March 01st, 2009
Amaretto D'Arco and Shane Sweetnam. Other team members for the Nation's Cup included Richie Moloney with Triviant, Darragh Kerins on Night Train, and Kevin Babington on Souvenir.
February 28th, 2009
Top Three Teams in The Nation's Cup
February 28, 2009: With the help of Shane Sweetnam on Spy Coast Farm's Amaretto D'Arco, Ireland took second at Nations' Cup in Wellington, Florida. Ireland tied with Britain finishing with just one fault separating them from the Canadian winners.
Shane and Amaretto D'Arco, with a great performance, produced a clear round first time out and collected only four faults in the Cup's second round.
Ireland's Irish Team Manager Robert Splaine said afterwards: 'We did not go into this competition as favorites, and indeed I was here mainly to assess the performance of our US-based riders for later in the year, but the team produced a truly excellent result against some top opposition. At the end we tied with the British team and even the US team trailed us by four penalty points."
Ireland and Britain both finished with a total of 16 faults, with a strongly favored Canadian team lifting the Nations' Cup trophy with 15 faults. The USA ended up in fourth place with 20 faults.
February 04th, 2009
Julia Lourie on Werly Chin de Muze
Julia has been having a great season. Vivaldi was double clear in the SJHOF High Junior Jumper Classic and ended up fourth in the class Week 3. And to top it off Julia and Markus placed 2nd in the Medal class the same day. Werly Chin de Muze, Julia's new jumper was double clear and placed 5th in the Low Junior Jumpers during week 2. Tanavelle, another new mount, was clear in Low Junior Jumpers speed class and placed 10th in Week 2.
February 03rd, 2009
The jumpers are on fire with Shane Sweetham.
- Victor III won the 1.40m speed challenge during week 2.
- Una Donja won the 1.45m jumpers, week 2 (picture above).
- Tangelo Z won the 6 Year Old jumpers jump-off class week 2.
- SCF Culper won the 6 Year Old speed class, week 2.
- Sienna won the 1.40m speed class week 3.
- Tangelo Z placed 2nd in the 6 Year Old Championship Qualifier class, week 3.
- Rolette placed 2nd in the 1.50m Classic, week 3.
- Little Emir placed 4th in the 1.50m Classic, week 3.
- SCF Culper placed 2nd in the 6 Year Old speed class, week 4
February 03rd, 2009
Sienna & Kaitlin Campbell placed 2nd in the High Jr. Jumper Power & Speed, week 2 (picture above) and Think Twice & Richard Maloney placed 6th in the 1.50m Classic, week 3.