Final RDS places decided as qualifiers go down to the wire at Meadows EC

An air of optimism came to the Meadows recently as athletes from all over the island of Ireland travelled to the Lurgan complex for the final qualifier for pony, children on horses and young rider classes for the 2017 Dublin Horse Show, annually staged by the Royal Dublin Society.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jul 2017, 10:00 BST
Updated 12th Sep 2017, 12:08 BST
Rosalie Biedron riding LVS Wizard, winners of the 1.25/1.30 YR QualifierRosalie Biedron riding LVS Wizard, winners of the 1.25/1.30 YR Qualifier
Rosalie Biedron riding LVS Wizard, winners of the 1.25/1.30 YR Qualifier

Having a busy day, local riders Hugo McAlpine and Niamh McEvoy booked their placed in the pony finals later this summer.

McAlpine with his mother Cariad’s ‘Loughnatousa Ron) [148 1.30m] and ‘Drumcashel Little Legend’ in the popular 1486/7 Year Old qualifier. Booking her ticket Niamh also qualified her mother Maeve’s ‘Glenford Clausa’ in the 138 1.20 qualifier.

Sunday saw the turn of the young adults, as the young rider categories were decided. Under the watchful eye of RDS appointed designer Aaron McCusker, riders were tested to the max to make sure those getting their hands on the coveted entries forms were truly deserved recipients.

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Meadhbh Mealiff riding Plamas (HSI), winners of the 1.10/1.15m YR QualifierMeadhbh Mealiff riding Plamas (HSI), winners of the 1.10/1.15m YR Qualifier
Meadhbh Mealiff riding Plamas (HSI), winners of the 1.10/1.15m YR Qualifier

Results

Saturday 1st July

Pony RDS Qualifier

148 RDS Qualifier: 1, Joseph M Sharkey’s Whos Arco (Cora Sharkey); 2, Michael Doyle’s Slaney Capitalist Cruise (Ruairi Aylward); 3, Claire Crawford’s Ardfry Skye (Pataire Crawford); 4, Foleys Ponys’s More Clover (Jason Foley); 5, Tony Carrabine’s Sligo Little James (Cian Goggins); 6, Cariad McAlpine’s Loughnatousa Ron (Hugo McAlpine).

Ryan Sweetnam riding Never Last Spartacus, winners of the 138cm QualifierRyan Sweetnam riding Never Last Spartacus, winners of the 138cm Qualifier
Ryan Sweetnam riding Never Last Spartacus, winners of the 138cm Qualifier

138 RDS Qualifier: 1, Jeremy Sweetnam’s Never Last Spartacus (Ryan Sweetnam); 2, Diarmuid O’Sullivan’s Triplicate (Roisin O Sullivan); 3, Ronan McLaughlin’s Mentos Lara (John McEntee); 4, Maeve McEvoy’s Glenford Clausa (CPBS) (Niamh McEvoy); 5, Oliver McVeigh’s Lily Clover (Ellen Thompson); 6, Jonathan Reape’s Seapatrick Total Eclipse (Aaron John Killoran).

128 RDS Qualifier: 1, Clare Hughes’s My Little Shadow (Marta Hughes Bravo); 2, Michael Murphy’s Taggarts Express (Lauren Murphy); 3, Michael O’Connell’s Hes a touch of magic (Zuwena Barrett); 4, Kate Wachman’s Little Ceaser (Alice Wachman); 5, Marjorie Dunne’s Wingland Heloise (Leo Dunne ); 6, Annette Fitzgerald’s Knockmenagh Rocco (Sarah Fitzgerald).

148 6/7 Year Old RDS Qualifier: 1, Shane Hawkins`s Mount Ross Sprinter (James Connors Smyth); 2, John Hegarty’s Parkroe Dundee (Robyn Moran); 3, Miguel Bravo’s MHS Limited Edition (Molly Hughes Bravo); 4, Christine Harte’s Rosies Bay (David Fleming); 5, Cariad Mcalpine’s Drumcashel Little Legend (Hugo McAlpine); 6, Sonya Brennan’s Little Smithe (Cornelius Brennan).

Sunday 2nd July

Jenny Rankin riding Beech Hill Lucia, winners of the 1.35/1.40m YR QualifierJenny Rankin riding Beech Hill Lucia, winners of the 1.35/1.40m YR Qualifier
Jenny Rankin riding Beech Hill Lucia, winners of the 1.35/1.40m YR Qualifier

Children On Horses and Young Rider RDS Qualifiers

1.10/1.15m Young Rider RDS Qualifier: 1, Jim S Bolger’s Plamas (HSI) (Meadhbh Mealiff); 2, Kay Foley’s Moos (Sean Foley ); 3, Denise Prendergast’s Daffodils Flower Power (Grace Mchugh); 4, Pat Sharkey’s Hollypark Boom Boom (Tim Macdonagh); 5, John McDermott’s Kyleen Bouncer (Michael Roche); 6, Susan Sweetnam’s One And Only Spartacus (Abbie Sweetnam).

1.35/1.40m Young Rider RDS Qualifier: 1, Deirdre Bourns’s Beech Hill Lucia (Jenny Rankin); 2, Hannah Patterson’s Daberlina M (Hannah Patterson); 3, Clive Cathers’s Ping Ball (Jonathan Smyth); 4, Jackie Lee’s Hollypark Galloway (Tim Macdonagh); 5, Michael Byrne’s King Diego (Michaeli Ann Byrne); 6, Pat Prendergast’s belfields captain (Ciaran Nallon).

1.15m Children On Horse RDS Qualifier: 1, Sue Magnier’s Cesha Old (Max Wachman); 2, Paul Boyle’s Delton (Lucy Morton); 3, Esther Trenier’s Royana De Clairias (Lewis Trenier); 4, Ronan Mclaughlin’s eager-blue (Emma Jane McCloskey); 5, Marion Hughes’s HHS Inspiration (John McEntee); 6, Helen Harty’s Young Limerick (Natalie Larkin).

Max Wachman riding Cesha Old, winners of the 1.10m/1.15m Children on horsesMax Wachman riding Cesha Old, winners of the 1.10m/1.15m Children on horses
Max Wachman riding Cesha Old, winners of the 1.10m/1.15m Children on horses

1.25/1.30m Young Rider RDS Qualifier: 1, Gretchen Biedron’s LVS Wizard (Rosalie Biedron); 2, Kathryn Duffy’s Seaspray (Aisling Duffy); 3, Paul Murphy’s Exelsoir Van De Noordheuvel (Stephen Murphy); 4, Danny Keogh’s Coral Du Carel (Dan Geaney); 5, Liam Mc Alinden’s Knockash Galanta (Daniel McAlinden); 6, Ann Connors’s Lantino 31 (Nicholas D Connors).