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
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
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
TREO EILE launches SHOWING SERIES for 2022 We are excited to announce our SHOWING SERIES for 2022 which invites former racehorses to compete as Riding Horses at eight key shows throughout Ireland, where the first two at each event will go forward to a final at the National Horse & Pony Championships at Killossery on
“He’ll only eat Pink Lady apples…” 1. How long have you been involved in retraining racehorses and how did it come about initially? Our family have been retraining racehorses for over twenty years. My uncle Jim Dreaper had retired Harcon who had had notable success for Jim over the years. He retried a sound horse
Di Arbuthnot on making racehorses fashionable and giving them a new life, as told to Camilla Swift I first became involved with Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) in 2003, through being on the Sandown Racecourse committee. The racecourse chairman, Andrew Parker Bowles, asked me to do a study to find out what happened to horses when
Dual Group 1-winning sprinter Limato (Ire) by Tagula has been retired from racing and will be re-trained as a show horse by Katie Jerram. The news was first reported by Racing Post. A £41,000 graduate of the Doncaster August yearling sale, Limato raced from ages two to eight for owner Paul Jacobs and trainer Henry Candy and
Link to Christmas Show programme Christmas Show Programme 2024 Livestreaming can be found on Horse & Country TV and is free for all viewers. Follow along with the Results and Scoring Register your thoroughbred for free on Treo Eile
Treo Eile are sponsoring a prize of €150, together with a Treo Eile rosette and branded rug on the final day of the Duffys Equestrian Centre League on Saturday December 7th . This is open to thoroughbreds competing on the day, not just horses that have qualified for the final and incomposes all class height categories, with the ‘Highest
A host of racing and equestrian stars align for the Treo Eile Christmas Show Emerald Equestrian Centre, Thursday December 12 Oisin Murphy, Colin Keane, Davy Russell, Barry Geraghty, Nina Carberry, Robbie Power and Paul and Jody Townend, eventing Olympians Sarah Ennis, Sam Watson, Caroline Powell and Austin O’Connor, are among the stars aligning for this
Show Jumping in Cavan Equestrian Centre Treo Eile are acknowledging thoroughbreds in show jumping with a €150 prize, together with a Treo Eile rosette and rug at the Cavan December Show. Open to thoroughbreds in all class height categories, with the ‘Highest Placed Thoroughbred at the Show’ being rewarded. The owner should enter
