The 2023 Horse Sport Ireland Stallion Selections took place over two days, the 22nd and 23rd of March, in Cavan Equestrian Centre. These selections are supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Equine Technical Support fund. Across the two days, a total of 38 stallions were presented for inspection, 6 Irish Sport Horse stallions, 6 Foreign Bred stallions, 3 Thoroughbred stallions, 1 pony stallion and 22 Irish Draught stallions. In the Irish Draught stallion selections 22 stallions were presented for inspection and ten achieved Class 1 status. Four stallions were Approved in the Irish Sport Horse Studbook, one of which was a high-performance stallion presented for linear profiling that met all the requirements; the second stallion approved was an Irish Sport Pony stallion. This Irish Sports Pony is also classified as Preliminary Approved in the Irish Sport Pony studbook. The third stallion was a Thoroughbred stallion that […]
