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Scarteen Short Format Event

Monday 22nd June 2009, 16:30

A fine day and a challenging but fair track met those who made the journey to Scarteen for what was billed as the perfect warm-up for the upcoming Pony Club Horse Trials series.

This was the second Short Format event to be held at Scarteen and the format looks to be going down well with competitors with riders performing a standard P.C. Dressage test followed by a derby jumping round. As well as attempting to keep the fences intact, riders were aware of the Style mark (max. 20) which was awarded by renowned P.C. instructor Jill Moran.

Sole Members competitor Leo Dooley from the Warrington Branch picked up no penalties in the jumping phase and completed on a score of 154pts.

The Intermediate class was hotly contested but problems for dressage leader Siobhán Schous in the jumping phase dropped her into second place with Cahir based Emma Meaghar taking the top position for the Tipperary Hunt Branch with “Clonmore CC”.

Eophan Robson and “Lily Ma’chello” from the Clare branch impressed the judges to take  pole position in the Junior section, ahead of fellow Clare member Maebh Jacob with her own “Jimmy”.

The feedback received by the organisers to date has been positive and a second Short Format Event is being considered for later on in the season. To find out more, visit our “Derby Track” page or email scarteenshortformat@topmail.ie

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Future Event Horse League Qualifier I

Sunday 12th July 2009, 15:10

Stars shine through the rain

All the professionals turned up for the first of the FEHL Qualifiers at Chris and Sue Ryan’s popular Scarteen venue last week. True to form of previous years, the heavens remained open for all of the four-year old classes but could not detract from the eye-catching performances of the youngsters.

Gone are the days of multiple eliminations and bar the derby rails on top of a bank, clear rounds would have been in abundance. Louise Codd, now running her own yard as well as riding Alice and Barry Kehoe’s Westwinds event horses, won the opener riding Ballycreen Milord.

The King’s Master gelding, purchased by Sally Parkyn to go eventing for her friend Helen White, now residing in the U.K. finished 10 marks ahead of Sassy Cassy, a mare by Cascaletto St Ghyvan ridden by James O’ Haire, with the good looking Ghareeb gelding Spring Galaxy, ridden by Jo Dudley, in third place.

Competition was much hotter in the second section of the four-year-olds where the first four home finished within three marks of each other. Claire Connors’ owned, ridden and bred Grange Bouncer mare Bally Bouncer won the class from Dervor Lad (by Harlequin du Carel), ridden by Louise Codd, with Chief Sensation (by Red Navajo), with Claire Lambert in the saddle, taking third place.

Seamus Hayes gave an outstanding display of jumping in the first section of the five-year-old class on June Burgess’s Over the Vee. Combined with the leading dressage mark, the Ard Onio gelding went on to win the class from CAFRE Golden Eclipse (by Aldato) – one of Katie O’ Sullivan’s four rides of the day and equally impressive over the fences, with Sarah Ennis producing the only clear round inside the time taking third place, riding Stellor Rebound (by VDL Ricochet).

There was an impressive line-up in the second section of the five-year-old class where last year’s league winners Mary Kehoe and OBOS Kristoff led the field. David McCann’s newcomer to the FEHL circuit but already a winner under EI Rules, Bosun (by Cruising), ridden by Claire Gilna, came second with John Bannon and Remax Royal Touch (by Touchdown) in third place.

                                                                                              Mary Davison (as published in “The Irish Farmer’s Journal,” Thursday 9th July)

Future Event Horse League Qualifier II

Saturday 12th September 2009, 22:21

Codd enjoys Hercules Victory

“That stile is a pain in the neck!” said commentator and host Chris Ryan echoing, in more moderate language, the thoughts of most riders on Wednesday as the Future Event Horse League returned to Scarteen for the second time this season.

Coming up as fence four, the stile was certainly the bogey fence on the four year old track and out of the 23 starters, only the first 3 in the results and the unplaced Lost Laugh Lewis managed to achieve the maximum 144 points for jumping.

The Ryan family had hoped for near perfect ground conditions for this qualifier but heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday nights put paid to those aspirations. However, the Derby arena held up well and the decision to transfer the dressage arenas into another field paid dividends as, although they weren’t perfectly level, horses were not bogged down.

With just one qualifier remaining, Neville Jessop’s home-bred Sallymount Oscar has the four-year old league tied up but the Oinri Jackson ridden Condios gelding had to settle for third place here on 302.4.

Ridden for owner/breeder Alice Kehoe by Louise Codd, the Ramiro B gelding Westwinds Hercules had let connections and supporters down in the main arena at Dublin but impressed in the derby arena on Wednesday and completed on a score of 312 points. Jo Dudley took second place on Kieran Furlong’s Rosheen Diamond Imp whose total of 303.6 was helped by his “winning” ridden display mark of 90.

The 2008 League champion OBOS Kristoff is bidding for a double but has only four points in hand over Stellor Rebound who missed this week’s qualifier where Mary Kehoe’s bay gelding was well ahead after the ridden display with 97 points. Even with two fences down, the son of OBOS Quality 004 still held a good margin at the finish (347.2) over Jimmy Fanning’s Anjo Lucky Clover (327.8).

By Clover Echo out of a Huntingfield Rebel mare and bred in Co. Antrim by Patricia McKinney, Anjo Lucky Clover produced the only clear round in the five-year old section. The grey gelding was partnered by English rider Camilla Kear who is based at Scarteen.

John Bannon was back safe and sound from his South African horseback safari to partner his own Remax Royal Touch into third place, the black Touchdown mare finishing on the same score as the runner-up.

It was certainly a red letter day for Oldcastle’s Nicky Galligan who landed the RDS young rider’s speed Derby qualifier on his first attempt at anything competitive other than hunt chasing and hunter trialling.

Galligan, who is soon to commence on a foundation degree in equine management at CAFRE in Enniskillen, was riding the six-year old Beggy’s Gold on whom he was clear in 136.44, some way ahead of the second-placed Pleasant Cherry Blaze (Madeline Roberts Allen) who also came home without jumping penalties in 145.75.

Beggy’s Gold, a chestnut gelding by Ard Ohio, was evented last year by Kim Dalrymple, from whom Galligan bought the horse two months ago having hunted him over the winter. While delighted to have the chance of receiving training, riding in the main arena at the RDS won’t be a new experience for Galligan as he was on the Ballymacad team which won the Equestrian Direct Sales Hunt Chase at the Dublin Horse Show earlier in the month.

When the action ended on Wednesday, the hunting-mad 18 year-old, who also went home with over €400 in cash, was given a tour of the Scarteen kennels by Master Chris Ryan. It was a busy few days for the Ryan family as the Black and Tans held their Puppy Show the previous Friday.

Margie McLoone (as published in “The Irish Field,” Saturday 29th August)

USPC Eventing Grand Prix Trip 2009 - Scarteen Visit

Sunday 16th August 2009, 09:50

In August 2009, the United States Pony Club gave Preliminary riders from across the USA the chance to win a trip to Ireland that would take in the historical and cultural sites as well as give members a chance to explore and discover what goes into taking an Irish horse from grass roots to Olympic level. As part of their trip, they visited Scarteen where Chris brought them on an adventure around the banks and ditches of the farm. Find out more about the USPC here and view the video of their Scarteen escapades here.