ESI Ali (ISH) sold to Nassar

THE eight-year-old Irish Sport Horse ESI Ali has been sold and will be seen in the future under the saddle of Egypt’s Nayel Nassar. Bred at Ennisnag Stud in Co Kilkenny, the gelding is by Stakkato Gold out of the Tygo mare Adelheid, and has been produced through the ranks by Seamus Hughes Kennedy who last weekend became the new Young Rider European Champion.

This year alone, the pair won an Under 25 class at the five-star Saut Hermes show in Paris, as well as the two-star Grands Prix in Balmoral and Sentower Park.

“Nayel Nassar is going to be competing him, he recently won the million dollar Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows. He is gone to a good yard and we wish them all the best with him,” Hughes Kennedy told The Irish Field.

IHWT horse stocks

THE Irish Horse Welfare Trust is asking for the public’s help in purchasing a horse stocks. Sharon Power of the IHWT said: “We really need to purchase a horse stocks to help keep horses and staff safe during veterinary treatments, mare scanning etc.” You can help with donations via https://www.facebook.com/donate/685836940067494/ or visit the IHWT website donations at www.ihwt.ie/donations

Vote for your Star of the Month

DON’t forget to vote for The Irish Field/Gain Equine Nutrition Star of the Month for June. The nominees are the Irish show jumping team, Shane Breen, Emily Turkington and Rhys Williams. Visit www.theirishfield/star to vote. Voting closes at midnight on July 27th.

Answer our survey on prize money

ARE you satisfied with the level of prize money in equestrian sport in Ireland, or do you feel riders and yards need more support? We want to hear your feedback on the industry, if improvements can be made and how to do so. Please fill out the confidential survey by visiting www.theirishfield.ie.

Irish Horse Board reception

THE Irish Horse Board is today (Saturday) hosting a reception to honour the excellence in Irish equestrianism and specifically the tremendous achievements of the Irish Junior and Young Rider medal winners from last weekend’s FEI Youth Show Jumping European Championships – including athletes, breeder, producers and all who contributed.

The reception is taking place at HHS Horse Show in Kilkenny today (Saturday) at 4pm.

Pacino Amiro earnings

PACINO Amiro’s major Grand Prix win last weekend has catapulted the Irish-bred into Hippomundo’s top-10 show jumping horses rankings. Bred by Simon Scott, the Pacino gelding and Bertram Allen’s €100,000 prize money from the A Coruña leg of the Global Champions Tour places the Donegal-bred in seventh place in the current rankings.

The 19th-ranked James Kann Kruz (Kannan x Cruising) bred by Patrick Connolly, is another Irish Sport Horse in the Hippomundo top-20.

Cavan Elite Foal Sale viewing day

CAVAN Equestrian is hosting its Elite Foal Viewing and Selection Day for Cavan’s Elite Foal Sale on Tuesday, July 25th. Judges are Tiernan Gill and Stuart Clarke and bookings are closed.

Foals not selected to take part in the Elite Foal Auction will have the opportunity to take part in the Premier Foal auction as part of Cavan’s Youngstock Sale on September 23rd.

DAFM launches microchip checker

THE Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. has announced a new online portal that allows members of the public to check, in real time, whether an equine is recorded on the central equine database.

Explaining how this facility will assist the equine sector, the Minister stated: “This initiative is in keeping with my commitment under the Programme for Government to enhance equine traceability to better support equine welfare.

“The chip checker portal delivers a number of benefits consistent with this goal whether it is allowing vets to view food-chain status, prospective buyers to verify identity or assisting with the tracing of lost or stolen animals.”

The equine chip checker can be found at https://EquineChipCheck.agriculture.gov.ie and allows visitors to check whether an equine UELN or an equine microchip number is valid. Successful searches will return non-personal information including the breed, gender, colour, approximate age and food chain status of the animal, as recorded on the DAFM central equine database.