Thistletown Stud

07/02/2024

Foaling season is well underway!

📸 Emily McDonagh Thistletown Stud captured this curious moment for February's calendar winner titled 'Peek-A-Boo!'

06/09/2023

- For Sale -
RDS Reserve Champion 4yo Event Horse
Thistletown Delboy
Full Thoroughbred Gelding
Watar X Two T’three Weeks by Silver Patriarch

Riding since January. Brought along steadily. Qualified for the RDS Dublin Horse Show on first attempt. Two clear rounds, an impressive dressage test and conformation scores left him in 2nd place overall by only 0.2 marks.
Winner of a pre-novice event class in Ballinamona Equestrian Centre in July scoring a 22 in Dressage.
Delboy is an exceptional mover with a great temperament, extremely brave & honest over a fence. Will go far in the right hands.
Easy to box, clip & shoe.

Videos available upon request:
WhatsApp David on +353851497921

14/08/2023

A lovely write up, thanks Racing Post Bloodstock 🐎

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13/08/2023

What a week for Thistletown Horses with Delboy placing 2nd in the Young Event Horse Series Final at Dublin with David and Thistletown Oldrock Cloe placing 3rd for her owner Peter Dillon and Family in her first 1.15m eventing class at Kilguikey House today. She was also a graduate of the YEH class in Dublin. And just recently Thistletown Escobar, now called King of Clubs was Reserve Champion Riding Horse at the prestigious Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead for Show producer Jayne Ross.

08/04/2023

Homebred Western Walk (Walk In The Park X Western Approaches) wins again today under Michael OSullivan for Jonathan Sweeney. Well done to his owners who purchased him from us as a foal!

20/03/2023

Still utterly in awe at what we witnessed in the Mares’ Hurdle. The strength the de Bromhead family and their entire team have shown in the last six months has been incredible. Sport mirrors life and Honeysuckle channeled that strength today. Never known an atmosphere like it. 🥲

16/11/2022

“Ridiculously easy! Jet Plane makes a mockery of his rivals for and at …”

15/11/2022

29/09/2022

Top cat & WYE AYE , enjoying the sunshine.

16/09/2022

12/09/2022

Joe & WYE AYE off to exercise 🐎

25/08/2022

25/08/2022

24/08/2022

Bonnie at Tullow on Sunday. Champion Broodmare

22/08/2022

Royal Dublin Horse Show 2022 🇮🇪
Irish Draught Stallion Parade

Class 1 Columcille Diamond Boy stepped out for his second time & we couldn’t be more proud of him! 🥰

He will perform tomorrow again in the Stallion Class!

By Grange Bouncer x Derrynagarra Sybil x Classic Vision x Crosstown Dancer blood lines 🍀
Bred in the purple 🍀

Beautifully prepared and handled by David Furlong & ThistleTown Stud.

Drop by to meet him tomorrow alongside Ringside 1! Box 347! 🇮🇪🍀

22/08/2022

Another Rosette winner in Dublin was Thistletown Dinny with his rider Aoife Vaughan. Pictured with me and Eimear. So proud of this little pony that we bred and congrats to Aoife who gave him a brilliant ride.

21/08/2022

Tullow Show 2022
Champion Broodmare

21/08/2022

Dublin 2022

19/08/2022

Another reserve Champion today in the Pembrook Cup, a class for horses that had earlier won their class and were bred by their owners

01/08/2022

Bonnie (Foxglen cruise control (luidam x cruising) won the non-thoroughbred broodmare class she then went & won overall champion broodmare. Her filly foal by Tyson finished second in the filly foal class ⭐️

3yo Gelding by Munther owned/bred by Declan&Ciara Daly won the Three year old Hunter Class and Got reserve champion overall ⭐️ all roads now lead to The RDS for this horse 🐎🤞🏼