Bumper Christmas Eve edition
THE Irish Field’s bumper Christmas Eve edition will be in shops on Wednesday, December 24th. Running to 112 pages, it will include racecards and racing previews for December 26th-27th, entries for the entire Christmas/New Year period in Ireland, reviews of the racing year at home and abroad. Irish Horse World will feature an exclusive interview with Irish Olympic event rider Aoife Clark, plus 18 pages of equestrian sporting highlights from 2025.
Stepping Stones to Success
league dates for 2026
THE 2026 Stepping Stones to Success League will kick off on Wednesday, April 1st at Wexford Equestrian and run until the final on Wednesday, April 29th. The league will take place across five weeks, all Wednesdays except the viewing day which will take place on Tuesday, April 21st. The league will run four classes; the Childeric Saddles four-year-old event class, the Childeric Saddles five-year-old event class, the Doagh Equestrian event pony class and the Treo Eile TB event horse class.
FEI pony measuring 2026
FEI pony measuring sessions will take place on Wednesday, January 21st and Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 in Cavan Equestrian Centre. FEI pony owners should note that only one Irish FEI measuring session will take place in 2026 and should ensure that their ponies are presented for measuring if needed. All ponies must be FEI registered through Horse Sport Ireland for 2026 in order to apply for measuring. All ponies wishing to compete in FEI competitions in 2026 must also be FEI measured.
Eventing Ireland launches
Plusvital Spring Series
EVENTING Ireland has partnered with Plusvital to run the Plusvital Spring Series, a nationwide training and competition programme taking place throughout January and February 2026. Designed to promote the sport of eventing and welcome new participants, the series will feature a sequence of combined training competitions, with classes ranging from 80cm to 115cm. Points accumulated throughout the series will contribute to overall national standings, with competitors’ top five results counting towards their league score. The league is open to everyone - you do not need an EI Membership to compete, but you do need to be on the EI database as a web-only (free) member in order to make entries.
The league kicks off with two venues - The Meadows and Hollypark - on January 17th and runs through until February 28th with the final two rounds taking place at CoilÓg and Hollypark.