Endurance Ireland Annual Trophies

Endurance Ireland have a host of perpetual trophies that are awarded annually after the end of every season.  The trophies and current winners are detailed below.

The Delour Valley Stud Open Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Colette Croke and is awarded to the Rider who is Open Qualified and who attains the most mileage in the preceding year.  2024 Winners:

1st Evelyn Moore, 2nd Teresa Moore

The Kilkenny Intermediate Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy is awarded to the Rider who is Intermediate Qualified and who attains the most club mileage in the preceding year.

2024 Winners:

1st Grainne Embleton 2nd Cameron Delaney

The Hope Novice Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Anne Kinsella, and is awarded to the Rider who is Novice Qualified and who attains the most club mileage in the preceding year. 2024 Winners are:

1st Lauren Hartley, 2nd Caroline Hamilton, 3rd Susanne O’Rourke

The Smuggler Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy

This trophy was created by Kim McCormack and is in memory of Eileeen Cosgrave (The Purple Lady) an enthusiastic trail rider.  This trophy is awarded to the member with the most club trail mileage over the season.  2024 Winners:

1st Niall O’Rourke, 2nd Susanne O’Rourke , 3rd Evelyn Moore

The Inspire Trail Ride Mileage Champion Trophy

This Trophy was established by Samantha Linton This trophy is awarded to Junior competitor who attains the most club trail mileage over the season.  2024 Winners:

1st Cecile Mullaney, 2nd Cameron Delaney, 3rd Roisin Fitzpatrick

The Moving on Up Trophy Strides Mileage Champion Trophy

This Trophy was established by the Two Women. This trophy is awarded to Junior competitors who are working through the strides programme and achieve the most club mileage in the Strides category only over the season.  2024 Winners:

1st Michael Joseph Moore

The IQHA Mileage Champion Trophy

This Trophy is sponsored by the Irish Quarter Horse Associate. This trophy is awarded to IQHA members who achieve the most club mileage over the season.  2024 Winners:

1st Deirdre Woods Glynn, 2nd Alessia Stocca, 3rd Matt Carnew

The Interschools Team Trophy

This trophy was supported by IPB Insurance and is awarded to the school based on the total mileage ridden by the students of that school in the preceding season.  2023 Winners are:

Castlecomer Community School

The Interschool Individual Trophy

This trophy was supported by IPB Insurance and is awarded to the student who attains the most mileage in the preceding season.  2023 Winners are:

1st Cameron Delaney, 2nd Michael Joseph Moore and 3rd Caroline Hamilton

The Dantean Top Arab Trophy

This Trophy was sponsored by Yvonne Croke and is awarded to the Arab (who must be registered with an Arab Association copy of passport to be submitted) who attains the most club mileage over the season.

2024 Winners:

1st Vlad Swayze (Owner Breffni Balkin), 2nd Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann Balkin)

The Abbeyleix Top Non-Arab Trophy 

This Trophy is awarded to the Non Arab who attains the most club mileage over the season. 2024 Winners are:

1st Gales Hill Dawn (Owner Teresa Moore Rider Teresa Moore/Cameron Delaney), 2nd Small but Mighty (Owner Teresa Moore/Rider Evelyn Moore) 3rd The Half-Blood Princess (Owner Tanya Embleton Rider Grainne Embleton)

The IDHBA Top Irish Draught Trophy

This Trophy was sponsored by the IDHBA and is awarded to the Irish Draught Horse who attains the most club mileage over the season.  The horse must be registered with either Endurance Ireland or the IDHBA and a copy of the passport must be provided.

1st Katesfield Mozard (Owner Hazel Kilmartin Rider Grace Kilmartin), 2nd Starfire Kingdom (Owner Laura McCabe) 3rd Jazz (Owner Kate O’Meara)

The Connemara Pony Breeder Society Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Clare Oaks on behalf of the Connemara Pony Breeder Society (CPBS) and is awarded to the registered Connemara who attains the most mileage with the club in the preceding season.  2024 winners are:

1st Caherview Tom (Owner Astrid Fitzpatrick/Ridden by Astrid and Roisin Fitzpatrick) , 2nd Erne Valley Shadow (Owner Geraldine McCann) 3rd Erne Valley Anona (Owner Geraldine McCann)

The Barrow Dancer Veteran Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Siobhan Ovington and is awarded to the veteran horse (18 or over) who attains the most mileage with the club in the preceding season.  2024 winners are:

1st Ownee Grey Mist (Owner Teresa Moore, Rider Michael Joseph Moore) , 2nd Gales Hill Dawn (Owner Teresa Moore) 3rd Eileen’s Billy (Owner Eileen Burrell)

The Gales Hill Stables Top Competitive Horse Trophy

This trophy was sponsored by Gales Hill Stables and is awarded to our top competitive horse of the season.  This trophy is based on heart rates and vet times for your best 6 club rides of the season.  Points are awarded by multiplying the heart rate by the number of minutes taken to call for vet.   For example if you call for vet after 2 minutes and the heart rate is 54bpm the number of points are 108, if you call after 5 minutes and the heart rate is 36bpm the points are 180.  The horse with the lowest points wins the trophy.

2024 Winner – Gales Hill Dawn