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Showing Clinic in Preparation for RDS

Building on the success of Last year’s pre-Dublin Horse Show clinic, we are hosting a Dress Rehearsal Clinic in Coilóg Equestrian Centre Co. Kildare. It will be hosted by multiple RDS racehorse to riding horse class winner Joanne Quirke. Joanne has won this class on esteemed exracehorses ‘Cooldine’ and ‘Forpaddytheplasterer’.   Feedback from last year’s

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IIJ Generously Donate €5000 To Treo Eile

  In the lead up to the Corinthian Challenge Charity Race, the Irish Injured Jockeys have donated €5,000 to Treo Eile. Our organisation is truly grateful for this kind gesture stemming from Caren Walsh of AIRO, IIJ General Manager Michael Higgins, and others within the IIJ. This donation will aid Treo Eile in continuing our

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2023 TREO EILE POLO SPONSORSHIP

The popularity of thoroughbreds within polo is making an impact globally, with awards for ‘Best Playing Thoroughbred’ in Australia, to the thoroughbred MONGREY PUZZLE playing at the highest level at the Polo World cup.  The thoroughbred encompasses all the qualities required for this fast moving game – agility, speed and they are quick learners. In

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Racehorse Aftercare Bodies Join Forces.

Racehorse Aftercare charities Treo Eile, Au-Delà Des Pistes & Retraining of Racehorses join forces to promote aftercare, establish best practices and push for advances in traceability and approaches to euthanasia. Ireland’s, France’s and Great Britain’s leading racehorse aftercare charities Treo Eile, Au-Delà Des Pistes and Retraining of Racehorses gathered in Newmarket, May 4, with the aim

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A Bumper Weekend Rewarding Thoroughbreds in a Second Career

Another Thoroughbred coming up trumps for a young rider ! Mega congrats to 12yo Joe Ryan and his 7yo by Ocovango who won the Treo Eile Highest Placed Thoroughbred prize at the Interschools SJ Final at Wexford Equestrian Centre on Sunday.  He is a pupil at Rathangan National School and their show jumping team have

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A marvellous night with the stars!

Think December 15th… coming towards the end of the cold snap… postcard scenes all around us, skating rinks rather than roads, bucketing water to thirsty Thoroughbreds for many of us! In one pocket of Kildare however, a plan was being kept on course for a night with the stars!  Some of Ireland’s greatest jockeys had

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TREO EILE PRO CELEBRITY SHOW JUMPING IS BACK FOR 2022!!

TREO EILE are excited to announce the launch of their Christmas Pro-Celebrity Showjumping Fundraiser at the Emerald Equestrian Centre on Thursday 15th December. The event will showcase the very best of Ireland’s retrained racehorses who will compete on teams of four in a timed competition, starting at 6pm.  A jockey will captain each team, with two

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Showing Season – Thoroughbred Tips from a ride judge

Qualified Ride Judge and Show Rider, Julie Donaghy Simpson, talks Thoroughbreds and Ringcraft Always having always being involved in horses, Julie’s father is a breeder, show horse producer and bloodstock agent so she’s know nothing but horses since birth. Her first horse coming off ponies was an ex-racer but to Julie he was just a

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Racehorse Showing Schedule

Full Irish Showing Schedule for 2022! Herewith a list of shows that have showing classes for former racehorses during 2022.  Those in the Treo Eile Showing Series (marked in red) are part of a pathway to a Championship in the National Horse & Pony Championships in Killossery in August.  They also carry Treo Eile prize

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