Castlekelly Equestrian

06/04/2024

LISGARVAN HOUSE EVENT: CANCELLED

Unfortunately, the rain has now started to fall heavily again and the Organiser has made the very difficult decision to cancel Lisgarvan House due to run tomorrow.

As per Rule 3.10 if cancellation occurs within two days of the event a refund of entry fee less €15 will be made to the credit card from which the payment was made. The €15 will go directly to the organiser.

19/03/2024

Meeting legends 🤩

28/02/2024

Goresbridge Horse Sales, in Kilkenny, a renowned hub for equine enthusiasts and buyers alike, embarks on an exciting journey into the future. Stepping into the shoes of the esteemed Martin and Mary Francis Donohoe, as Martin retires for new pastures, his younger brother Ed Donohoe along with his wif...

13/02/2024

An absolute joy to ride with Pammy Hutton again today after an (unintentional !) hiatus of 7years on two top class horses. So many nuggets of gold to remember & get practicing with 😁Thank you so much Pammy, for your unwavering words of wisdom & your constant inspiration, & also thank you to Carolyn Mellor for organising & hosting the clinic 🤩

04/02/2024

As ever so eloquently explained.

31/01/2024

Looking forward to a busy year 😁

Very important dates for your diary!! What better way to see out January than launch our dates for 2024!?

Eventing enquiries: [email protected]
Show jumping enquiries: [email protected]

18/11/2023

Monbeg Monopoly!
Another Goresbridge Go For Gold Sale concluded this week with Monbeg Sport Horses dominating proceedings when realising the top price of the auction at €87,000 for Lot 22, Monbeg Condor, a bay 4 yr old by Condios. Following on their form with Lot 28, Private Monbeg, a bay 3 yr old by Bamako de Muze, topped the 3 yr section when the hammer went down at €60,000 and went on to sell all of their 6 consigned lots.
Lot 13, Borris Two Point Oh, a bay 4 yr old by Pointilliste, consigned by Jodie & Emma Skelton, also proved popular among purchasers, selling for €47,000.
Another notable price of €45,000 was secured for Higgins Sport Horses & Mary Bolgers, Lot 37 Kilcannon Stylus.
Overall, 30 lots commanded prices of €20,000 or more with the average price just over €23,000.
The Goresbridge Go For Gold Team would like to extend huge thanks to all vendors who consigned and entrusted their horses to us again this year.
We wish all those fortunate buyers the very best of luck with their purchases and look forward to following their successes in the future and we sympathise with all those who have to compete against them! 😉
☘🥇Go For Gold!🥇☘
https://www.goresbridge.com/goforgold

09/10/2023

🍂 𝐇𝐒𝐈 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 @ 𝐖𝐞𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐂 🍂

Prize fund of €12,000 for HSI sponsored classes!

More information and entries on:
https://wexfordequestrian.ie/events/hsi-arena-events-e12000-prize-fund-horses-and-ponies/

Wexford Equestrian Centre

18/09/2023

❓ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐚 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ❓

Why do we ask all of our members to volunteer, or to nominate someone to volunteer on their behalf? Because without our volunteers, we couldn’t run one single event. Not one.

Have you ever stopped to think about just how many volunteers are required for every single event? Here's a list of volunteers required on the day of the event:

🔸Call-ups – minimum of 3, one per phase
🔸Dressage Scribes – 1 per judge, average of 6 arenas
🔸Score collectors– at least 2 runners to collect from all dressage judges/SJ judges. 1 person on a quad/in a jeep to collect from the XC fence judges/start/finish throughout the day
🔸SJ arena team - 1 person per arena
🔸Fence Judges – depending on the number of fences, a minimum of one person per fence averaging between 20 and 30 per event
🔸XC start/finish – 2 people
🔸XC control – 1-2 people
🔸Commentator – 1-2 people
🔸Car park attendant – 2 people
🔸Stabling – 1 person
🔸Catering – to provide lunches/snacks/drinks for DR judges, officials and other volunteers, minimum of 2 people

That’s an absolute minimum of around 50 volunteers per event. And that’s not including the event officials: the event secretary, the stewards, the XC course builder/fence repair, the DR and SJ judges, the scorer, the ambulance and doctor, the vet, the farrier… it really does take a village!

And don’t forget the help before and after an event. Volunteers are working behind the scenes to put up and take down dressage arenas, dress and flag cross country fences, put up sponsor signage etc. Long before you turn up at an event and long after you’ve gone home, there is still work being done.

Often volunteers don’t come from the EI membership – they’re friends or family of the event organisers or from other organisations. Thank you to every one of our members who have volunteered throughout the season, and to those from outside of EI who step up for our event organisers.

𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀!

15/09/2023

Unfortunately due to high levels of rainfall over the last 12 hours, and with heavy rainfall forecast to continue throughout the day, the organisers have taken the difficult decision to cancel Clyda 3, which was to take place on Saturday 16th September.

As per Rule 3.10, if cancellation occurs within two days of the event (ie: after times are listed), a refund of entry fees less €15 administration charge (which goes to the organiser) will apply. Refunds will be made to the credit card from which they were made in the next few days.

11/09/2023

Janey Roncoroni ‘s 6yo Rockalong jumps his 2nd dc @ CCI2*s level Cornbury House Horse Trials - 2023

06/09/2023

Amazing amazing equine athletes and their also pretty amazing jockeys

05/09/2023

One last hurrah for this year 🎉
Amazing opportunity to get a spin in an INTERNATIONAL MAIN ARENA

Give our new page a like/follow, any shares would be greatly appreciated 🤩

Entries now open
https://itsplainsailing.com/org/lisgarvan

04/09/2023

Eric Smiley hits the nail on the head yet again ⬇️

26/08/2023

20/08/2023

Any grooms at Lisgarvan House International, a little incentive 😉😉 🍀

20/08/2023

📣📣PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE for Lisgarvan House International NB: All times are approximate 👇👇

12/08/2023

An absolute masterclass of cross country riding. Ros Canter Eventing a class apart today FEI Eventing European Championship Haras du Pin 2023

06/08/2023

A rare non competing Sunday for Castlekelly typically today the sun shines, whereas yesterday we braved Storm Antoni to put in a few rounds at Barnadown Showjumping before Dublin Horse Show next week. Very pleased with the progress of our clients and own horses 🤩 🎥 of 5yo Rosa Dooley

10/12/2022

BIG B being 😍

Castlekelly shared a post on Instagram: "A super swift trip in baltic weather up to for a couple of rounds to finish the year off with Big Brian, who stepped up to the 120m for the 1st time. It wasn’t perfect, but anyone who know this horse, knows that he’s had quite the journ...

06/10/2022

EQUIREEL 152 Nicky Roncoroni & Henry Higgins at BALLINDENISK INTERNATIONAL (2) 2022

26/08/2022

There are to be no arrivals prior to 11:00(am) Tuesday Aug 23rd or beyond 19:00 any evening (without prior approval). There may be a fine per horse arriving outside of these hours, enforced by the OC & FEI Veterinary Team. This is owing to FEI veterinary regulations regarding the arrival of horses.

01/08/2022

In just 4 days we will be swapping our G&Ts for Airags (fermented mares milk) and our pesto pasta for offal stew. We are aiming to complete this monster 1000km horse race with as few broken bones as possible. Even if we stay intact, the soft bits will be hurting by Day 7 and we are going to need some inspriation. Please send (PM, WhatsApp or otherwise) us any comments, jokes (smuttier the better) or messages and I'll print them off to read on Day 7. thank you muchly!!

Oh !! and we are less than £7,000 off our target (link below) - anyone fancy giving us an incentive if we finish or even better, get placed???

27/07/2022

13/07/2022

Good boy Rupert 🤩

A very successful days eventing on Sunday but boy it was ☀️😎🥵🍦

First up was the 5yr olds…

🥈Another superb performance from Leamore After Hours 27.8 D/C and picked up his qualification for the British Young Horse Championships later on in the year 🔥🤩 (📸☝️)

🏅My Star Turn produces yet another D/C and finished on her dressage of 28.8 to finish 6th

🏅Sage Soldier 28.8 dr, rolled an annoying pole and super XC

A very exciting bunch of 5 year olds 😃

Next up were the Novice boys…

🥉for Strade Bianche 26.3dr, 1 pole rolled and a steady xc, feeling very ready for his step up to Intermediate next time out!

🏅Kilmanahan Rassi 32.8, 1 pole rolled and a steady xc to finish 8th

Off to tomorrow, looks like it’s going to be another 🥵🥵

12/07/2022

An expert in equine thermoregulation is attempting to bust some of the myths spread about cooling horses. Although most people seem to agree that water is key in reducing temperature, many still say, incorrectly, that the water must be scraped off – with many often insisting that leaving a horse w...

11/07/2022

Good baby boy Stan!

winner of 90 Nicky Roncoroni on Rocklong (ISH)

07/07/2022

Did we mention our new training classes?! 😁

We're very excited to be able to offer these classes, which will enable riders to compete at affiliated events without their results being recorded. This is ideal for young horses, or riders wanting to try Eventing for the first time.

We'll keep our socials updated to let you know which events will be offering these classes, but you can of course check for yourself in the Events section of www.eventingireland.com

06/07/2022

**4 Year Old Eventing Development Series**
https://www.eventingireland.com/News/TabId/99/ArtMID/496/ArticleID/2783/4YO-Eventing-Dev-Series-Announced.aspx

05/07/2022

Please support this pair if you can😁