Horse Sport Ireland will host their annual 3 and 4-year-old filly, horse and pony loose jumping competition this November. For 2021 we are also including a similar competition for young colts. The aim of these classes is to identify young performance colts and fillies for the future production and classification for breeding and to reward the successful breeders. The classes are open to all DAFM and WBFSH studbook registered colts and fillies. An additional section has been introduced this year for Traditional Irish Horse (TIH) colts. This is being incorporated to assist in the identification of any potential young TIH stallions for potential future breeding in Ireland. A number of the breeding schemes run by Horse Sport Ireland this year has already supported the breeding (ET scheme and TB% Scheme) of TIH foals and the repatriation of TIH Irish performance bloodlines through the Mare upgrade scheme. The TIH loose jumping […]
