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Posted by Cliff at Jun 27th, 2009 in Irish Racing, Racing News
The 143 year old record for the most successful trainer, which was held by the late Vincent O’Brien, has been broken by Aidan O’Brien. It was achieved with the win in Irish Derby, where Fame And Glory managed to display his class in the Curragh Classic.
Of course at the time of the race, the two […]
Posted by Cliff at Jun 12th, 2009 in Irish Racing
The officials at Ffos Las are delighted with the turn out for the opening gambit on the course, which is of course scheduled for next Thursday. Altogether, about 250 horses have registered for the race at the Welsh venue. This will be the first new turf racecourse to open in Britain for more than 80 […]
Posted by Cliff at Apr 14th, 2009 in Irish Racing, Overseas Racing, Racing News
After the shock of the Grand National at Aintree which saw it’s biggest surprise for over 40 years, our friends in Ireland have seen an equally exciting result to their version of the race.
Niche Market, ridden by Harry Skelton (son of international showjumper Nick Skelton) reached the final fence in 2nd place but a well […]
Posted by Cliff at Dec 26th, 2008 in Irish Racing, Racing News
A fall at Fontwell spells a minimum of a week on the sidelines for Noel Fehily as the fall lead to a cracked collarbone. Fehily had his injury x-rayed in Bristol and he says that he did not know how long he would be out of action. However a minimum of a week to ten […]
Posted by Cliff at Oct 20th, 2008 in Betting Advice, Irish Racing, My Tipster Service Updates
Yes you did read that correctly, Your resident horse racing tipster is now back in the fold after a brief absence caused by a short stay in hospital :o( I won’t go into the finer details, however suffice to say that I’m ok and raring to go again.
Whilst this is the first time that I’ve […]
Posted by Cliff at Sep 11th, 2008 in Irish Racing
The workmanlike win in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown has made New Approach return to winning at horse races. After finishing third behind Duke of Marmalade in the Juddmonte International, Jim Bolger’s hero had something to prove here.
Kevin Manning had given the son of Galileo a no-nonsense ride with its brute strength […]
Posted by Cliff at Sep 8th, 2008 in Irish Racing
The top stayers Yeats and Septimus of Irish trainer, Aidan O’Brien are all heading weights for Melbourne Cup that was released a few days back. O’Brien who had managed to come in third in last year’s cup with Mahler is now involved in a controversy regarding riding tactics.
He has been asked to appear at a […]
Posted by Cliff at Jul 16th, 2008 in Irish Racing, Racing News
Johnny Murtagh’s favorite, Moonstone finally managed to win over Colm O’Donoghue’s Ice Queen in the last stride of the Darley Irish Oaks horse race. It was in the Epsom Oaks that Moonstone had ended up second behind Look Here, who however did not race in the Curragh.
With this win in the Curragh, O’Brien had registered […]
Posted by Cliff at Jun 30th, 2008 in Irish Racing
Aidan O’Brien has created history by becoming the first trainer to win the Irish Derby for three consecutive years with Frozen Fire making a surprise win at the Curragh on Sunday.
Aiden O’Brien is really shocked and happy with the win after winning the Dylan Thomas in 2006 and the Soldier of Fortune last year. He […]
Posted by Cliff at Jun 11th, 2008 in Irish Racing
Trainer Jim Bolger is stretching his neck out fighting for the win once again in the upcoming Irish Derby. His horse “A New Approach” is taking off on the right foot with the win in Epsom on Saturday.
This win will surely give Jim Bolger and jockey Kevin Manning hope for the Irish Derby on June […]
