Name: Currinara Diamond Tiara aka Lioness
Gender: Mare
Species: Horse
Breed: Connemara Irish Sport Horse Cross
Description: CASE UPDATE: April 2026: A man has been arrested and is to be charged with Handling Stolen Property under Section 17 of the Criminal Justice Theft and Fraud Offenses Act 2001. The Director of Public Prosecutions has authorized that he be charged with this offense. Due to this arrest, this report has now been updated to a stolen horse case. Read more in the comment section below.
This case begins in Ireland, where the owner in Ireland reported to Stolen Horse International that Currinara Diamond Tiara was taken from a pasture in Sligo, Ireland. Police in Ireland have traced the horse to have been transported to the United States, and the person who had or has the horse is in Florida. The horse's name was changed to Lioness. She has been shown in jumping competitions in the USA. We will refer to Tiara as Lioness.
Her name, Currinara Diamond Tiara, had been changed to Lioness 5916427. Lioness is a bay, 16-hand mare, believed to have last been seen in jumping competitions in Florida. She has a microchip, which is how she was identified when arriving in the USA. She is registered with HSI, and the microchip ends with 9751. She was born on February 14, 2018.
The Garda Department and Irish police know the horse was located at the stables in Boniconlon, Co. Mayo. Two individuals from the transport company can confirm that Tiara and another horse were transported to the farm in Tubbercurry. Subsequently, she traveled to Northern Ireland, was shipped from Dublin to Holland, and then to the U.S.A.
Tiara, also known as Lioness, arrived in Florida on October 31, 2023, and subsequently went to Wellington, to the partner of one of the individuals in Ireland. We do have the name of the woman who showed her and the jockey; however, due to legal reasons, we cannot make those names public, yet. Her performance record with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is documented, as Lioness has been competing as a jumper in USEF events.
The sire of this equine is CFointreau Van De Withoeve, and her dam is Uggool Diamond. She has competed in Junior Jumper, Schooling Jumper, and other events sanctioned by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) in 2024.
HSI stands for Horse Sport Ireland. HSI is the national governing body for horse sports and breeding in Ireland, responsible for maintaining studbooks, regulating breeding practices, and organizing events.
Area Last Seen: Tobercurry, IE, F91
Date Stolen: 5/21/2022
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APPLE PODCAST, THE DAILY NEWS NOW (LISTEN TO PODCAST) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/showjumper-charged-with-stolen-horse/id1855169624?i=1000766821343
UPDATE ON X: The Sligo Champion, @SligoChampion - https://x.com/SligoChampion/status/2052795304127185310?s=20
UPDATE IN THE NEWS: International showjumper appears at Sligo court charged with handling stolen horse - Nathan Molloy Sligo Champion Fri 8 May 2026 at 12:00 An international showjumper has appeared at a special sitting of Sligo District Court charged with handling a stolen horse. Sligo native, Michael Kearins (43), formerly of Koolwijkerbroek, Gelderland, The Netherlands was charged that on a date unknown between January 1, 2022 and May 25, 2022, both dates inclusive, that within the state he handled a stolen horse, Currina Diamond Tiara, knowing that the horse was stolen. Kearins appearedf before a special sitting of the court at at 9pm on May 7 before Judge Éiteáin Cunningham who remanded him in custody to appear at Sligo District Court via video link on May 14 at 10:30pm. The State had objected to bail. Funded by the Courts Funding Scheme. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/courts/international-showjumper-appears-at-sligo-court-charged-with-handling-stolen-horse/a1306413037.html
Here is the video on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cao6y9DHKpc&t=69s
Tiara's video on our website. https://netposse.com/videos.asp?id=146&search=&p=1
Here is our first post. Share to other Facebook groups from here. https://www.facebook.com/StolenHorseInternationalNetPosse/posts/pfbid02bnzndYayBrwdYmEPjNWvkEAMaToqobYUSa4uvPiU8ZBPJhegBZrkVF5Gz3tvRGPgl
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