Ulster Region pony riders on form at The Meadows
Tough competition at latest leg of Spring Pony Series
The Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan played host to the TRI Equestrian Ulster Region Spring Pony Series on Sunday, March 24.
A great turnout of riders and their equine partners competed in a full range of classes from 128 50cm right up to Children On Horses 1.10m/1.20m, with some very talented combinations taking to the arena.
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Caitie McEvoy was in great form, winning the 128 85cm Under 10 RUAS Balmoral Qualifier on board ‘Tynnan Tuttle Pip’ and placing fourth on ‘Tynan Petal’. Second and third places went to Jack Derwin riding ‘Ginger Rodgers’ and ‘Blue Ivy’ respectively.
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Meanwhile, Alice Steele took the top three places in the 128 1m class with her three mounts, ‘Zulus Dream’, ‘Sparkling Miss Leglands’ and ‘Tynwydd Alun’.
The 138 1m class saw Keeva McElhennon riding ‘Sparkling Nina Lass’ into the top spot, while the 138 1.10m class was won by Cliodhna McEvoy on ‘Etoile Des Chesnaies’.
In the 148 classes, Ted Gibson and ‘Glenarousk Flash Bandit’ won the 1.10m class and the honours in the 1.20m class went to Lily Tunney on ‘OBS Good To Go’.
RESULTS
Sunday, March 24
TRI Equestrian & Ulster Region Spring Pony Series
Horses - Children on Horses / Junior 1m:
=1) Jenna Fitzpatrick Burns’s Causeway Star, Johan Fitzpatrick Burns; Vinnie McCabe’s Charissma, Emily McCabe; Nicole Galbraith’s Marylynn TN, Zac Hanna; Christine McKnight’s Tassagh Sky Doctor, Taylor McKnight.
Children on Horses & Jun 1.10/1.20m:
1) Vinnie McCabe’s Charissma, Emily McCabe; 2) Raymond Farrell’s Oos Zena, Eimear Farrell; 3) Kathryn Mills’s Iceman van Wittenberg, Emma Bratton; 4) Briony Murphy’s Top Tikket, Darragh Murphy; 5) Christine McKnight’s Tassagh Sky Doctor, Taylor McKnight; 6) Nicole Galbraith’s Marylynn TN, Zac Hanna.
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Ponies - 128 50cm:
=1) Claire Green’s Apple Jack (HPA), Kate Green; Mark Wylie’s Dunstone 33, Ronan Wylie; Darren Smyth’s Dycott Fashion Statement, Alyssa Smyth; Jenni Parker’s My Mr Barney B, Cooper McManus; Michael Garrity’s Oatfield Miss Jellybean, Anna Rose Garrity; Pam Moore’s Smokegun, Zara Moore; Ruth Will’s Westmount Double Dip, Ross Will.
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128 60cm:
=1) Jane McBride’s Drominidy Breaker, Lily McBride; Louise Burke’s Drumhass Diamond, Eliza Burke; Mark Wylie’s Dunstone 33, Ronan Wylie; Darren Smyth’s Dycott Fashion Statement, Alyssa Smyth; Shelley Bonten’s Heides Lady’s Boy, Katie McDonald; Jenni Parker’s My Mr Barney B, Cooper McManus; Michael Garrity’s Oatfield Miss Jellybean, Anna Rose Garrity; Michael Garrity’s Rosegate Mayfly, Anna Rose Garrity; Pam Moore’s Smokegun, Zara Moore; Tina Rouke’s Super Cinnamon, Miley Ella Jo Rouke; Ruth Will’s Westmount Double Dip, Ross Will.
128 70cm:
=1) Joanne Morton’s Aghaderg Stepping Delight, Tim Morton; Joanne Morton’s Blueoak Bonnie, Tim Morton; Shane Gallagher’s Borderview Myles, Amelia Gallagher; Charlene Little’s Carnlea Bambino, Clara Little; Louise Burke’s Drumhass Diamond, Eliza Burke; Ballymagan Equine’s Irish Stout, Harry Kelly; Darren Smyth’s MHS Nutcracker, Alyssa Smyth; Gareth Barkley’s Penanns Smurf, Perrie Barkley; Cali O'Donnell’s Pixie Lix, Tara Arbuckle; Simone Murphy’s Reggie Spartacus, Oliver Murphy; Michael Garrity’s Rosegate Mayfly, Anna Rose Garrity; Rosie Arbuckle’s Serge (JC), Nuala Arbuckle; Tina Rouke’s Super Cinnamon, Miley Ella Jo Rouke; Kendra McElhennon’s Treworgan Chiff-Chaff, Tegan Mulgrew; Wade McGinley’s Woodside Jasper HPA, Winter Lily McGinley.
128 80cm:
=1) Pat Fitzgerald’s Adamswood Tickety Boo, Liam Fitzgerald; Melissa Kelly’s Belgrove Beauty, Gracie Kelly; Charlene Little’s Carnlea Bambino, Clara Little; Justin Muldoon’s Cointreau Fizz, Éabha Muldoon; Ballymagan Equine’s Helas Babe, Harry Kelly; Darren Smyth’s MHS Nutcracker, Alyssa Smyth; Ballymagan Equine’s Paris, Harry Kelly; Joanne Morton’s Parkhill Crackerjack, Tim Morton; Gareth Barkley’s Penanns Smurf, Perrie Barkley; Cali O'Donnell’s Pixie Lix, Tara Arbuckle; Janette Baxter’s Sparkling Class Act, Ellie Baxter; Adrian O’Keeffe’s The Candy Stripe Man, Bobby O’Keeffe; Kendra McElhennon’s Treworgan Chiff-Chaff, Tegan Mulgrew; Wade McGinley’s Woodside Jasper HPA, Winter Lily McGinley; Pat Fitzgerald’s WPBR Parcglas Super Max, Jack Fitzgerald.
128 85cm Under 10 RUAS Balmoral Qualifier:
1) Martin McEvoy’s Tynnan Tuttle Pip, Caitie McEvoy; 2) Jim Derwin’s Ginger Rodgers, Jack Derwin; 3) Jim Derwin’s Blue Ivy, Jack Derwin; 4) Martin McEvoy’s Tynan Petal, Caitie McEvoy; 5) Michael Garrity’s Boreton Cherokee, Anna Rose Garrity; 6) Melissa Kelly’s Belgrove Beauty, Gracie Kelly.
128 90cm:
1) Martin McEvoy’s Tynnan Tuttle Pip, Caitie McEvoy; 2) Ronan McLaughlin’s Linde Hoeve's Ricardo, Khloe McLaughlin; 3) Lisa Hannaway’s Lucky Number (pi), Megan Hannaway; 4) Alex McDonald’s Barryroe Prince William, Katie McDonald; 5) Janine Mulgrew’s Bluebell (SJI), Tegan Mulgrew; 6) Victoria Steele’s Tynwydd Alun, Alice Steele.
128 1m:
1) Victoria Steele’s Zulus Dream, Alice Steele; 2) Victoria Steele’s Sparkling Miss Leglands, Alice Steele; 3) Victoria Steele’s Tynwydd Alun, Alice Steele; 4) Ballymagan Equine’s Diamond's Sunshine, Liam H Kelly; 5) Gabriel Tunney’s Bronheulog Limited Edition, Elsie Tunney; 6) Christina Keehan’s Puddles the Pony, Eva Carey.
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138 80cm:
=1) Lisa Hannaway’s Aghanores Christopher Robin, Megan Hannaway; Vivian Hamill’s Aille Misty, Emma Hamill; Katrina Savage’s Ballyerk Cassy, Holly Savage; Martin McEvoy’s Blueoak Sophia, Cliodhna McEvoy; Deirdre Cronin’s Creggan Belle, Moya Cronin; Nicole Galbraith’s Cynbrook Heiress, Zac Hanna; Paul Quinn’s EQ Little Lucky, Eabha Quinn; Nicole Galbraith’s Highburren Cameron, Zac Hanna; Kerry Jennings’s Hurricane CR, Jessica Jennings; Kelly Galbraith’s Sam's Secret, Rebecca Coulter; Kendra McElhennon’s Whitehill Bella, Keeva McElhennon.
138 90cm:
=1) Lynda Pike’s Ardkill Bobby Blue, Sarah Pike; Hazel Trimble’s Ballynagilly Claire Belle, Elizabeth Millar; Martin McEvoy’s Blueoak Sophia, Cliodhna McEvoy; Nicole Galbraith’s Cynbrook Heiress, Zac Hanna; Kilian Coyle’s Lisnadrisha Friday, Daragh Coyle; Martin & Tracy Kelly’s Lurganmore Little Rocket, Eunan Kelly; Kelly Galbraith’s Sam's Secret, Rebecca Coulter; Alwena Nelson’s Sparkling Taylor Maid, Charlotte Nelson; Mandy Johnston’s Two Socks ID, Katie McDonald.
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138 1m:
1) Kendra McElhennon’s Sparkling Nina Lass, Keeva McElhennon; 2) Kilian Coyle’s Arabella III, Daragh Coyle; 3) Kilian Coyle’s Lisnadrisha Friday, Daragh Coyle; 4) Orlaith O'Hagan’s Micky Blue Eyes, Harriet O’Hagan; 5) Justin Muldoon’s Hubba Bubba, Éabha Muldoon; 6) Alwena Nelson’s Sparkling Taylor Maid, Charlotte Nelson.
138 1.10m:
1) Martin McEvoy’s Etoile Des Chesnaies, Cliodhna McEvoy; 2) Justin Muldoon’s Hubba Bubba, Éabha Muldoon; 3) Kilian Coyle’s Arabella III, Daragh Coyle; 4) Sharon Margey’s Sparkling Kiowa Moon, Sara Margey.
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148 80cm:
=1) Sharon Margey’s Bohola Hero (CP), Sara Margey; Shaun Brennan’s BSH Golden Boy, Éabha Brennan; Heather Funston’s Carstown Golden Splash, Hannah MacCombe-Funston; Amanda Lynch’s Derryvane Bracken, Lily Kelly; Michael Garrity’s Diamond Smiles, Cara Garrity; Samantha Smyth’s Lynncot Lord Saphire, Zara Smyth; David Leslie Maneely’s Shanvey Doonard Delight, Emily Maneely; Alyson Dixon’s Sliabh Bán Rosie, Asya Dixon; Gareth Barkley’s Sully (HPA), Taylor Barkley.
148 90cm:
=1) Roy Arthur’s Berryburn Shooting Star, Hannah MacCombe-Funston; Ann Galvin’s Blueoak Lux, Peter Morton; Shaun Brennan’s BSH Golden Boy, Éabha Brennan; Ronan McLaughlin’s Gal-Way Girl, Sarah McLaughlin; Kilian Coyle’s Grainmór Princess, Daragh Coyle; Gillian Sloan’s Irish Lassie, Sophie Sloan; Martin McEvoy’s Juno Uno, Cliodhna McEvoy; Rachael Brown’s Lisnagardy Rambler, Lily Brown; Louise Moore’s My Mucker Man, Kayla O’Donnell; Kathy McGillie’s Rickamore Carlie, Laura Stanfield; Lisa McGeady’s Robyn’s April Song, Abbie-Rose McGeady; Alyson Dixon’s Sliabh Bán Rosie, Asya Dixon; Sparkling Equine’s Sparkling Avalon Radisson, Adam Adair.
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148 1m:
=1) Jackie Short’s Ariel JSB, Sophie Boyce; Michael Garrity’s Ballygarris Bui, Cara Garrity; Ann Galvin’s Blueoak Shelby, Peter Morton; Katrina Savage’s Coffee Luke Thunder, Megan Savage; Dominic Rice’s Cornhill Rose, Helen Rice; Kathy McGillie’s Derrylough Lorna, Laura Stanfield; Ronan McLaughlin’s Gal-Way Girl, Sarah McLaughlin; Gillian Sloan’s Irish Lassie, Sophie Sloan; Louise Moore’s My Mucker Man, Kayla O’Donnell; Lisa McGeady’s Robyn’s April Song, Abbie-Rose McGeady; John Savage’s The Only Grey In The Village, Libby Savage.
148 1.10m:
1) Edna Gamble’s Glenarousk Flash Bandit, Ted Gibson; 2) Dominic Rice’s Cornhill Rose, Helen Rice; 3) Amanda Lynch’s Derryvane Belle, Zoie Dobbins; 4) Lisa McGeady’s Annaghmore Boomahontas, Abbie-Rose McGeady; 5) Jenna Fitzpatrick Burns’s Kinamara Dun Boy, Johan Fitzpatrick Burns; 6) Aldyth Roulston & Tracey Kelly’s Castlehill Cheeky Boy, Zara-Jane Kelly.
148 1.20m:
1) Maurice Devlin’s OBS Good To Go, Lily Tunney; 2) Joanne Morton’s Ferro Firework, Peter Morton; 3) Maurice Devlin’s Hillfield Bay, Lily Tunney.