Mar 01, 2023 | Breakingnews.ie
Irish duo win extreme winter sport event
Irish friends who competed to defend their title at an extreme winter sport competition in Canada lost out on their bid but did win another unusual event.
26 March 2023
Part of the Irish duo to win extreme winter sport event – pulled by horses on a sofa built on skis
20 October 2020
Susan Oakes is delighted to make this official announcement that she is a Guinness World Records Title Holder.
24 February 2020
Together with best friend, 40-year-old Barry O’Brien Lynch, from Navan, Susan Oakes won the two-and-a-half furlong event against 50 competitors – mainly from the US and Canada.
26 April 2019
Completed the 899km Camino Way side saddle as a charity ride
17 March 2018
In 2018 Susan was invited to take part in the Boston St. Patrick's day Parade. The only lady to ride through the Streets of Boston side saddle on a Connemara Pony in front of around 1 million people.
24 October 2013
The highest jump by a horse (side saddle) is 203 cm (6 ft 8 in), achieved by Susan Oakes (Ireland), in Dublin, Ireland, on 24 October 2013.
4 September 2013
Susan Oakes from Co Meath jumped the puissance wall at 1.35 side saddle on Bobby Sparrow Blue
2 February 2013
The first race of its kind to be held since the second world war and was by kind permission of Formula 1 Legend Brian Henton
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A poster of Esther Stace clearing 6’6” sidesaddle captioned “Are You Brave Enough?”
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Nov 02, 2020 | Horse & Hound
Side-saddle high jump world record officially recognised, seven years after Susan Oakes achieved the phenomenal feat.
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Susan Oakes from Co Meath jumped the puissance wall at 1.35 side saddle on Bobby Sparrow Blue
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On the 2nd Feburary 2013, elegant Ladies from both the UK and Ireland embarked on Ingarsby Hal,
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Two Co Meath natives had the pleasure of partaking in the St Patrick's Day parades in New York and Boston last weekend
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