Nicholas O'Hare Books

Books on Irish Horse Breeding by Nicholas O'Hare:

KING OF DIAMONDS - An Irish Showjumping Dynasty

The story of Ireland's leading sire of showjumpers and founder of the most influential breeding dynasty in Ireland. Up to 700 foals are produced each year by King of Diamonds descendant sires. Ireland's leading source of performance.

THE MODERN IRISH DRAUGHT - A special breed for a special purpose

The Irish Draught as it is today. The six modern families of the breed are classified. Showjumping and eventing campaigners are identified as are the showring champions. The book is packed with information allowing enthusiasts to identify performance pedigrees and bloodlines.

THE IRISH SPORT HORSE - The story of breeding and equestrian sport in Ireland

Ireland has been renowned as a horse breeding country for centuries. The Irish Eventer has topped the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses league table for seven successive years. Irish showjumpers won gold at the 2001 European Championships and captured a record ten Nations Cups in 2000. The book presents the Irish Sport Horse at its best, the history, the backbreeding, the achievements, the stallions and the bloodlines of today.

THE MODERN CONNEMARA - The connemara pony is Ireland's national treasure

This is a great book dedicated to the performance role of the Connemara pony. The great ponies of the past and the breeders and their charges of today are profiled. This is the story of the Connemara pony from its celtic ancestors to the showrings of today.

PILLARS OF IRISH BREEDING

Profiles of 100 leading Irish horse and pony breeders their stallions and bloodlines. The representatives of the thousands of breeders who are the backbone of excellence in Irish equestrian sport. The work of the Irish horse industry portrayed.

THE THOROUGHBRED IN SPORT HORSE BREEDING

A comprehensive analysis of the role which the thoroughbred horse plays in the development of the Irish Sport Horse. There are profiles of famous racehorses whose decendant sires have stood for the Sport Horse Industry and accounts of current and recent past thoroughbred stallions which have influenced Irish Breeding.

WARMBLOODS IN IRELAND

The warmblood invasion fully documented. The Stallions reviewed, the performance horse, background on the Continental
studbooks and the top European sires of all time. A topical and informative book of interest to all breeders.

The books cost 18 Euro / Stg 14 / 24 Dollars each post paid from:
Nicholas O'Hare, 16 Tailteann Close, Windtown, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland
Tel: +353 46 9059568