Summer Hall of Fame!

We have seen an incredible streak of successes by our liveries, riding club members and coaching clients this summer. From Dressage Ireland to riding club to pony club our riders of all ages have been so impressive.

Spruce Lodge Classic

This two day show saw great success for Lorna with her two horses. DBS Oisinn took third place in the medium championship with DBS Second Chance taking sixth.

In the freestyle dressage to music, DBS Oisinn won the elementary with 73% while DBS Second chance took first place in the medium with an amazing 74%

AIRC Championships

At the Association of Irish Riding Clubs Dressage Championships our little riding club really punched above it’s weight

Suzanne Conroy is the new P1 national champion. Suzanne and her horse Tilly won by over 10 percent after an incredible performance across two tests.

Myriam and Beau took fourth place in the Novice championships a great result in a very competitive class.

Rachel and Leo placed fifth in the P3 competition - the judges liked Leo as much as we do.

Lorna took third and fourth place in the medium championship with Sammy and Oisin.

Lynn and Joe competed in her first P2 championship with some super scores while Michelle and Star competed in the P2 class.

Our Dunbyrne Riding Club team took third place overall from a field of 18 teams. The team, made up of Suzanne, Lynn, Myriam and Lorna were thrilled with their podium finish.

Pony Club Qualifiers

Multi talented Sive and Ollie, already qualified for the pony club eventing championships decided to turn their hand to show jumping. They have qualified for the 1.10 show jumping championships on what was their first ever attempt at the height!

Leinster Dressage Summer League Final

Myriam and Beau had an incredible result at this league final. They took second place in the preliminary and novice league and also won the Treo Eile award for best TB in the preliminary and novice league. Incredible results from consistent performers.

Lynn did her first EVER Dressage Ireland competition. She did a fantastic job with black beauty Joe and got over 66% to win the unregistered preliminary. Lynn’s two daughters took first place in their trailblazer classes too which mean a lovely hat trick of three red rosettes for the family.

Lorna and Oisinn were third in the elementary league and she also took home second place in the medium league with Sammy.

Dunbyrne Stud Livery & coaching

We believe in managing happy horses through a daily and consistent routine. Our livery horses enjoy daily turnout, huge deep beds and good quality haylage and feed.

Our BHS and HSI qualified coaches use systematic training based on the FEI training scales to bring out the best in horses and riders of all levels.

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!