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BALMORAL QUALIFIERS: Ryan fills quota at Meadows qualifier
Margie McLoone
Diarmuid Ryan qualified his maximum of two horses for Balmoral’s four and five-year-old performance Irish Draught final at The Meadows last weekend
6 March 2026 Reports
BALMORAL QUALIFIERS: Eye-catching entries show star quality
Catherine Abbott judged the Star of the Future classes at The Meadows and commented on the ‘really nice horses’, who ‘more or less placed themselves’
20 February 2026 News
NEWS: Carter elected chair of AIRC
Chris Carter is the new chairman of the Association of Irish Riding Clubs, while Horse Sport Ireland opens its National Breeding Services schemes
AROUND THE COUNTRY: Gleaming hunters rewarded
Glenallen Homes continued its sponsorship of the best turned-out horse award in each of the hunter and ladies’ astride classes at Balmoral Show
30 May 2025 Reports
NEWS: Balmoral basks in the sunshine
There were more Irish judges, there were small changes to the running order while qualifiers were held for many classes
23 May 2025 News
PICTURE DESK: Balmoral Show 2025
There were some fabulous photos captured at the 2025 Balmoral Show
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: Hero provides McMahon with supreme honours
The four-year-old Irish Draught gelding Tulcon Hero provided a happy ending to Balmoral for husband and wife William McMahon and Grace Maxwell Murphy
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: Dunard Blue proves his worth
Ben Rainey and Monbeg Dunard Blue won the five-year-old Balmoral Star of the Future Performance and Championship
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: Curran wins on 'one in a million' pony
Amira Curran scored a Connemara ridden and working hunter championship double at Balmoral with Caherpuca Chappy
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: Roche writes another Fairytale
John Roche’s Assagart Fairytale was crowned the champion broodmare at Balmoral Show
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: PSNI presence at Balmoral
PSNI officers handing out flyers at Balmoral made reference to large number of young people involved in equestrian and the need for their welfare to be safeguarded in all instances
23 May 2025 Reports
BALMORAL SHOW: Smyth/Gibson land championship double
Margie McLoone rounds up the results from the 156th Balmoral Show
23 May 2025 Reports