Army Equitation School
Profile of Captain Shane Carey
| Name | Shane Carey |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commissioned | 1998 |
Also joining the Equitation School in 1998, Lt Carey comes from Kilpeacon, Crecora, Co. Limerick. He attended St. Clements College and the Limerick Tutorial Centre before beginning training in 1996.
His other interests include Soccer, Rugby and Hunting.
Principal Achievements in the Equestrian field
1999
- Winner Grand Prix Rolestown
- Winner in two jump off classes Cavan Indoor Show
2000
- Winner of two international classes, Compiegne
- CSI-C (France)
- Winner Grand Prix Thomastown
- Winner Grand Prix qualifier, Helsinki CSIO
- Winner Nations Cup, Helsinki CSIO
- Winner Nations Cup, Drammen CSIO
- Winner Nations Cup, Falsterbo CSIO
2001
- Winner speed classes Le Mans CSIC
- Winner 2 Phase Madrid CSIA
- Winner Jump Off Class Lisbon CSIO
- Winner Pairs Relay Dublin (RDS) CSIO
- Winner 7 Year Old Qualifier RDS
- Winner Power and Speed Glenamaddy
- Winner Grand Prix Millstreet Indoor
- Winner Table A Speed Millstreet Indoor
- Winner Table C Speed Millstreet Indoor
2002
- Winner Speed Class Monaco Challenge CSI-A Monte Carlo
- Winner Accumulator Class CSI-A Monte Carlo
- Winner 1.40m Speed Class Spangenberg
- Winner Grade A qualifier and Championship Dublin Horse Show
- Winner Table A Speed Class CSI-O Gijon, Spain
- Winner Six Bar Competiton CSI-O Zagreb, Croatia
- Winner Speed Class CSI-O Zagreb, Croatia
- Winner Hercules Speed Challenge CSI-O, Athens, Greece
- Winner Speed Class, Poznan, PolandWinner 1.50m Class, Linz, Austria
- Winner Jump-Off Class, Falsterbo, Sweden
- Winner Falsterbo Derby, Falsterbo, Sweden
- Winner Leading Rider of the show Falsterbo, Sweden
2003
- Winner Grand Prix, Vilamoura, Portugal
- Winner National Grand Prix, Sutton
- Winner National Grand Prix, Mullingar
- Winner 1.45m Class, Rome CSIO
- Winner Accumulator Class, Rome CSIO
- Leading International Rider, Rome CSIO
- Winner Nations Cup, Hamina Finland CSIO****Winner Speed Class, Falsterbo
- Winner Accumulator Class, Gijon
- Winner Nations Cup, Gijon
- Winner Speed Championship, Barcelona
- Winner 1.40 Speed Final, Barcelona
- Leading Rider at Cavan
- Winner Derby, Milstreet
2004
- Winner 1.50m 2-Phase - Dublin CSIO
- Winner 1.50m Grap Class - Rotterdam CSIO
- Winner 1.45m Speed - Barcelona CSIO
- Winner 1.40m Speed - Newscastle WestWinner 1.40m Speed - Bourg en Brest CSI***
- Winner 1.45m Speed - Bremmen CSI***
- Winner 1.45m Speed - Bremmen CSI***
- 5th member for Athens Olympics
2005
- Winner 1.40m Speed - Modena
- Winner 1.40m Speed - Cervia
- Winner 1.45m Accumulator - Cervia
- Winner 1.40m Jump Off - Naples
- Winner 1.40m Speed Derby - Vichy
- Winner 1.40m National - Cavan
- 2nd Group - Rome
- 2nd 1.45m Speed - St. Gallan
- 2nd 1.50m Speed - Vichy
- 2nd 1.40m 2phase - Vichy
- 2nd 1.40m Speed Derby - Dublin
- 2nd 1.40m Speed Derby - Aachen
- 2nd 1.40m National Group - Kilrush (West Clare)
- 2nd 1.40m National Group - Charleville
- 3rd 1.50m Jump Off - Aachen
- Leading rider Vichy
- Competed on Nations Cup Teams at Rome
- St. Gallen, Dublin, Aachen and Barcelona
2006
- Winner - La Baule 1.40m 2 Phase
- Winner - Zagreb 1.40m Mini GP
- Winner - Zagreb 1.40m Speed
- Winner - Athens 1.40m 2 Phase
- Winner - Athens 1.40m Speed
- Winner - Cavan 1.35m Speed
- Winner - Cavan 1.45m Jump-Off
- Winner - Barcelona 1.44m Speed
2007
- 2nd in Speed Stakes (International Competition No.2) RDS
- Joint 3rd on Agha Khan Challenge Trophy team RDS
- 2nd in The Accumulator ((International Competition No.8) RDS
- 3rd in Saint Lo
- Winner FRENCH SMALL GRAND PRIX
- Winner GRAND PRIX DU CONSEIL GENERAL DE LA MANCHE