Our liveries and showjumping coaching clients have excelled at a recent interschools competition at Coilog
AIRC National Championships Here We come!
Wow - what a day we had yesterday! Dunbyrne riding Club - small and mighty!!
We had two teams representing us at the AIRC West Leinster dressage qualifiers at Redhils which is amazing for a small club.
Team Navy (Myriam, Evin, Suzanne and Lorna) took second place in what was an extremely close finish! With twelve teams entered for the qualifier this performance has earned them qualification for the Association of Irish Riding Clubs National Championships!
Team Orange (Blanaid, Michelle, Anna Marie, Sophie) took fifth place
Blanaids super performance in the P1 qualifier earned her second place while Suzanne and Tilly took third
Lynn did her first ever P2 test and smashed it with over 71% and third place qualifying her for the individual championships in a very tough class!
Anna Marie and Pixie were sixth in the P3 class.
Myriam and Evin were amazing in the N class taking 2nd and 5th place.
Lorna was 2nd and 3rd in the M class.
All our prize winners took home super prizes from Foran Equine and Carr-Day Martin
Myriam had the best day as she was also presented with a gorgeous AYU rug for her league win! She and Beau have had an incredible season
We are still on a high after such a lovely day out and making plans to enjoy our day out at the national championships!
Summer Livery available!
Summer has finally arrived! Our livery is perfect for enabling you to enjoy your horse in the Summer weather.
Owners live onsite here at Dunbyrne so we have no strict opening or closing hours. This makes it ideal for you to enjoy those long bright evenings without any time constraints
Our huge stables are well ventilated and airy.
We have our onsite all weather sand gallops and our hacking trails with cross country elements. Perfect for unwinding with a hack after work or preparing for eventing.
Coilog is just five minutes drive away and we are less than 30 minutes from Redhills / JAG. Why not get out and enjoy those summer competitions?
Heading on holiday? No problem. If your horse is also having a break they can relax in our capable hands or you can upgrade to exercise livery (hacking / lunging / flatwork) to keep them ticking over so that they are ready to go again when you are.
Working towards a goal? Our onsite coaches can help you to achieve your goals through systematic training.
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Dunbyrne Riding Club success At AIRC Autumn Leagues
The West Leinster region of riding clubs awarded prizes last week to combinations placed in the Autumn showjumping and dressage leagues.
We would like to say a huge congratulations to Dunbyrne Riding C|ub member Lynn Cadogan. Lynn and her black gelding Shooting Star Joe won the primary showjumping and dressage leagues. This was an incredible achievement especially given it was the first league Lynn has ever done.
Lynn a absolutely defines everything we aim to train at Dunbyrne - constant learning and development, hard work, dedication and a healthy attitude to competition.
Suzanne Conroy also did well in the riding club dressage league. Suzanne and her mare Tilly only joined Dunbyrne riding club this year and have come on so much in terms of confidence and ability. They took second place in the primary dressage league.
Anna Marie Curry and her mare Ely Pixie placed third in the intermediate league. This is always such a big and competitive class but their consistent performances earned them a podium finish.
In the showjumping Ciara Geraghty took third place in the sportsmans with her mare Flo. This was a brilliant result in what was their first ever league together. This is a new partnership and Ciara and Flo are proving to be a wonderful match.
Congratulations also to Myriam Bunter one of our liveries who placed second in the advanced intermediate dressage league with Star of Rubykan (aka Beau). Myriam joined us initially as a showjumper / eventer but she has absolutely caught the dressage bug since joining Dunbyrne and we are delighted to see her progressing in both riding club and Dressage Ireland.
Dunbyrne Riding Club is based at Dunbyrne Equestrian in Co. Kildare. We welcome like minded new members who like to enjoy their horses. To enquire, email dunbyrnestud@gmail.com
Full Livery Available
We have space available from next week at our courtyard stables.
Full livery includes:
One of our huge well ventilated courtyard stables with automatic water and a full deep shavings bed with thick banks.
Daily mucking out and fresh shavings twice a week
Top quality feed and haylage fed to your horse twice daily with no extra charges for adding supplements of your choice to the PM feed.
Daily individual turnout into individual paddocks. Turnout is daily even in Winter and we maintain our paddocks to ensure horses have a few hours out with their head down eating grass and getting a good dose of doctor green rather than just standing in mud.
Access to all facilities including the 50 * 70m all weather arenas, the 4.5 furlong sand gallops and the wooded hacking trails. We have off road hacking onsite and on road hacking just outside the gates. We haver a number of cross country fences in the woods and have just built our new water fence.
Horse box parking
Covered washbay
Access to secure tack room (with hot water on tap no extra charge) and heated rug room
Access to our onsite BHS qualified instructors at competitive rates for training in dressage, showjumping or eventing.
Access to the yard when you need it - we have no set opening or closing hours because we live onsite and can accommodate the needs of our liveries. This is perfect for competition where liveries may need to leave early or come back late.
Exercising available with our team at very reasonable rates to ensure peace of mind for liveries when they cannot make it to the yard due to holidays or work commitments
Professionally qualified groom onsite for clipping at competitive rates.
August Adventures for #teamdunbyrnestud
Its hard to believe its already August - Summer has been flying! Our #teamdunbyrnestud members have been making the most of it.
Sive has started her eventing campaign with Ollie (Political Diamond). These are a new partnership and they have become a wonderful team. They have been competing on the pony club eventing circuit where they achieved their first championship MER this weekend at Kilguilkey!
Lorna and Lynn travelled to Mullingar on Sunday for the AIRC dressage championships. Lynn was competing with Shooting Star Joe in the primary championships - at her third ever dressage competition. Lynn has put huge efforts in this year to train show jumper Joe to also enjoy the dressage ring. Her efforts paid off and she scored an incredible 73+% in one of her tests! Lynn finished third overall and hasn’t stopped smiling since!
Lorna and DBS Second Chance (Sammy) took on their first ever advanced open championship. Trained by our BHSI Ross O Hare they were thrilled to get a personal best score at this level and take home third place overall.
We love seeing riders set and achieve goals. If you have your own horse and would enjoy some training here or at your own venue, pop us an email!
Out and about with #teamdunbyrnestud
Our #teamdunbyrnestud members have had a busy few weeks enjoying various activities
Four riders took on the eventing championships at Killossery at the end of June. Huge congratulations to Sophie O Grady and Frisco Lad (aka Leo) who took second place in their class finishing on their dressage score!
Last weekend Roisin, Eileen, Laura and Caoimhe headed to Coilog for SJi and had some lovely clear rounds between them.
Sive had Ollie at pony club camp in Coilog last week and they placed second in their showjumping class!
We had squad training in Coilog last week also where six riders worked on their course jumping technique.
Lorna and Sammy headed to Dressage Ireland and earned two qualifying scores for the championships
Its lovely seeing everyone out and about enjoying their animals and the good weather. Hopefully lots of summer adventures to come.
Looking for Livery? Ten reasons to join #teamdunbyrnestud
Are you looking for livery? Here are ten reasons to join #teamdunbyrnestud on livery today :
We offer huge courtyard stables with deep warm shavings beds providing the ultimate comfort for your horse
We supply top quality haylage and feed twice a day as part of our full stabled livery package
Horses are turned out daily in individual paddocks with secure fencing. Horses are still relaxed as they can see other horses beside them and this turnout is much safer than group turnout especially when horses and ponies are wearing a full set of shoes.
Our yard owners live onsite so our opening hours are flexible. We never restrict our liveries with set hours so if you need to head off early morning somewhere or are running late from work there is no need to worry.
We have a huge livery arena (this is dedicated to liveries and is entirely separate from the onsite riding school). The size of our arena allows liveries to ride when our coaches are running lessons so there is no need to plan your riding around someone else’s lessons or arena bookings.
BHS and HSI qualified coaches onsite providing training at competitive rates
We are less than thirty minutes from JAG / Redhills / Greenogue / Emerald and just ten minutes from Coilog so Leinster competition venues are close by.
We have a heated rug room with storage for liveries. This is ideal on cold or damp days as you can hang up your rug while you ride so its nice and warm when it goes back on your horse.
We have a 4.5 furlong all weather sand gallops which is exclusively for our liveries to use. This leads on to our onsite wooded hacking trails and is ideal for hacking, fittening work, eventing preparation or even just a break from the arena.
We are lucky to have a lovely bunch of existing clients who are positive and enthusiastic. We enjoy taking part as a group in competing on and offsite and in social activities. Our liveries take part in a wealth of disciplines from eventing to dressage.
To arrange a yard visit and enquire about joining our team - please email dunbyrnestud@gmail.com
March of many Disciplines
After the success of our show last week, this weekend proved also to be busy for our riders. Best of all the were able to enjoy it without wind and rain!
Laura Kavanagh and Aoife Harrington travelled to Annaharvey to take part in the hunter trials with their ponies Bobby and Milkway. They had great fun enjoying their ponies in the sun and Aoife now has the cross country bug and is looking forward to more.
Emma, Rebecca and Lorna travelled to Killossery to take part in Dressage Ireland. Emma and Ruben and Rebecca and Honey took part in the preliminary class. Emma and Ruben are working hard on developing as a team together with some great marks showing potential. It is hard to believe that Rebecca, a full time BHS student with Dunbyrne, and her horse Honey have competed in just three dressage shows ever! Their partnership shone through this weekend as they earned impressive scores of 67% and 69% taking home fifth and second place.
Lorna and Sammy (DBS Second Chance) competed in the elementary classes. They had a great day taking home first and third place in their classes.
We are always delighted to see our riders out enjoying their sport and look forward to see what the next few weeks bring.
No Fair Weather Riders at Dunbyrne's St. Patricks Weekend Show
At Dunbyrne Equestrian we are a family run riding school and livery yard based at the foot of the hill of Allen. We held our St Patricks weekend show on Saturday the 16th March and were delighted with the high level of turnout in spite of very wet weather.
Our riding school clients enjoyed the show on board our Dunbyrne Equestrian horses and ponies while our livery clients joined in on their own mounts. Eight show jumping classes took place allowing riders to showcase their skills over fences. This event was an ideal opportunity for our AIRE approved riding school clients to show what they had learned from onsite BHS qualified instructors Tara Hyland and Kia Anglin. Over sixty riders took part many of whom looked very festive in St. Patrick’s day themed dress.
The assisted cross poles class allowed younger and less experienced riders their first taste of competition assisted by experienced leaders. The cross poles class gave riders a chance to have a solo run over fences while the 40-50cm class challenged riders with a course of twelve fences including a double, a turnback and a dogs leg. Riders stepped up to the mark with many impressive clear rounds in each class and a lucky dip decided who took home the coveted Dunbyrne trophies.
The sixty centimetre class was the first to include timing against the clock for the second half of the track to determine results. It proved to be very exciting as riders fought to beat the fastest time cheered on by spectators. Just three riders managed a double clear with impressive times. Top of the class was local rider Jessica McBride. Jessica has ridden in Dunbyrne riding school for many years and she and DBS Magic really were magic as they stopped the clock at 48.99 seconds to win the class. Second and third place went to fellow riding school riders Sophia Manning who competed with DBS Merrylegs and Ellie Moore who competed with DBS Rolo.
The seventy, eighty and ninety centimetre classes allowed the more experienced riders and the DBS Tailblazers to showcase their skills. Tailblazers is a weekly coaching academy run at Dunbyrne by BHS & HSI coach Lorna O’Hare to teach competition skills to under eighteens with their own horse or pony. In the seventy centimetre class riding school member Thomas Cruise really was top gun as he took on the course and rode a double clear at his first show on board Jumanji. This class was won by DBS Tailblazer Sive Murphy and her pony Cooper (Whats It All About). Sive gave a display of jumping against the clock with some very tight turns to cross the finish in 38.64 seconds. The eighty centimetre class was very kindly sponsored by John Davitt director of local construction business Davtech (www.davtech.ie) . It was only fitting that John’s daughters did him proud in this class. Niamh Davitt and Clonmore Bailey stopped the clock at 34.08 delivering the fastest clear round of the day! Second place went to her sister Sinead Davitt on board Killelton Starlight.
An eighty centimetre pairs relay class in which riders competed against the clock jumping six fences each provided great entertainment for spectators. Just two pairs completed the track with clear rounds. The fastest of these proved to be Sive Murphy and Caoimhe Sullivan who flew around on board their ponies Cooper and Judy to win the class less than a second ahead of Caitlin Harrington and Tabitha Walsh in second place. The final class of the day was the ninety centimetre class which was sponsored by Horseware and well supported. The course took it’s toll and just two of the nine riders who competed managed to complete it without any faults. Sinead Davitt had a foot perfect round in a very good time of 36.83 to claim first place with her mare Killelton Starlight. Zara Logan was delighted to finish with a clear round and take second place in this class at her first show on board her pony Prince.
Dunbyrne Equestrian would like to thank all who attended and supported this show, Michelle Davitt for managing entries, Helena Coffey for giving up a day to scribe, John Davitt (Davtech) and Horseware for sponsorship, Ross O’Hare for course building and judging and yard manager Kia Anglin and her team for running such an enjoyable day.
No Slacking November
Forget no stirrups November - what we have got here is no slacking November! The weather has turned, leaves are falling, the evenings are dark and yet we have been so impressed by the dedication of our clients to continue to work hard with their horses and improve.
Halloween Pony Camp
We had our Halloween Camp from the 30th October to the 2nd November. This was our biggest camp ever with over 30 attendees! Thank you to our instructors - Tara, Rebecca, Samantha, Mary and our team for making it the success that it was.
Pony Club Halloween Show
On Friday the 2nd November a group of DBS Tail Blazers went to Coilog with Lorna for the Newcastle Lyons Pony Club Halloween Show. This group of riders really excelled on the day and did Dunbyrne Proud! Zara, Caoimhe, Sive, Sinead and Ella gave it socks in the jump off against the clock earning well deserved rosettes. it was Caoimhe’s first ever pony club show and her pony Judy was on flying form. Zara and Ella were on new mounts and are on the way to growing successful partnerships with them. Laura and Bobby took on the fences in the biggest class with great confidence. Thank you to Newcastle Lyons for a great show.
Riding Club Autumn league success
Our riding club members have been knocking it out of the park in terms of results lately and have turned into a real group of show jumpers and dressage divas. We were delighted to see how well our club was represented in the final results of both the Dressage and Showjumping West Leinster Autumn leagues.
Michelle Davitt, second place in the primary showjumping league
Cailey bergin sixth place in the primary showjumping league
Tori Cummins Kennedy sixth place in the advanced primary league
Susanne Walsh second place in the primary dressage league
Deirdre Doyle sixth in the primary dressage league
Mary Wade winner of the intermediate dressage league
Miia Pekkala fifth place advanced intermediate dressage league
Lorna O’Hare winner open dressage league.
Well done everyone! Great to see the hard work paying off. Well done also to Emma Downey second in the open league, Emma trains with Ross O’Hare and has put huge efforts into her training this year.
We look forward to seeing their riders collect their prizes at the Regional awards night later on in the month. We have sponsored a lesson with Ross and lesson with Lorna at Dunbyrne as prizes for the raffle on the night and Lorna (Equestrian Reality) will present an prize sponsored by Clippers Ireland to the best dressed human on the night
Dressage Ireland success
Orla Harrington and her four year old Othello set out to compete this Autumn with the goal of qualifying for the Dressage Ireland Winter Finals at Cavan in April. In just two shows, one of which was in some pretty horrific weather conditions this pair nailed it and have achieved their qualifying scores to earn them a place in the preliminary finals. They will work now towards Novice over the winter training with Ross - what a brilliant start to Othellos dressage career.
Grid Work Sessions
Ross our BHSI has started running grid work sessions at 2pm on a Saturday. These sessions use grids to help riders to gain confidence in their show jumping and progress over height. Starting at 80cm and working upwards during the hour these grid work sessions are open to our liveries, our riding club members and also to anyone who wishes to travel to us to take part. Just contact us at dunbyrnestud@gmail.com to get involved!
Livery Available!
Summer livery!
We are delighted to be able to offer some spaces in our stable court yard for livery this Summer. We have the following services available from the first of June. Whether you and your horse need a change of scene, some schooling or a makeover - we can cover it.
Full livery:
Full livery allows your horse to live in one of our spacious stables in the courtyard with a deep shavings bed. High quality feed twice a day, haylage three times a day, daily mucking out and fresh shavings twice a week are included. We do daily turnout into individual paddocks where horses can enjoy the summer weather and grass.
Liveries can enjoy facilities such as our 70 * 50m all weather arena, sand gallops and wooded hacking trail, cross country field, secure tack room, free horsebox parking and heated rug room. We have an onsite riding school but this is housed in a separate tack room, arena and stable barn.
We live onsite so the stable yard has no restriction on opening hours for livery clients. We also have a BHSI and two HSI coaches onsite for all of your training needs. Our riding club Dunbyrne Riding Club is based around the yard and is ideal for the amateur competitor.
Schooling, exercise and Holiday livery:
Going on holidays? Tied up with work commitments? Need a break?
If you need someone to look after your horse while you are away or when you are busy, book in for holiday, schooling or exercise livery. Your horse will enjoy all of the benefits of full livery plus you can select to have them exercised by the team, schooled by our BHSI or groomed, trimmed and pampered by our BHS qualified groom. Come back to a well mannered horse who looks fabulous. *prices vary based on options selected
Coaching Livery:
Are you working towards a specific competition or championships? Our BHSI has trained clients to championship level in Dressage Ireland, Eventing Ireland, Showing, Pony Club and Riding Livery. Coaching livery allows you to train with our BHSI several times a week while on livery to maximise your performance.
To talk to us about any of these livery options please call 0858059529 / 0862222440 or email dunbyrnestud@gmail.com