Show Horses

Half-bred mare with no foal at foot.

Sponsored by Nicholas Falvey Car Sales, Piltown.

Prizes: 1st €125 plus Dick Dalton Perpetual Trophy; 2nd €75; 3rd €50; 4th €40; 5th € 30

Half-bred broodmare with foal at foot.

Sponsored by Castletown Estates.

Prizes: 1st Martin Maher Perpetual Cup, plus €125; 2nd €75; 3rd €50; 4th €40; 5th €30.

Half-bred broodmare and foal. Team prize, Dam 60%, Foal 40%,

sponsored by Castletown Estates.

Prizes: 1st Crosby Perpetual Cup plus €125;
2nd €75; 3rd €50; 4th €40; 5th €30; 6th €30.

R.I.D. Broodmare with or without foal at foot.

Sponsored by Nulty’s Self-Catering Cottages, Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny.

Prizes: 1st €125 plus the Timmy O’Sullivan Perpetual Cup; 2nd €75; 3rd €50.

I.D. Colt Foal Qualifier To:

The Irish Shows Association and Ballinasloe Show Present:
The Nissan Irish Draught Colt Foal championship

Sponsored by : Athlone Main Nissan Dealers

Prize Fund: €2000

Rules and Conditions:

• Entries are confined to I.D Colt Foals progeny of RID stallion and RID Mare.
• Dam’s passports must be produced at qualifying shows and at the final. Foals passports must be produced at the final.
• Foals must be led at all times.
• One foal from selected shows may qualify for final if the judges and the ISA agree the standard is high enough.
  1. Exhibitor must be a member of an Irish draught Horse society Branch
  2. One of the judges at the qualifying show must be from the Irish Draught Horse Society list.
  3. Foals qualified for Final are not eligible to enter any other class at the show.
  4. These rules should be read in conjunction with the Irish Shows Association Rules.

  Entry Fee: To Qualifying Show €10, To Final €20

  Prizes: 1st €1000 & Trophy, 2nd €600, 3rd €175, 4th €100, 5th €75, 6th €50.
  A piece of Crystal will be presented for combination of best turned out horse and most suitably dressed handler.

  Final: Ballinasloe Show – Sunday, 5th October 2008

   

I.D. Colt or Filly foal by R.I.D. stallion ex R.I.D. Mare.

Prizes: 1st €70; 2nd €50; 3rd €30.

The Tullamore Dew Broodmare and Foal
All-Ireland Championship

Sponsored by: Tullamore Dew (for qualifiers only)

Prize Fund: €7,000

Rules & Conditions:

1. Each mare and her foal will be judged as a unit. (60% for the mare and 40% for the foal).
2. Entries are confined to non-thoroughbred broodmares registered in the Irish Horse Register with a foal at foot by an Irish Horse Board approved or Supplementary 1 Stallion
3. One unit only may be selected from each qualifier, provided the judges and the I.S.A. agree that the standard is high enough.
4. The mare’s passport will be inspected before judging commences at both the qualifiers and final. Exhibitors failing to produce a passport will be debarred from competing.
5. All foals must be led at the qualifiers and the final. (Note: Foals are eligible to compete in the open foal classes at the Iverk Show).
6. Each exhibitor may qualify a maximum of two entries for the final.
7. Mares qualified for Final are not eligible to enter any other class at the show.
8. These rules should be read in conjunction with the Irish Shows Association Rules.

Prizes: Champion: Tullamore Dew Trophy, Blanket and €2,540; 2nd €1,000; 3rd €600; 4th €400; 5th €300; 6th €200; 7th to 25th €100 each.

The Irish Shows Association & Ballinasloe Agricultural Show Society Present:
The Gain Colt Foal All-Ireland Championship

Sponsored by: Gain.

Prize Fund €2,000

Rules and Conditions

1. Entries are confined to Colt Foals, the progeny of a Mare and Sire registered in the I.H.R. and by an approved or S1 Stallion or Weatherby’s Non Thoroughbred Register. The dam’s passport must be shown at qualifying shows and the foal’s I.D. Cert at the final.
2. One foal from selected shows may qualify for the final if the judges and the I.S.A. agree the standard is high enough.
3. Foals must be led at all times.
4. Exhibitors to both the qualifier and the final must have the Mare’s passport and Foal’s I.D. Cert ready for inspection prior to entry to the judging ring. Failure to comply with this rule will lead to immediate disqualification.
5. Where a foal is produced by an embryo transfer method, the dam’s passport must bear a declaration dated, stamped and signed by the stallion owner and accredited practitioner. Where AI is used, state the date on which the dam was covered and the name of the stallion.
6. Foals qualified for Final are not eligible to enter any other class at the show.

Prizes: Champion: €800. 2nd €400, 3rd €200, 4th €150, 5th €100, 6th €90, 7th €80, 8th €70, 9th €60, 10th €50.
All other finalists will receive a voucher valued €50. A piece of Crystal will be presented for combination of best turned out horse and most suitably dressed handler.

Final – Ballinasloe Show – Saturday, 4th October 2008

Half-bred colt foals judged in Ring 1.

Sponsored by Tipperary Oil & Joe Crowley, Tullahought.

Prizes: 1st €125; 2nd €100; 3rd €75; 4th €60; 5th €50; 6th €25

Half-bred filly foals judged in Ring 2.

Sponsored by Skelly, O’Sullivan & Co. Carrick-on-Suir.

Prizes: 1st €125; 2nd €100; 3rd €75; 4th €60; 5th €50; 6th €25

Working Hunter Ponies exceeding 143 cms., but under 153 cms., to be ridden by riders under 18 years.

Working Hunter over 133 cms., but not over 143 cms., to be ridden by children under 16 years.

Working Hunter Ponies not exceeding 133 cms., to be ridden by children under 14 years.