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22 March 2024

Susan Finnerty on 22 Mar 2024

FEATURE: Cavan calling

Cavan Equestrian Centre was the setting for this week’s Horse Sport Ireland stallion selections. Susan Finnerty looks at the entries

Susan Finnerty

22 March 2024

Connor Swail and Lansdowne, who was presented for Inspection this year, at the European Championships in 2013

Belgium rider Jos Verlooy riding Caracas, who was presented for inspection this year \ Scoopdyga

Vet and Voice: Ned O’Flynn MRCVS and The Irish Field’s Brendan McArdle at last year’s HSI stallion selections at Cavan \ Susan Finnerty

Day Off School: Sophia and Katie Doyle looking after Cloncastle Ambassador’s sash and bridle after the stallion, bred by their father David, was approved as Class 1 at the 2023 inspections \ Susan Finnerty

Setting The Scene: Cavan Equestrian Centre has been the setting for the Horse Sport Ireland stallion selections since 2010 \ Susan Finnerty

Horse Sport Ireland Breeding Department’s Conor Sheridan and Sonja Egan pictured at last year’s selections at Cavan \ Susan Finnerty

“We passed!” Padraig Howley spreads the word after Sligo Cavalier Candy passed Stage 1 at the 2024 inspections \ Susan Finnerty

Five Star: Olive and Ivor Broderick with their five-star stallion Tyson at the 2017 inspections. Tyson’s Kylemore Stud stable companion Womanizer recently joined the five-star ranks too \ Susan Finnerty

BY now, the 2024 Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) selections and last night’s Stallion Showcase at Cavan Equestrian Centre, the site for HSI’s central inspections, will have been completed.

Changes are afoot for the stallion inspections, which this year were made available to a wider audience by live streaming on the Clipmyhorse.tv website. According to Sonja Egan, Head of Breeding, Innovation and Development at Horse Sport Ireland, this feature was introduced to increase exposure.