Training Events
Upcoming training events | World Championship Team Selection
The Training Programme
Training days at stud farms and production yards around the country provide a platform to engage with some of the best in the business. Training not only supports preparation for competition, but is also educational for those who aren’t perhaps interested in or available to compete.
Venues visited in recent years include for example Ardeo Sport Horses, Ballypatrick Stables, Belline Estate, Belmont House Stud, Boleybawn Horses, Cooley Farm, Derryglen Stud, Dohyle House Stud, Carriganóg Racing (Joseph O’Brien), Emma O’Dwyer Showjumping, Ennisnag Stud, Kilconnell Stud, Hartwell Stud, Hughes Horse Stud, Ian Cassells Eventing, Lissyegan Stables, McKee Barracks, and Newtown Stud (Bertram/April Allen) to give a sense of the calibre of farms visited.
New participants in the Equine Young Breeders (IRE) programme, aged 14/15-30 years of age, are always welcome. Training is accessible to ALL young horse lovers in this age group. The vision is to train the breeders, and industry contributors of the future, while providing opportunity to network with other like minded people, and maybe even meeting new lifelong friends.
National and world championship competition are an important aspect of the programme, providing an opportunity to benchmark knowledge and skill levels against others, whilst also networking and making friendships. Only those aged 16-26 years of age in the year of championships are eligible to compete.
Training Schedule 2026
All training activities are open to those aged 15-30 years of age.
National and World Championships are accessible to those aged 16-26 years of age (2026 events – those born 2000 to 2010 are eligible to participate).
Training Session | Saturday February 7th | 11am to 3.30pm
Venue | Greenogue Equestrian Centre
Trainers| Ian Cassells, Philip Scott, Teagasc Equine Specialists
Focus | Conformation and athleticism assessment of both the horse without tack and under saddle
Additional benefits | Familiarisation or refreshing in preparation for National Championships 2026
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National Championships 2026 | Saturday April 18th
Venue | Kildalton Agricultural College
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World Championship Team Selection
The Young Breeder National Championships are the first step in the qualification/selection process for team participation at the World Championships. The next WBFSH International Young Breeders World Championships is to take place 16-19 July 2026 at Celle State Stud Germany. Those aged 16-26 in 2026 (born 2000 to 2010) are eligible to progress toward that goal.
National and World Championship competitions include the assessment of conformation and athleticism traits, presentation of horses in hand and a multiple choice theory test. A side competition at World Championships is the turnout, as a team, of a horse and its formal presentation to the judges.
The Let’s Talk Equine webinar series content also supplements learning
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