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Roger and Nelson were partnered by Nicky & Jero at the South Tyrone Foxhound meet at Carland. This was a new meet, and although the ground was wet, provided great sport. The two horses pulled out all the stops clearing wire, gates, drains and hedges very well despite jumping out of heavy ground all day.

Topper had spent the week at the yard on his holidays, and on her return to the country Sarah took up the chance of a day with the 'South Tyrone's' - Topper, like the other 2 horses, jumped a blinder and carried Sarah over her first ever 6 bar gate! The pair were only 1 of 3 combinations that tackled a hedge with a big drain behind it & 'survived', after combination 4 fell the rest of the field decided to find an alternative!!

It was a great day, everyone came back with smiles on their faces and both horses returned tired but no worse for wear.

Topper has gone to a wonderful new home and has already looked after his new owner at their first hunt! We wish them every sucess together - he will be greatly missed at the yard & the next horse in his stable will have big shoes to fill!

On 24 October 2011 Dougal had his first outting away from the yard and despite it being Nicola's first time riding him, they put in a double clear in the 60cm class at Portmore Equestrian Centre, but unfortunately tipped a pole in the 70 due to Dougal getting a bit tired. He behaved impeccably, especially in such a spooky arena.

On Sunday 30 October Hannah Whittle rode Mac round the 55cm to jump a lovely clear, and Amy Whittle rode Dougal to jump clear in the 55cm and a cracking double clear in the 65cm.

This Tuesday (1 November 2011) sees Nicola & Dougal returning to Portmore along with Nicky & Joe or Roger and Andrew Murphy & Just Jack.

At the end of August Archie Lowe and Mr Bosco made their BE debut at BE80, and were placed 3rd. Since then they have gone from strength to strength and having won their last BE80, last weekend they made the move to BE90 in fine style....by winning it! This pair keep getting better and better! Bosco was bred by Desi & Mary Corr and so has a special place with everyone at Moy Riding School.

Massive congratulation to the pair & we look forward to reporting more of their winnings next season!

Catherine and George have gone from strength to strength this season, and added to their silverware this weekend was a win in the CNC* U25 at Loughanmore.

The pair did a superb dressage test to put them well in to the lead going into the SJ, where they jumped a clear round. Loughanmore is a notoriously difficult and up to height XC course, but it didn't cause George or Catherine any bother and the they came home clear and inside the time.

This is a fantastic result for the pair who were 3rd last week in the CNC* U25 at Tullymurray last week.

Congratulations Catherine!!

Archie Lowe and Mr Bosco put in a fabulous performance at their first British Eventing event this weekend.

The pair were lying joint second after a super dressage test, and after lowering a pole in the showjumping and producing a superb clear round XC finished 4th out of 31 starters!!

This is a fabulous start to their British Eventing career! Big well done to Archie and Bosco!

Hopefully we'll have a few photos soon!

Heidi (Freeway) and Nicola competed last week in their 1st Dublin.

Wednesday morning saw them compete in the small riding horse class, which is a mixed age class. They were pulled in 8th and after the judges had ridden Heidi and seen her stripped, they moved up to takes 4th place - the highest placed 4 year old.

Friday afternoon, a much more 'buzzy' atmosphere around the ring, and they were in the small coloured horse class. Again this was an open class and had horses up to the age of 13 competing - after a good gallop and an individual show piece Heidi was given a 5th place rosette, and was again the highest placed 4 year old.

A big thanks to everyone who helped in the background - without them the pair may not have got to the ring!!

Catherine McNally and George (DG Lions Fort) stood 2nd in a very strong class of PC members from throughout Ireland in the open combined training class.

George benefited from being last to go in the dressage and did a foot perfect test leaving them just 5 points off the leader overnight in joint 2nd. Going into the jumping phase on Sunday nerves were high as the marks were so close at the top. The competitor who was also in joint second dropped a pole, and with only 1 clear round from the other 9 competitors, Catherine needed to hold her nerve. Catherine and George jumped a foot perfect clear round and only added 1 time penalty to her score! Despite the leader lowering a pole, it wasn't enough, leaving Catherine in 2nd by 2 points!

The same combination were 4th in the intermediate class last year and did a superb job standing 2nd in such a strong open class!

Well done George and Catherine - what a year you have had!!

Heidi and Topper did their first 4yr old future event horse qualifier at Ravensdale on Wednesday. Heidi did a good test and gained above the minimum qualifying score, Topper stood on a white board going in and didn't do as good a test as he normally would. However he more than made up for it as he jumped a foot perfect clear round inside the time! Heidi had one pole down (rider error!!) but jumped very well, also within the time, to come home in the top 10!!

Heidi will be heading to the next qualifier at Tattersals on Wednesday 6 July.

Heidi and Topper jumped a superb double clear each in the 85cm 2 phase at Ravensdale on Sunday. Both jumped faultless rounds in both the SJ and XC which is a great warm up for the 4 year old future event horse qualifier coming up at Ravensdale on Wednesday!

Bart jumped two super rounds at The Meadows, Lurgan on Saturday in the 70 & 80cm classes, at his first time out under saddle!

'Team Corr' had a great day at Armagh Show!

Topper jumped a superb clear round in the working hunter - in a class of over 50 starters and only a handful of clear rounds! The coloured class was well worth the wait as Nicola and Heidi got the red rosette - a super result for their showing debut!

We're heading to The Highland Show next week to cheer on Team Martin / Walsh as they show their yearling and 2 year old. Good luck all!

Joe competed in the 4yr old Middle weight class at Balmoral on Wednesday & didn't put a foot wrong - at only his 2nd outting he behaved impeccably and stood 5th in a strong class.

Topper jumped a super clear round in the 4yr old working hunter on Friday and finished 2nd in a class of 15. The ride judge said he gave a really comfortable and mannerly ride and loved his attitude.

Joe and Topper along with the other horses in the yard will be heading to Ballymena / Armagh / Lurgan shows over the summer - keep an eye out for details.

Big congratulations to Catherine McNally & DG Lions Fort (aka Gorgeous George!) who not only were 4th last week in the U25 CNC* class at Tyrella, but were 2nd today at Rademon over a very stiff course!

Another day of competition and another day of prizes!

Amy was first up on Mac, who was competing at his first one day event, and second ever competition and not only put in a great performance but won the class!! Massive congratulations and thanks to Amy who did a fabulous job!

The pressure was then on Nicky to perform, but he didn't disappoint and rode Storm into 5th place in the 90cm class. Nicola rode Duke in the open class, and if she hadn't forgotten where she was going on the XC, would have been in the prizes too!!

All horses went very well and there are a lot of tired legs tonight - human as well as equine!!!

Another glorious weekend and another successful day of competing.

Amy Whittle took Mac out for his first time in the 70 cm class and although show jumped a little green, had a cracking clear round XC.

Nicky jumped a fantastic double clear on Storm and went on to win the over 21 year old 85cm class out of 56 competitors!! He then went on to jump 2 cracking clear XC rounds on Roger and Topper, the latter of which was 7th in the same strong class.

Nicola finished off the day with a clear XC round in the open class on Duke (who managed to 'catch her' when she lost her stirrup jumping into the water!) and finished up 10th in another strong class of 36.

Another big thank you to Desi for driving the lorry, Stuart Whittle for all his help and of course, Hannah Whittle for being chief dog-walker!!!

Photos of all to follow!

The sun shone on Ravensdale on Saturday and Team Corr were out in force!

Nicky rode Topper to win the 4yr old class and pick up the first qualifying card of the day. He followed that up with another win, this time on Roger, who was making his debut and jumped a foot perfect clear in the 70cm class. (Topper also jumped clear in this class but Nicky couldn't ride two horses into the ring!) Storm didn't disappoint and jumped a lovely clear round to win the cob class.

Nicola then took over the reins and steered Alfie to jump a super clear round and win the 80cm class. A quick swap over and warm up on Duke, who went in and jumped another lovely clear to take 3rd in the 90cm class.

A very successful day had by all - picking up 3 qualifying tickets for the Northern Ireland Festival at Cavan.

Big thanks to Desi who drove the lorry and Mary who turned all the horses out to perfection.

Nicky, along with 2 other members of th South Tyrone Foxhounds, travelled to Kilcock on Satuday to take part in the Antler Challenge - a hunt race over 3 miles of natural fences (most with very big drains behind them!! Unfortunately Nicky and Herbie fell at the 9th but his headcam footage is well worth watching!!

See the article 'The toughest hunt in Ireland' in this weeks horse and hound - fantastically written by Martha Terry who hunted for the day from Dormans pub, Ardboe.

3 of our horses were out that day (Ronnie, Fred and Duke), and despite half the field falling, they all remained on their feet and looked after their riders over the biggest of hedges and trickiest of wire!

The article gives a great insight into a typical day with the South Tyrone Foxhounds & what sort of horses are needed to cross their country! All our horses hunt with the South Tyrones helping them think quickly and for themselves, whilst instilling manners in them.

South Tyrone Foxhounds hosted Marta Terry from Horse and Hound last Saturday at Dorman's pub, Ardboe. 3 horses from the yard were out hunting and all jumped some big hedges, plenty of wire and lots off the road! Fred was whipping the hounds with Nicky, while Duke was down the field with the hunt treasurer Patrick McAvoy. Some of the photos are pasted below & the on the horses profiles - the rest can be seen on nickycorr.com facebook site - videos to follow!!

Thankfully the snow has melted and hunting has started again! All the young horses are back into work and are progressing well. Now we can see grass again, we can get on with taking more pictures and videos of all the lovely new and young horses!

If you are looking for something in particular and can't see what you want on the website please give us a ring as not all of our horses are on the website.

We now have some new horses for sale and have shot some videos of them. We should have videos of all the horses in the next few weeks!

Massive congratulations go to Fay Leslie and Jack Jones who won Champion Cob and were Open Show Horse Supreme Champion 2010! After a tough year this is a very special win for them both!

Fay said: "Jack is my one in a million...Love him"

Well done & keep up the good work! For more pictures see 'previously sold horses'

Duke did his first one day event at the new eventing ireland location Ballyvannon, Glenavy. There weren't many clears in the showjumping but Duke carried a very nervous Nicola round clear.

The cross country course was well up to height with plenty of questions throughout, and plenty of experienced horse and rider combinations had faults. Despite being stopped after fence 2 ,due to a faller on the course, Duke flew round and jumped a super clear round, adding only a few time penalties, as he's not up to full event fitness. The combination finished just above half way in the class. Higher quality photo to follow.

Dublin Show proved to be a very successful week for Nickys past and present horses!

On Friday Trew and Moy (aka*Abo*) was 3rd in a good Heavyweight class ridden beautifully my Nickys mum, Mary. Nicky rode 'The Mighty Celt' into 2nd place in a stong middleweight class and went onto stand Reserve Champion Middleweight horse in the main arena the following day.

Saturday saw Katie Burns jump a fantastic clear round on George of the Jungle and took 3rd in the starter stakes working hunter pony. Later that day Katie, a side saddle pupil of Mary Corr, was 4th in the junior side saddle class and picked up Champion rider, on her pony Harry Hoot. Also on Saturday Catherine McNally did the first part of the Combined Training class - the dressage, and despite her nerves, did a lovely test on DG Lions Fort (aka George) which left her 6th overnight.

On Sunday Catherine jumped a lovely round around the working hunter course, and despite rolling 1 pole Catherine and George finished 4th in a very competitive class!! Nicky jumped a superb clear round in the open working hunter on Abo, and picked up 3rd - with only 1 point separating 1st & 3rd place!!

Congratulations to Lynn Boggs who won the 4yr old Middleweight class on 'Billy' and also to Amy & Hannah Whittle who between them were 3rd & 4th in 2 of the performance connemara classes, and were 1st and 4th in a good 14hh WH hunter class! A big congratulations also goes to Richard Iggulton, Lesley Webb & their team on their great successes at Dublin this year!

Massive congratulations to Catherine McNally and 'DG Lions Fort' aka Gorgeous George who not only helped to qualify their show jumping team for the PC Championships, but also qualified themselves for the combined training final at the Royal Dublin Horse Show 2010! They will be in action on Saturday (7th August) and Sunday (8th) & i'm sure would appreciate all the support they can get! Well done Catherine & George.

Catherine and George are 3rd from the left.

One of Nickys pupils, Carly Douglas, had a fantastic day at Limavady Show - she won the novice & open 133cm WH and then went on to win the WH championship on her pony Peaceful Paradise. She failed to pass on her secrets to her dad, Paul, who parted company from his horse 'Roxy' in the horse WH! Duke jumped a lovely clear round in the WH.

Nicky flew over the the Royal Highland to ride 'The Mighty Celt', whom he had previously ridden into Reserve Supreme Champion at RUAS in May. They stood 2nd in the open HOYS MW hunter class, to the producer of 'The Mighty Celt' - Richard Iggulton - who then went on to take Supreme Champion Hunter.

Big congratuations to all the competitors over from Northern Ireland - especially in the HOYS MW Hunter class where it was a Northern Irish top 4!

The Martin / Walsh team had their 3yr old hunter, Bart (pictured below) over and stood 4th in a strong class.

Well done all.

The sun shone on Gosford Park for Armagh Show. Duke jumped a clear round in the Novice WH in his first competitive outing of the year. Abo jumped a double clear in the 1.10m. Heidi won her coloured class - leaving her unbeaten this year - she now takes a break from showing to get broken ready to hit the show ring under saddle next year. A great day was had by all.

Abo did the RIHS qualifier working hunter class at Lurgan on Saturday. He jumped a beautiful round and was 3rd, picking up a qualifying ticket in a very strong class. Pictures to follow.

Katie Burns had a fantastic day - she won novice 13hh working hunter pony and went on to win the novice working hunter championship on George. She then jumped a superb clear round in her first 15hh working hunter class on Harry Hoot, who won the pony side saddle class - again with Katie on board. Congratulations Katie, George and Harry Hoot

Team Martin / Walsh also had a great day winning the 3yr old All Ireland Qualifier with Bart and going on to stand reserve champion in hand hunter. The 'Raise a Grand' yearling, Des, also won his class and was shown in the championship by Pat - who proved very popular with the spectators!!!

Congratulations to all.

Heidi did her first show on Friday and was an absolute star! She won the 3 year old filly class and also the coloured in hand class! She was impeccably behaved and looked beautiful. She'll be doing the coloured in hand class at Armagh Show next weekend.

Abo jumped 2 beautiful double clears at his first registered show on Wednesday at Ravensdale. He was double clear in both the 1m and 1.10m classes, picking up his first SJI points.

Alfie, Missy and Fred went XC schooling on Saturday at Moira Equestrian Centre. Everyone had a blast and were particularly glad to get into the water for a cool off! Hopefully we'll be back this weekend with Missy and our new addition Storm! Keep an eye out for Missy in the 'For Sale' section!

A video was shot of both Alfie and Fred and will appear on the site in the next few days hopefully!

A big thank you to Sharon who provided a very welcome picnic that we all enjoyed in the sun afterwards!!

Balmoral Show is over for another year and proved to be very busy!!

On Wednesday Alfie was 4th in his heavyweight class - he was a saint and rode like a much older horse! Nicky was recruited to ride a 7yr old middleweight who stood 2nd and then went on to be Reserve Supreme Champion Hunter! In between the ridden hunter classes Nicky helped out the Martin / Walsh team in the youngstock ring picking up a 4th and 5th in 2 very large classes!

On Friday Alfie jumped a clinking round in his 4yr old class (video to follow). Abo jumped a beautiful clear round in the 5 & 6yr old class and was 3rd in a big class of about 30 starters!

Also competing on Friday was Katie Burns and George who jumped a superb clear round, did a foot perfect show piece and was 2nd in a very strong class!

Congratulations to everyone! Photos to follow.

The car boot sale was a great sucess and plenty of bargains were got for all - Nicky especially who bought a gorgeous new Stubben show saddle! Keep watching the site and papers for more information on when the next one is to take place!

The sun shone down on Killyleagh Show which made it a lovely day out!!

Abo jumped a beautiful clear round in the novice horse working hunter and took 2nd. Alfie, at his first show this season, put in another lovely clear for Nicky and again stood 2nd. Both horses jumped well in their final show before Balmoral next week!

A great weekend was had by all at Cavan!

Hayley and Sadie competed in a performance class and the small hunter WH and jumped 2 super rounds.

Nicola and Fred competed in 70cm performance class and took 2nd, missing out on a red rosette by 1 point, they also did the cob WH and stood 5th.

Katie Burns and Harry Hoot jumped 2 fantastic clear rounds in both the 85cm and 75cm performance classes and then went on to win in a very strong coloured pony class, picking up qualification for Equifest in July.

Nicky and Abo jumped a beautiful clear in the 90cm performance and picked up 2nd.

Well done everybody - keep an eye on the website for the next 'outings'!!

Massive congratulations to Hayley Patterson (seen XC on Sadie!) who collected 2 HOYS tickets on Saturday at the BSPS Winter Champs. Hayley has been having jumping lessons with Nicky all winter on Sadie - she'll be in action again at the NI Festival in Cavan next weekend!

Congratulations to Katie Burns and Harry Hoot (see Previously Sold Horses) who were 6th and 11th at the Pony Club Dressage Championships at Morton Morrell. Katie, who is only 10 and was the youngest competitor, qualified for the Championships last month, and held her own against competitors a lot older than her, as the age limit is 21! Well done Katie!

Pip, Binky, Sadie, Betty, Fred and Alfie all went XC schooling today and all were stars. Sadie carried Hayley around her first ever cross country course in great style, and Binky gave Courtney a super day! Betty was on hand to give others, in a different group, a few leads over some of the trickier obstacles! Great day had by all - thanks to Pat, Sharon and Dorothy for the catering, Desi for driving us all and Tim and Paul for the Photos which will be uploaded soon!!

Alfie and Duke were taken XC schooling at the beautiful Dunany, Dundalk on Sunday. Both jumped everything, first time, really well. Unfortunately we had noone there to take photos.

Pip, Alfie, Fred, Sadie and Binky will all be XC Schooling on Saturday 27 March at Dunany from 12 noon - feel free to come down and have a look!!

On Saturday Pip and Fred went to a drag hunt in Crossgar with Co Down Staghounds - both jumped very well and gave Nicky and Jero a great day. Photos have been added onto the sales page from today.

South Tyrone Hunt ran their annual Boxing Day meet on St Patricks Day this year, and had a super turn out of horses and ponies. 9 horses (including Pip, Alfie, Fred, Dixie, Betty and Binky) left Moy Riding School on Wednesday and all returned safe and sound after a brilliant day of jumping. New pictures of the above horses are now on the sales page. A video ('On Board Betty') recorded from Betty can also be seen on the home page.