West Cork Riding Club

31/08/2026

Well done East Cork 🦄🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🍾🍾🍾👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Connolly's RED MILLS AIRC National Dressage Championships
Team Championship

1st East Cork Riding Club
2nd Killcarrick Riding Club
3rd Tara Hill Riding Club
4th Cill Dara Riding Club
5th Mosstown Riding Club
6th Foxborough Riding Cheval Riding Club

Photo Credit: Horse Sport Images

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14/08/2026

📣Flat work clinic with Irish Grand Prix Dressage rider Sorrell Klatzko📣

📅 Sunday 20th September 2026
📍 Tullineaskey Equestrian Centre
🦄 Opened to the South West Region
🙏🏻Supported by Assoc of Irish Riding Clubs busary

Entries open 2nd September 2026 and close 16th September 2026.

Entries via Its Plain Sailing:
https://www.itsplainsailing.com/org/wcrc

West Cork Riding Club

07/07/2026

01/07/2026

Huge congratulations to all the teams and individual riders who competed at the AIRC South West Connolly's RED MILLS Dressage Qualifier last weekend 👏🐴

The qualified riders and horse combinations will now go forward to the final at Mullingar Equestrian Centre on 30th August — we wish them all the very best of luck! 🍀

Photo: .sport.images
Read more and see who qualified here 👉https://airc.ie/east-cork-riding-club-secure-south-west-dressage-qualifier-victory/

29/06/2026

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29/06/2026

🏆What a fantastic day at yesterday’s South West Region Dressage Qualifiers! 🏆

A huge thank you to everyone who competed and helped make the day such a success. It was wonderful to see so many riders, horses, and supporters enjoying a great day’s competition.

Congratulations to East Cork Riding Club, who won yesterday’s Team Qualifier and have secured their place at the Nationals in Mullingar. We wish them the very best of luck.

Team Qualifier Results:
1st – East Cork Riding Club
2nd – Knocknamana Country Riding Club
3rd – South West Riding Club
4th – Highland Lodge Riding Club – The Trotters
5th – Highland Lodge Riding Club – The Piaffers
6th – Glengarriff Riding Club

Non-Qualifier Team Results:
1st – Lismore Riding Club
2nd – West Cork Riding Club
3rd – Earls Well Riding Club
4th – Knocknamana Country Riding Club

A very special thank you to everyone who helped organise the event and volunteered their time throughout the day. Events like these simply wouldn’t happen without your dedication.

Special thanks to Skorie , Niamh McAuliffe, Caitlin Steele, Síle Scanlon, Ruth Hegarty, and Michelle Mockler. Your hard work, commitment, and support were outstanding and very much appreciated.

A special mention also goes to Mary and Gay, who kept everyone well fed and watered throughout the day with tea, coffee, delicious baked goods, and sandwiches. Your warm hospitality was greatly appreciated by everyone.

Thank you to Skevanish Equestrian for the use of the venue.

A sincere thank you also to Connolly's RED MILLS for generously sponsoring the prizes for our winning team.

Finally, congratulations to all our competitors on some excellent performances.

We look forward to seeing East Cork Riding Club represent the South West Region at the Nationals in Mullingar. Best of luck!

AIRC South West Assoc of Irish Riding Clubs

25/06/2026

✨South West Region Dressage Qualifiers Information and Schedule✨

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone on Sunday!

📊 Entries
59 Individual Overall Entries
6 Team Qualifier Entries

📱 Results & Test Times
We will be using Skorie to publish all test times and results.

⏰ Arena Times
Arena 2 kicks off at 9:30am
Arena 1 and Arena 3 will start at 10:00am

Arena 3 will be located indoors, with the warm-up for Arena 3 situated adjacent to it.

📋 Times & Arena Locations
A link to all times will be provided below. Please ensure you know your test time and arena location before arrival. We recommend allowing sufficient time for check-in, tack checks, warm-up, and getting to your arena.

🎩 Hat Tagging & Tack Checks
Hat tagging and tack checks will be conducted on the day. Please ensure you have read and complied with all rules and guidelines before arrival.
If your hat is not already tagged, it will be tagged during inspection.

🙏 Thank You to Our Sponsors & Supporters
A special thank you to Connolly's RED MILLS for generously sponsoring prizes for our winning team.

Thank you also to Skorie for providing such an intuitive system for competitors, supporters, and organisers.

Thank you to Skevanish Equestrian Centre for use of a superb venue and facilities! South West Riding Club

🙏 A Quick Thank You
We have a higher volume of entries this year and greatly appreciate your patience and cooperation throughout the day.

☕ Refreshments
Tea, coffee, sandwiches, and a selection of baked goods will be available on-site.

❓ Need Help?
If you have any queries before the day, please contact our PRO, Sarah Sexton, through the West Cork Riding Club Facebook or Instagram pages.

On the day, if you need any assistance, please come and find Sarah Sexton, Niamh McAuliffe or Niamh Smyth – we will be happy to help.

🔗 Times Link
https://ride.skor.ie/event/starttimes/Vjjkc/

If anyone is available to volunteer on the day, please let us know.

We wish everyone the very best of luck and look forward to a fantastic day of competition!

Assoc of Irish Riding Clubs
AIRC South West

15/06/2026

⏰ ENTRY REMINDER ⏰

Entries for the South West Regional Dressage Qualifier at Skevanish Equestrian Centre, hosted by West Cork Riding Club, close on Friday, 19th June 2026 at 12 noon.

Prizes for the event are kindly sponsored by Connolly’s Red Mills.

Connolly's RED MILLS

Qualifier and non-qualifier classes available including walk/ trot test.

Before entering, competitors are reminded to please ensure:

✅ Your horse registered and eligible to compete.
✅ Your riding hat complies with current AIRC and Dressage Ireland approved safety standards.
✅ All tack and equipment intended for competition is permitted under current AIRC and Dressage Ireland rules.
✅ You are entered in the correct class and grade.

AIRC South West
Assoc of Irish Riding Clubs

https://www.itsplainsailing.com/org/wcrc