THE 2024 Mervue Equine Leinster Tour was launched recently at Karlswood Stables and the opening round will take place in Barnadown on May 10th-12th.

This year, the tour will consist of 11 rounds, along with the final at Mullingar on August 9th-11th.

This is the ninth successive year that Mervue Equine and the SJI Leinster region have joined together as generous sponsors of the popular Leinster Summer Tour.

Over €50,000 is on offer throughout this series, along with league prizes, a young rider bursary and an opportunity for the tour winners to visit Karlswood Stables.

The tour, which has 1.10m, 1.20m and 1.35m classes, has proved very popular with riders.

Sponsored by Mervue Equine for the last nine years, the tour boasts lucrative prize funds. In the 1.35m section, the winning horse/rider combination of the tour will take home €2,000 and the runner up will take home €1,000, while the winning Young Rider will win the coveted Ballywalter Farm Bursary with international rider Bertram Allen. In the 1.20m and 1.10m sections, the winning horse/rider combination will take home €1,000, while the runner-up will win €500. There are also great prizes on offer for the leading young riders and Pro-Ams.

Speaking ahead of the start of the league, Michael Phillips, Mervue Equine Irish Sales Manager said: “We are delighted to be launching the Mervue Equine Leinster Summer Tour 2024 here in the wonderful surroundings of Karlswood. It’s fantastic to support all riders across the industry. Our sponsorship of this series for the past nine years continues to be a highlight of the Mervue Equine calendar of events in Ireland.

“As this summer series goes from strength to strength each year with the support of competitors and Showjumping Ireland, it is a great opportunity for Mervue to showcase our BETA NOPS certified nutritional supplements, which are manufactured in our state-of-the-art facility in Cork.

“On behalf of the Mervue Equine team and myself, I would like to wish all competitors and those involved the very best in this year’s tour.”