Unique Clarecastle show returns after two years
It is one of the most unique shows in the country but this Sunday the Clarecastle show returns after a two-year hiatus. The show, sponsored and supported by Horse Sport Ireland, features the Brian Boru Young Horse of the Year and the Banner Broodmare of the Year, with incredible prizes on offer. The Brian Boru holds a prize fund of €5,200 and will be battled out by the top four horses from the following Clarecastle Show competitions; the TIH Championship, ISH Gelding Championship, ISH Filly Championship and RID Championship. This Banner Broodmare championship is a special, unique competition in which 20 of the best mares in Ireland will compete for a top prize of €2,000, a covering by top Irish Sport Horse Sligo Candy boy and a €300 prize to the breeder of the top mare. In addition, ten coverings by some of the best sires in Europe will also […]
Thrilling Studbook Series successes for McConnell and Murphy
The winners of the 2022 HSI Studbook Series leagues have set their sights on the FEI/WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Lanaken. Derek McConnell and Brendan Murphy were confirmed as winners of the Series leagues at Tattersalls on Sunday and are now hopeful of being named on new team manager Jack Doyle’s squad. McConnell and Inlaws Manolo (ISH) were a model of consistency throughout the Series and had the overall seven-year-old prize wrapped up before Sunday’s final leg with a 16 points cushion heading into Tattersalls. It was Abbie Sweetnam’s day in the final leg as she secured the winner’s prize on board Pinaki Van Den Dael I (BWP) after a thrilling jump off. The Kildareman said: “He won two of the legs, and none of these legs are easy to win. He was second in another and third too, as well as picking up minor placings […]
Studbook Series leaderboards delicately poised ahead of Final
It is all to play for at the top of the leaderboard in the five- and six-year-old classes of the HSI Studbook Series. Ahead of this weekend’s final leg at Tattersalls, Derek McConnell and Inlaws Manolo (ISH) cannot be reeled in at the top of the seven-year-old table but Brendan Murphy has a host of combinations breathing down his neck in the younger classes. Murphy is sitting tight at the top of the five-year-old standing with ABS MISTY (ISH) on 30 points, but Harry Wood with ESI Indigo (ISH) and Tholm Keane with Krafty Krackers (ISH) are poised to overtake him, the pair lying just two points back on 28 ahead of what is sure to be an exciting final on Sunday. Incredibly, Murphy also leads in the six-year-old class with Shirsheen Calensky (ISH) holding a five-points lead on 27, with Orla Queally and Kilnamac Maud (ISH) in second on […]
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