Sunday 24th July we headed with both Camille and Heather to the Midlands Connemara Pony show in the fabulous Mullingar Equestrian centre. The day didn’t start off the best with a flat battery meaning we were late and missed our working hunter class. The ridden class more than made up for the disappointment with Camille […]

What a weekend to start the summer holidays on! Saturday saw us head with Camille and Heather to Slane and the North East Connemara Breeders Show. it was only as I was trying to get two ready that I remembered how much work greys are It was a gorgeous day and all credit to the

After the Northern Ireland Festival in April I looked to help support Heathers development both as a show pony but also for her overall development. I was asked to try the @equibalancer products and chose the every day balancer. When you are seeing your horse day in day out it can be very hard to

On Saturday 18th June we took Flower of Roo to Mullingar Equestrian Centre for their annual showing show. We were blessed with fabulous weather as well as the beautiful arenas. We were delighted that she took her two year old class showing real development in her paces as well as in her confidence in the

After a long two year sabbatical from the show ring Camille and myself headed off to contest the Connemara Cup and boy did Camille deliver. The over 16 class was a pretty big class so I was delighted to see we were in the spacious indoor in Cavan Equestrian Centre. All 3 classes under 14,

Taking her Duties Seriously Camille had a great day out at the recent Hunter Trials in Annaharvey Farm. The sun shone, the course was great and the ground was perfect. She took her duties as big sister to Erin very seriously and I think from her expression you can definitely see she was having a

Yesterday we took the long trip to Tullylish for the first leg of the Connemara Performance Qualifiers. It was a big ask of Aoife on many levels. It certainly was the biggest track she has ever faced. It was also imposing due to the terrain fitness wise as there were a lot of hills and it was

AIRC Midlands Dressage Qualifier today and Aoife had to take a massive step up and ride an elementary test today and she carried it off with aplomb. We finished second in far more established company and received some very positive comments from the judge. Could not be more delighted with her! Photo credit: Aaron Greenan 

Another weekend another discipline… I took Aoife to Mullingar Equestrian today to compete in her first working hunter competition and boy am I so proud. Over a very testing track she jumped her socks off with Ciara to take 5th out of 36. 

A fantastic two days out at Leinster Dressage “Dressage in the City” in Abbotstown. Aoife made her debut in Dressage Ireland. Having never ridden in a 20×60 arena she did nothing but grow in confidence over her 2 tests. I was thrilled with our 70% on day 2 and taking 5th over all in the Preliminary