The timetable and online entry system for the 2022 Northern Ireland Festival is now available. This allows competitors the opportunity to spread the cost of their entries over the months leading up to the show next April.
2022 Show Dates
We are pleased to confirm that the 2022 four day show dates will be: Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th April. To be held at Cavan International Equestrian Centre. Please note all 2021 Entry refunds have now been processed. Cavan Equestrian will contact all those who booked stables and offer a refund or transfer to the […]
Northern Ireland Festival 2021 Cancel...
The committee has reluctantly decided to cancel the 2021 Northern Ireland Festival.We have considered the ongoing restrictions, officials travel, the EU vaccination programme, the local travel restrictions and the possible new measures being introduced on equestrian sporting events. We have concluded that is is highly unlikely that restrictions will be eased sufficiently to allow the […]
Revised NIF 2021 Dates
The new dates for the 2021 Northern Ireland Festival are Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th July. We hope covid restrictions will have eased sufficiently by then to allow us to run a full programme in accordance with the published timetable.
NIF 2021 Postponed
Following the news at the weekend that the lockdown in the Republic of Ireland is expected to last six months, the Northern Ireland Festival committee has reluctantly decided to postpone the four day show in April. We now intend to run NIF 2021 in July or August. However, with the coronavirus situation changing almost daily, […]
NIF 2021 to Host Six Horse of the Yea...
The 2021 Northern Ireland Festival will host six Horse of the Year qualifiers including the horse working hunter, four pony working hunters classes and a the In Hand qualifier. These new classes are now available to enter via the website (classes 301-305).
NIF 2021 Show Extended to Four Days!
The 2021 Northern Ireland Festival will take place from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th April at Cavan Equestrian Centre.We will be adding lots of new classes and there will be four prestigious evening performances.If you qualified for the Working Hunter finals for the cancelled 2020show, your qualification will carried forward so you can enter the […]
Northern Ireland Festival Show 2020 C...
Following the Irish Government’s decision last night, the Northern Ireland Festival committee has reluctantly decided to cancel this year’s show.The committee has worked tirelessly over the past few months to re-organise the show to meet the planned government guidelines.It is now clear these guidelines will not be in place when the show was due to […]
2020 Entry Refunds
1st September 2020 update:This has been a mammoth task but we have now processed around 1500 class refunds back to the payee’s paypal account. We expect to complete the remaining 500 refunds by 8th September 2020.Some people have requested refunds using an email addresses not related to their paypal account. As you can appreciate we […]
Updated Timetable and Judges
Following the cancellation of the Horse of the Year show and the introduction of several new classes, the revised timetable is now available via the website.Several of the original judges who are unable to make the revised show dates have now been replaced by other UK mainland judges. Schedule