Portmore hosts RUAS Balmoral Horse Qualifier
Competitors out to book their place to jump at Balmoral Show
Portmore Equestrian Centre, Aghalee held RUAS Balmoral Horse Qualifier on St Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17.
There was a good turnout of competitors hoping to book their place to jump in the main arena at Balmoral Show in May!
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Emma O’Dwyer rode ‘Carrickview Emerald K’ to win the 1.35m qualifier, while Lucy Morton was on top form, winning both the Five-year-old qualifier with ‘Jungfrau Du Thot’ and the Six-/ Seven-year-old qualifier with ‘Tra Houston’. The final qualifier was for Amateurs and it was won in fine style by Caitlin Duffy riding ‘Jockeyhall Midas Touch’.
RESULTS
Sunday, March 17
Portmore RUAS Balmoral Horse Qualifier
Horses - 1.35m Qualifier:
1) Emma O’Dwyer Heather Blair’s Carrickview Emerald K, Emma O’Dwyer; 2) Heather Blair’s X-Flow Lightyear 2, Harrison Blair; 3) Quality Sport Horses’s Kruser DHH, Dylan Ward; 4) Joanne Morton’s Blueoak Legaland, Abby Morton; 5) Lisa Rosbotham’s Lotus Van 'T Nachtegalehof, Joshua Lynch; 6) Gabriel Tunney’s Flexible Flight, Lily Tunney.
Five-year-old Qualifier:
1) Hibernia Horses Ltd’s Jungfrau Du Thot, Lucy Morton; 2) Vincent Burton’s Drumrankin Ebony, Olivia Roulston; 3) Glenn Martin’s Ballyheerin Bay Beauty, Ellie Rose Martin; 4) Kenneth Graham’s Lenamore Hey Boy, Kenneth Graham; 5) Casey Phair’s Long Way From The White Hill, Casey Phair; 6) Hibernia Horses Ltd’s Jessie De St Jean, Abby Morton.
Six-/ Seven-year-old Qualifier Handicap:
1) Ann Galvin’s Tra Houston, Lucy Morton; 2) Emma O’Dwyer Heather Blair’s Dougie Drea, Emma O’Dwyer; 3) Vincent Burton’s Drumrankin Dignity, Olivia Roulston; 4) Joanne Gibson’s Frankly Freda, Joshua Lynch; 5) Regula Wassmer’s Belmondo, Megan McGettigan; 6) Zoe Harvey’s Mullabrack Sir Knight, Ronald Morton.
Amateur Qualifier:
1) Anita Duffy’s Jockeyhall Midas Touch, Caitlin Duffy; 2) Taryn McClurkin’s Innocense, Taryn McClurkin; 3) Lyndsay Barnett’s Tullyhill Lucy Diamond, Ava Stubbs; 4) Vanessa Sweeney’s Woodbank Clover, Vanessa Sweeney; 5) Megan Nelson’s Fancy Trend, Megan Nelson; 6) Naomi McCavana’s Ferro Charm, Naomi McCavana.