November news

7/11/10.
This was our second leg of our Autumn Show jumping league.
Our midi winner was our very own Con Lowney on his own pony Narnia.
Our Maxi winner was Charlie Staunton on his own Jonny be good.

Well done guys, all those lessons are most certainly paying off!!!

A note from John Fox. Teacher of Children on the Autistic Spectrum.

Carton Equestrian Centre has been at the forefront of special needs riding for many years. In my work with the special needs population, I have found equestrian therapy to be of enormous value to them. The owner and manager, Owen Kavanagh has given his time and expertise in ensuring that all abilities are catered for. His staff has been most obliging in all aspects of my involvement with Carton Equestrian. I can’t say enough in how their positive attitude towards the special needs population has benefited the students I work with. If you are willing and interested to get your child involved, so is Carton Equestrian.

October news

The start of our 4 week autumn show jumping league began on Sunday the 17th of October.
Big congratulations to Fiona Egan on Mr.Cob who set an unbeatable time in the midi competition and took 1st place on our leader board.

The maxi competition was won by Our Veteran rider Ken Kavanagh on his own horse Leroy; he meant business and had the fastest time of the whole day.

Well done to all those who competed and good luck to everyone with the rest of the league.

Halloween pony camp :26th-29th of October.

It was great to see such a huge turnout of young enthusiastic jockeys at this year’s pony camp ,all 25 campers rode super all week and were full of equine knowledge by the end of the week.
All their hard work paid off on show dayas everyone rode superb in the competition.
We look forward to seeing you again for our Christmas pony camp.
Dates:28th-31st of December and 4th-7th January.

October showjumping news.
It was definitely a worthwhile event to attend for Sean, our chef d’equipe as he attended Killosery lodge studs 3 day show jumping event, he clocked up many results on a string of horses.
Results for 23/10/10
80cm
2nd place on Tom Cassidy’s Brownstown Princess
3rd place on Owen Kavanaghs Lux be a lady

90cm
1st place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal Diamond Imp
5th place on Tom Cassidy’s Brownstown Princess.

1m
2nd place on Arran Dunne’s Lady Sliver.

Results for 24/10/10
80cm
1st place on Owen Kavanaghs Lux be a lady
3rd place on Tom Cassidy’s Brownstown Princess.

90cm
4th place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal Diamond Imp
5th place on Tom Cassidy’s Brownstown Princess

1m
2nd place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred
1.10m
3rd place on Arran Dunne’s lady Sliver
6th place on Stephen Holland’s Zandor (ridden by Stephen Holland)

Results for 25/10/2010
90cm
3rd place on Tom Cassidy’s Brownstown Princess
4th place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal Diamond Imp
5th place on Owen Kavanaghs Lux be a lady

1m
1st place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred
2nd place on Arran Dunne’s Lady Sliver
1.10m
5th place on Stephen Holland’s Zandor (ridden by Stephen Holland).

Results for Kill champions of the year show jumping event below as follows:
28/10/2010
90cm
4th place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal Diamond Imp

1m
2nd place on Arran Dunne’s Lady Sliver
3rd place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred

1m – 4 yr Old Qualifier
5th place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal Diamond Imp

1.10m
2nd place on Sean Kavanaghs Oakenes Titan
3rd place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred

29/10/2010
1m
2nd place on Arran Dunne’s Lady Sliver
3rd place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred

1m – 4 yr Old Qualifier
2nd place on Zazel McCarthy’s Finsceal diamond imp

1.10m
1st place on Sean Kavanaghs Oakenes Titan
3rd place on Rachel Stafford’s Kilpatrick Fred.
4th – place on Stephen Holland’s Zandor (ridden by Stephen Holland)
31/10/2010
1m
1st place on Arran Dunne’s Lady Sliver

1.10m (Final)
1st place on Sean Kavanaghs Oakenes Titan.

September news

We would like to welcome Gavin Smith,our newest addition to the livery gang on the yard. Gavin’s new pony Amber is settling in great.
Congrats Gavin and all the best of luck with your lovely new pony.

A big happy birthday to Hope Lowney who celebrated her 5th birthday on Sunday the 14th of September.
It was a great birthday party and it was a tough competition but Hopes team managed to win.
Hope’s pony Sunny-boy was definitely a hit with all of her friends.

August. 4th-8th.
The week of the RDS horse show was a very busy one with several of our riders competing there and also our two ponies corkey and clamper who were stabled in there for the week, doing pony rides in the RDS. They could be found beside the bouncing castles in the kids zone.

8th-Our team of 4 riders competed in simmonscourt on the Sunday and out of the 9 teams we were the only team where all 4 riders got double clears.
No result needed to be discarded.

With only two teams in the jump off, one being us, it was down to Sean on Zara to win it for the team and he did.
Well done to the team who won the national team show jumping championships for 2010.It was a huge achievement for the centre.

The team comprised of Sean Kavanagh on Zara, Rachel Stafford on Kilpatrick Fred, Nicola Stafford on Mid west rambler and Stephen Holland on Zandor.
A huge thanks also to everyone who helped out on the day with the preparation, it was definitely a carton team effort!!!

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July.

4th- The 3rd leg of the league.
Midi winner- Con Lowney-Narnia
Maxi winner-Catherine O'Connell-Frieda

6th- Our first show jumping camp of the summer took place with Sean Kavanagh which worked out great. It was an intense week but there was allot to be gained from it. Everyone even managed to get a visit to Cian O'Connor's stables. It was a very exciting competition at the end of the week with all of the young budding show jumpers fighting for first place. Well done to Charlie Staunton and Kaitlyn Nolan who were our over-all winners.


6th- Our first pony camp of the summer took place this week. Pony camp ran every week throughout the summer. There was a great turn-out each week and plenty of enjoyment for all the kids.

11th-Showjumping league final.
A big congratulations to our league winners.
Gavin Smith won the midi league over-all with Amy Moran in a close 2nd place and Con Lowney not far behind in 3rd place.
Aine O'Connell won the maxi league over-all with her sister Catherine lying in 2nd place and Kate Fagan in 3rd..

Congratulations to everyone who got placed and to all those who participated in the league.

June

6th- A bank holiday show was held at the yard, with mini, midi and maxi competitions. There was a great turn-out for the classes.
Our Midi winner was Ruby Morris on ranger and our maxi winner was Arran Dunne on Tufty.
Well done to all the competitors!!

20th-The first of our 4 legs of the show jumping league was held.
Midi winner- Gavin Smith- Olivia
Maxi winner- Charlie Staunton-Jonny be good.

27th-The 2nd leg of the league.
Midi winner-Gavin Smith-Olivia
Maxi winner-Aine O'Connell-Frieda

May

9th- On Sunday the 9th of May after much preparation and training the carton team of Sean Kavanagh, Rachel Stafford ,Nicola Stafford and Stephen Holland managed to win the first and only place representing the west leinster region in the national team championships in the RDS on August the 8th.

The RDS qualifier was held in Coilog and only 3 out of 24 teams managed to get into the jump off. Sean had the fastest time and kept all the poles up.
Well done to the team and also to out second team of Sean and Stephen again, Megan Fleming and Chris Byrne who managed to get 5th place as well.
It was a great result over all.

April -

We had two great weeks of Easter pony camp running form the 30th mar- 2nd April and the 6th-9th of April, both weeks had over 20 enthusiastic children, well done to everyone who attended.

18th-Another beach trip took place with over 15 riders, it was a great day and everyone managed to stay in the saddle.(No accidental swimmers this time)

25th- A certain Mr Cian Smith had his 6th birthday party at the yard. He got the opportunity to show all of his friends how its really done. Happy birthday again Cian.

March

21st- Dunbyrne stud held a riding club event which all of the carton team attended, well done to Kate Fagan who got a double clear but just missed out on time for the placing.
Congrats to Arran Dunne and Orlagh Cronin who managed to get placed in their competitions. Well done guys!!

Sunday February 28th

-Our first Riding club show for 2010.We would like to congratulate Orlagh Cronin as this was her first ever competition(We all know how nerve wrecking this is).

Congratulations to our riders Arran Dunne and Kate Fagan who although missed out on getting placed all made a great attempt and it was a terrific start to the season.

February 21st.
Our first show away to kick off the showjumping season.Our pony riders attended Kill international and rode brilliantly as for some it was their first show.

Results
Gavin Smith-Olivia(4 FAULTS)
• Con Lowney-Narnia(4 FAULTS)
• Tara Delaney-Corkey(8 FAULTS)
• Ruby Morris-Pip(4 FAULTS)
• Rachael Briggs-Ranger(CLEAR)
• Fiona Egan-Mr.Cob(4 FAULTS)

Congratulations everyone who rode and We will keep you posted on their next results.