September news:

1st leg of Autumn league:

Midi winner- Con Lowney (Sparkey)
Adult class - Stephen Holland(Ameer)
Maxi winner -Charlie Staunton(Jonny)

2nd leg of Autumn league:

Midi winner- Aaron Kearns(Max)
Adult class- Stephen Holland ( Ameer)
Maxi winner- Aaron Kearns( Max)

August news:

The RDS ran from the 3rd-7th. It was a very busy week because aswell as Sean competing we also had Molly and Clamper in doing the pony rides.

There was a huge crowd each morning to ride the ponies, they were definitely in huge demand.

Sean competed on the Wednesday and Friday and had two lovely clear rounds both days. He finished up in the top 12 with Newgrange Lady.

It was a successful week all round and we had great help from all of our liveries and the yard kids helping with the pony rides. A huge thank you to all.

13th- Sean ran another boot camp this week and this week he really put riders to the test by doing a puissance (photos to follow). Well done to our final winner Charlie Staunton on Jonny and to Kaitlyn Nolan on Zara who was a very close 2nd.

21st- We held our leg of the Carton Kilrainey challenge. It was a huge success with great food from our caterers, a brilliant commentator and a huge turn out. Well done to Kilrainey riders who were placed 1st and a huge congrats to our 6 teams who all got into the jump off and we were placed 2nd,3rd,4th,5th and 6th.

We have set dates for our Autumen Showjumping League:

18th,25th,2nd October(final)

There will be mini, midi, pre-midi(adult only) and maxi.

A leaderboard will be place in the office e each week.

We hope to see all of our competitors here as there are great trophies and prizes to be won ay the final.

July news:
Pony camp ran every week throughout the month with some new and some old faces returning each week.

We would like to welcome back a particularly old face to the yard who due to the leaving cert and study commitments had to take a years break. Katie Twyford-Long has been with us for over 7 years and it is always a pleasure to welcome back old customers.

The South county Dublin hunt show took place in Coilog which was a great weekend for everyone. Sean won the opening 1.10 speed stakes on Rachels Kilpatrick Fred on the friday.

Stephen was 2nd in the 1.10 young rider division on Saturday.

Sunday was a very busy day for everyone as all of our junior team competed as well. Congrats to Cian Smith on competing at his very first show and Hope Lowney. The pair will soon overtake their older brothers in the saddle.

Well done to Gavin Smith who was a busy man riding that day and also Con Lowney, Aaron Kearns and Kailtyn Nolan.

To top the day off Sean was placed 2nd in the 1.05 speed class on Kilpatrick Fred and Stephen won the 1.05 young rider divisions on his own Zandor.

It was brilliant to see such a huge support for team Carton at this event.

We would also like to congratulate our newest addition to the Kavanagh show jumpers; Ms Rachel Kavanagh who attended her first show on Clamper this July. She is doing brilliant and it is only a matter of time before she passes out Sean.

June news:

The summer had officially began in the stables with some of the gang leasing ponies out while on their holidays.
We are also going to Kill each week with the junior team if anyone is interested in competing.

June showjumping news
11th,12th, 13th- Mullingar 2* International show took place. Sean won the 1m class on the saturday with Kilpatrick Fred. He also qualified Newgrange lady for the 4 year old international final.

Stephen was placed 2nd in the 1m class on the Sunday. He also qualified for the 1m final on the Monday.

Final results: Sean was placed 7th out of 36 4 year old horses competing in the internationally judged competition. This was Newgrange ladys first 4 year old competition.

Stephen won the 1m final on the Monday which had over 40 competitors all trying to win the generous prize money, rug and crystal. Well done Stephen and we will have photos to follow.

25th- Sean managed to qualify his and Arran Dunne’s 4 year old mare Newgrange Lady into the 4 year old class in the RDS.

This will make the RDS week even more exciting and we hope to see everyone there.

May news:
2nd- The whole Carton gang attended an Interyards challenge in Kilrainey equestrian which was a long but enjoyable day. There was 22 teams in total, 10 representing Carton. For some of our riders it was their first ever show so a big congrats to all who competed. It was an exciting jump off to watch and Kilrainey took 1st place while Carton came 2nd and 4th.
It is getting very close to summer now so keep an eye out for show dates and information on the RDS week.

April news:
Our Easter pony camp was held both weeks of the holidays . We hope everyone who attended had as much fun as we had.
Also we would like to say a big happy birthday to Orlagh Braun who had her birthday party at the yard. It was a great day and the cake was even better!!
We would also like to give a big welcome to our newest addition to the Carton liveries; Sinead Bailey who has recently purchased a lovely mare named Lily. We wish you all the best of luck with her Sinead and look forward to seeing the two of you progress together.
Another new addition to the yard is Bell Donnas foal who was born on the 23rd of April (photos to follow).

March news:
Our St Patricks day show was held on Sunday the 20th. Upon much interest we decided to run an adults only pre-midi class which went down very well . Our new arrival to the yard Shane Duffy managed to take the leading trophy for this new class on Tyler.
Well done to all those who won and received placings.

February news:
6th- Our second beach ride was held due to the keen interest.
22nd-25th- Our mid-term pony camp commenced with a great turn out we also ran our boot camp with chef d’equipe Sean which was quite challenging but a worth while week for all of the gang, and there was a trip to the forest as well which was an enjoying day out.

January '11 news:
Happy New year everyone and a busy one it will be with all of our events coming up.
23rd- Congratulations to Rachael Briggs who won our midi competition and brought home a well deserved trophy.
Also Congratulations to Aine O’Connell on her own pony Freda who won the maxi class, it was very close in time between 1st and 2nd but Aine bet her own sister in order to gain the cup.
It was a great day had by all and thanks to everyone for their support and help with preparation.
30th- Our first beach ride of the year kicked off with great success and a huge turnout. We had no jockeys swimming this time!!!

December news:
Our annual Christmas show has been postponed until the 23rd of January due to weather conditions. We look forward to seeing everyone.We would like to wish all of our customers a Happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing everyone in the New year.
We are excited about our newest arrival to the yard who only came this month. The kingdom(louie) is a new horse which Sean has purchased with Irish International rider Cian O’Connor ,this is a new venture for the pair and we look forward to seeing them compete.
In the same week we also said farewell to our Leading competition horse Zara who was sold to Holland. It was a shame to see her go but we have been informed that we is currently on the leader board in several Grand Prix classes abroad. We wish her new owner the best of luck and we will be monitoring her success.
Please keep a close eye on dates to be announced for beach rides and shows.