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Welcome to Horse Sport Ireland’s new blog, STABLE TALK.

Our new corporate blog is about creating a platform that offers real insight into the work being carried out by Horse Sport Ireland on behalf of the industry and which also allows industry experts, Horse Sport Ireland staff and Team Ireland Equestrian athletes to share their knowledge, advice and experience with the wider sport horse industry.

Whether you are a breeder, horse owner, rider or equestrian sports fan you will find a lot of information on various topics related to the sport horse industry in Ireland.

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Michael Murphy – A True Inspiration

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Equine Biomechanics

Hydrotherapy is making waves in improving sport horse performance, want to find out more? Here’s how

Michael Murphy – A True Inspiration

23 August 2021, 10:25 |

This week Ireland’s Paralympic dressage team of Rosemary Gaffney with Werona, Kate Kerr Horan with Serafina T, Tamsin Addison with Fahrenheit and Michael Murphy with Cleverboy, managed by Debora Pijpers will get their campaign underway in Tokyo.

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17 Things You Didn’t Know About Equine Biomechanics

20 April 2021, 15:00 |

We all know that the way we move on our horse has an impact on how they feel and move, but thanks to technology it is now possible to objectively evaluate a rider’s position and how it influences the horse.

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Hydrotherapy is making waves in improving sport horse performance, want to find out more? Here’s how

9 April 2021, 15:51 |

Many equestrian fans will have noticed the proliferation of equine hydrotherapy as part of equine training programmes in recent years.

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Is your mare inspection ready?

18 March 2021, 09:56 |

Horse Sport Ireland will be holding Irish Sport Horse, Irish Sport Pony and Irish Draught Horse studbook mare inspections throughout the country in March and April 2021.

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Top tips we took from the Young Horse Training Series

9 March 2021, 16:01 |

The young horse must learn to accept the rider’s half-halt Irish International Dressage athlete, Anna Merveldt advised that: “When training a young horse who is just starting out under saddle, one of the most important things the horse must learn is to accept and understand the rider’s half-halt,” and added that: “The half-halt is the most frequently used aid in riding.

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