MEMBERS of Clonshire Riding Club were delighted to qualify to ride at the Dublin Horse Show in August last Sunday.
The team of four lady riders qualified for the final of the Horseware Team Show Jumping Championship which will be held at the Dublin Horse Show, after they won the West Midlands qualifier on Sunday.
Ten teams, representing eight clubs lined out at Gurteen College in Tipperary where after the opening round just three teams were tied on one-time penalty each. The line-out included Mill Road, Rock of Cashel club and eventual winners, Clonshire Riding Club.
The winning team of Fiona O’Rourke riding her chesnut mare Clonshire Hope, Mary Danaher aboard Cornelius Maximus, Ashling Lenane riding Mr Maverick and Lisa Wills riding her mare Clonshire Faith were delighted with their win and are now greatly looking forward to competing at the RDS.
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Interestingly, three of the four horses on the team are half-siblings. Mr Maverick, Clonshire Faith and Clonshire Hope are all related – as they were bred from the same mare, named Chole, and bred at Clonshire Equestrian Centre, Adare, Co Limerick.
Clonshire Riding Club will join teams from Corrib, Earls Well, Ross House and Winterdown in the final in August at the Dublin Horse Show.