised by Mick Morris
June 16th – Mullingar – Organised by Joe Hoey
July 14th – Drumcoura City – Organised by Ron Weisz
September 2nd – Lonesome Dove Ranch – Organised by Mousey Jinks

Shows/Clinics:

- Spring Clinic and Show Clinician / Judge Bob Mayhew 17th & 18th March .
- Two day Clinic with Bob Mayhew 5th and 6th May at Drumcoura Lake Resort.
- Mid Summer Fiesta Rookie Amateur and Novice (AQHA) Clinic and Show @ Cochise Stud 21st & 22nd July.
 

Please contact the IQHA for more details on these events

WES

This year we would like to again include training for WES exams in our programme. Before we arrange this we would like to know if we have many interested people. The plan would be to hold training days for anyone interested in doing Level 1 WES exam, people who have already done the Level 1 and now want to progress to Level 2. Also if we had enough interest we would hold a refresher day for existing Level 2’s.Please contact Aileen if you are interested in any of these.
 

National Show 2011

The HSI National Reining and Western show was on Saturday the 5th November 2011 in Mullingar Equestrian Centre. The show was run in association with the Irish Quarter Horse Association. The show was a huge success with over 30 different horse and rider combinations competing. We would like to thank our kind sponsors PD Western Saddlery and Hooves Western UK for the prizes they sponsored. 
 

The winner of the Leading Youth Rider of the show was Heather O'Brien aged 14 from Kildare. She was riding Ishwaras Risky Keno. Horse owned by Stephen Cox, Bullhorn Ranch in Carbury Co Kildare.
The winner of the Novice High Point competition Alessia Stocca who is from Italy and lives in Galway, She was riding her own American Paint horse, Arwen D Black Inside.

The winner of the Prelim High Point competition, Sinead Day who lives in Galway. She was riding her own horse Double Tree. 

Full results for the show can be found by clicking HERE

LINKS:

Irish Quarter Horse Association: www.iqha.ie

UK Western Equestrian Society: www.wes-uk.com/

US National Reining Horse Association: www.nrha.com/