OnForm Video Analysis

🎥Send videos for coaching feedback and analysis🎥 Is lockdown buying you time to address your training needs? Are you achieving these objectives?🔒 Ardeo Sport Horses are offering individually designed coaching packages plus brainstorming opportunities via one-on-one discussion.💡 Use this time as an opportunity to problem solve training needs and improve through a series of tailormade exercises. To kickstart your training, send in the first video for analysis using the OnForm app and receive a personalised introductory exercise for free. Send in these exercises or any other videos to be assessed on. Send to Melanie Wrynn 📞 +353 87 223 8577
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Emerging from the storm

Neil and Melanie Wrynn were married on St Valentine’s Day 2015 and have been living life at full speed since then and loving it. Three children later, residing in their newly-built home alongside their purpose-built equestrian facility where they run their own business, Ardeo Sport Horses, the couple reflect on their life over the past five years. “It’s like Mario Andretti said ‘if everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough’,” commented Neil, “The days can be fast here where hurry is our norm. If we are not running at fever pitch, it would be impossible to get
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Exciting Young Horses

We currently have an exciting bunch of 5 year olds for sale, with sires including Grand Slam VDL, Numero Uno, Voltaire and Tolan R. They are showing great potential for a future in show jumping or eventing. Check out our horses for sale page for more information, photos and videos. We have been connecting people with their desired horse through videos, so please do call Neil if you require further footage to have confidence in your purchase.
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Irish Times

Lots of trees in the ground and many more waiting for their turn to be planted. If anyone is wanting to get out in the fresh air please get in contact. Thank you to Catherine Cleary of The Irish Times for coming to visit us and writing a fantastic article. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-tree-whisperer-who-has-helped-plant-a-million-native-trees-across-ireland-1.4192677   Melanie Wrynn knows horses, and is beginning to learn about trees. When the horse trainer and her husband Neil moved to a 21-acre farm near Newcastle in Co Wicklow just over a year ago, a friend gave them a gift of some beech saplings. They planted the young
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Lessons Update

SOCIAL DISTANCING – We are lucky to operate in the fresh air, so let’s keep training where possible. Book a private lesson at Ardeo Sport Horses Flat work, jumping, XC or dressage test riding. Book with Melanie on 0872238577 – message or call. Social distancing protocols to be followed. Please observe the guidelines in place from the HSE. Please don’t attend if you think you are ill or have been around someone who is.
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Tree Planting

We have had a busy few weeks with many companies coming in to plant trees as part of our association with Trees on the Land. It is helping to develop the site and will create the best conditions for the horses and help to encourage local wildlife especially pollinators and birds. The site will have a total of 12000 trees with minimal impact on the productive ground thanks to clever planning by Trees on the Land . Thank you to all of the companies who have sponsored the trees including Vagabond Tours of Ireland, My Irish Jeweler, Sara Cosgrove Design,
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Start of the Event Season

We had great fun using the gallops and cross-country training at Devils Glen Equestrian followed by a fantastic day out eventing at Monart Equestrian. Two of our young horses really impressed on their eventing debuts. Our superstar pony Ardeo Rocketman finished on his dressage score of 16 in the Novice section.  
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Exciting start to 2020

It’s been a really fun winter with a lot happening at Ardeo Sport Horse. Lots of horses have been coming through with sales both at home, Great Britain, the US and mainland Europe with our most recent graduate going to Switzerland. We have been having fun using the all weather cross complex and our new portable fences thanks to William Micklem’s great design and Tony Mcmenamon cross country building. Some of our liveries and coaching students enjoyed a visits from Sheila White of Erreplus saddlery. We spent the day saddle testing and it was fascinating for the group to recognize
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New Cross Country complex

There has been exciting new developments here at Ardeo Sport horses with the construction of a cross country complex, including a water jump, bank with several options for horses at different levels, a coffin complex as well as a number of portables and skinnies.  
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