MILLSTREET is celebrating 50 years of hosting equestrian events this year and to celebrate their golden jubilee, the Duggan family has announced a bonanza Millstreet Horse Show (August 16th-20th) with a prize fund of almost €200,000.

“It is a monumental occasion of which we are very proud. In that time, we have welcomed to Cork a myriad of international horse shows, World Cup qualifying events, multiple FEI European Championships for Ponies, Juniors and Young Riders in jumping, eventing and dressage, as well as numerous national horse shows and charity shows for horses and ponies,” said a press release from Millstreet this week.

“Since developing the Drishane cross-country track in 2014, we have proceeded to host a range of integral international eventing fixtures including test events and qualifiers for the Olympic Games, the Irish leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup on two occasions and the only Irish stage of the acclaimed Event Rider Masters series.

“Over the past half a century, Millstreet has maintained its foundation role in the development of young horses, riders, officials and the ongoing ability of the sport to reach new audiences through public attendance, broadcast and live-streaming. A growing list of Olympians, Flat/National Hunt jockeys and European Championship medallists have benefitted from competition experience in the Green Glens Arena while young horse development competitions such as the Young Irelander (3yo), National Discovery (4yo) and Boomerang (6/7yo) are renowned for the graduates that progress through the ranks each year.”

Innovative

The Duggan family stated: “Millstreet has a long tradition of innovative concepts devised to maximise the shop window provided during its events. We are very proud of the role that we have played in the development of Irish equestrian sport and the wider industry over the past 50 years and look forward to sustaining our relationships with Irish riders, owners and producers while continuing to welcome international competitors and prospective purchasers to our equestrian events in the Green Glens Arena. Entries and stabling booking for the 2023 show will open on Wednesday, July 26th.”

Millstreet Horse Show 2023 will feature:

€25,000 Millstreet Boomerang Championship (6/7 yo)

€20,000 Millstreet Ruby Championship (5yo)

€15,000 Millstreet National Discovery Championship (4yo)

€10,000 Millstreet Young Event Horse Championship (4/5yo)

€10,000 Millstreet Young Irelander Championship (3yo)