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Irishwins at LA Equestrian Center July 2000 O'Leary's Irish Diamond continued his winning ways in Los Angeles in July. The six year old stallionnow competing at 3rd level had scores of 66.6 and 66.9 percent inwinning two classes. The show sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapterof the California Dressage society featured some of the best horse/ridercombinations in the country. Irish is qualified at 3rdlevel for the California Dressage Society Championship show. Since traveling to California last October, the purebred Irish Draught Stallionhas won at least one blue ribbon in every show he has competed in. The most often heard question from judges and riders is "What Breed ishe?" Irish consistently gets 8s on his gaits and impresses the judgeswith his lateral work and his extended trot. picturesof show. |
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O'Leary'sIrish Diamond wins Southern California Championship
9/17/00 The first Irish Draught Horse to ever compete in California's competitivedressage circuit walked away with the 3rd level championship. TheDressage Association of Southern California awarded the championship after the six-year-old stallion impressed the judges with his both his lateralwork and extensions. The huge stallion has impressed many in hisfirst year of competition in California. Hewins at Moorpark to the story |
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In1997 when the Irish Horse Board released the official scores for the performance testing of stallions for registration into the Stud Book. O'Leary's Irish Diamond scored 84%. This is the highest score ever given toa stallion. Performance testing became a requirement for registration in 1995. From 1991-1993 there was a pilot program for testing. During that time the highest score ever given a Draught Stallion was ascore of 75%. Some have attempted to tarnish the score by sayinghe did it in dressage. They ignore that he passed the initial phase ofthe inspection with the highest score. The initial phase evaluatesthe horse's conformation, pedigree, temperament and gaits. It also includes a very tough veterinary exam. Fordetails of the scores click for more information contact jim@irishdraughthorse.com |
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Yes Irish horses can perform in dressage. The Irish have never warmed up to the sport of dressage and have never taken the competition seriously. But, they do breed sport horses and sport horses are athletes. It takes power from behind to go over a five foot fence and it takes a canter with a jump in it to impress the judges of a dressage show. To the left one can see the amazing extended trot of O'Leary's Irish Diamond. The judges care about the movement and that is why they like "Irish". Home |
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