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Irish Draught. The Irish Draught horse is the national horse breed of Ireland which developed primarily for farm use. Today, they are especially popular for crossing with Thoroughbreds and warmbloods, producing the popular Irish Sport Horses (also called Irish Draught Sport Horses) which excel at the highest levels of eventing and show jumping.
Equus ferus caballus. Mare and foal. The Irish Sport Horse, or Irish Hunter, is an Irish breed of warmblood sporting horse, used mostly for dressage, eventing and show-jumping. It was bred from 1923 by cross-breeding of Irish Draught and Thoroughbred stock. There was some limited intromission of Hanoverian, Selle Français and Trakehner blood ...
The Connemara pony is believed to be a descendant of the Irish Hobby The Irish Draught is also believed to be a descendant of the Irish Hobby The Irish Hobby is an extinct breed of horse developed in Ireland prior to the 13th century. The breed provided foundation bloodlines for several modern horse breeds, including breeds as diverse as the Connemara pony and the Irish Draught. Palfreys were ...
The Garda Mounted Support Unit (Irish: Marcaonad an Gharda Síochaná) is the horseback mounted division of the Garda Síochána. It is part of the Operational Support Unit which provides specialist support to Gardaí nationwide. The Operational Support Unit also includes the Water Support, Dog Support and Air Support units. [citation needed]
Stream Lion. Stream Lion is a mare well known for producing event horses, including four of Bruce Davidson's top mounts. Patricia Nicholson, of Kells, Co.Meath, Ireland, first bought Lady Luck, a mare by the Irish Draught stallion Laughton, from a nearby farm. The mare was about to be sold "to the factory," because she was apparently unable to ...
Pages in category "Horse breeds originating in Ireland". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. List of horse breeds of the British Isles.
Based at Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Foley switched from farming to training after buying an Irish draught horse, later building his own stables. His first winner was at Tramore in January 1988 when Rua Batric won a handicap hurdle at 6–1. He was involved in the training of Danoli, a horse that became popular during the 1990s and earned the ...
Olympic medal record. Equestrian. 2000 Sydney. Individual eventing. Custom Made (May 26, 1985 – October 2, 2019) was an Irish Sport Horse standing 17.1 hands (69 inches, 175 cm) who was ridden by American David O'Connor at the international level in the sport of eventing. [1] Custom Made was foaled in Ireland.