Edward Lynam remains positive as last year’s winner Sole Power heads 31 entries for the Temple Stakes on May 26th. The Meath trainer has indicated that his five year old son of Kyllachy is likely to return to Haydock park at the end of the month and bid to win back to back Temple Stakes. [...]
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England International and Manchester United player Wayne Rooney will get his first taste of racehorse ownership at Chester today as his juvenile Pippy makes his racecourse debut in the opening Manor House Stables Lily Agnes Conditions Stakes. Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen bought three horses earlier this year and all three will be trained [...]
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The sad news has broken today that the legendary Florida Pearl has been put to sleep. Florida pearl was trained by Willie Mullins and owned by Violet O’Leary and was one of the best horses ever seen in training having won four Irish Hennessy Gold Cups at Leopardstown in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004. Florida [...]
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Galway born jockey Graham Lee who was once associated with National Hunt racing and rode Amberleigh House to win the 2004 Aintree Grand National recorded his first winner as a flat jockey today at Musselburgh. Lee recently decided to revert to the flat as he made a comeback from an injury he obtained whilst falling [...]
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Niall McCullagh and Patrick Prendergast teamed up at Tipperary this evening to land the opening Irish Stallion Farms And European Breeders Fund Race with Canary Row. Although only three runners went to post the race looked very competitive on paper. Canary Row had made a nice debut at The Curragh on the opening day of [...]
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Ger Lyons won’t make a decision until Saturday whether Lightening Pearl will take her chance in Sunday’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Lightening Pearl won three off her five starts last year as a two year old and rounded the juveniles season off in style when landing the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket over [...]
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John Oxx said today that he is very much in the dark over Born To Sea’s chances in QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. Born to Sea who is a brother to Prix De L’Arc winner Sea The Stars was last seen finishing second to the Aidan O’Brien trained Nephrite last October in the [...]
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Joseph O’Brien recorded a 104/1 double at Dundalk tonight. The first leg of the double came aboard Ishvana who is trained by his father Aidan and owned by his mother Ann-Marie. Although only five runners went to post in the bookings@dundalkstadium.com Race, Ishvana was available at 4/1 in the morning but drifted on track out [...]
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Paul Carberry was the man on fire at Ballinrobe last night as he recorded a 900/1 four timer at the Mayo track. The first leg of his four winners was supplied by his boss Noel Meade as Six Stone Ned took the opening Maiden Hurdle beating the Willie Mullins trained Passage Vendome at odds of [...]
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Kevin Prendergast believes that his filly La Collina could be the forgotten about horse Sunday’s Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Prendergast believes that the daughter of Strategic Prince can reproduce her juvenile form in Sunday’s valuable race. La Collina beat Aidan O’Brien’s 2000 Guineas hopeful Power in the Group One Phoenix Stakes but could only [...]
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Edward Lynam saddles two runners in the very competitive looking Bookings At Dundalkstadium.com Race tomorrow evening at the county Louth venue. Lynam is expecting good runs from Slade Power and Muck ‘N’Brass in tomorrow contest which will be run over seven furlongs. Slade Power is stepping up in trip after winning two races over six [...]
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With the new Irish National Hunt season starting this evening at Ballinrobe, Davy Russell remains odds on at 8/11 with Stanjames.com to retain the title and become champion jockey for the 2012/13 season. Russell was crowned Champion jockey at Punchestown on Saturday after he recorded 104 winners this season. He was 19 winners ahead of [...]
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Colm Murphy is very happy with his stable stars Voler La Vedette and Big Zeb after Punchestown last week. Connections of Voler La Vedette have decided to keep the eight year old mare in training next season after she finished second to the talented Quevega in the Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle last Thursday at the [...]
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Kissed showed her stylish class at Navan today by landing the Listed Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Salsabil Stakes under Joseph O’Brien for his father Aidan. Kissed made a winning debut when winning her maiden at Navan last November and justified her short odds (4/5 into 2/5) today and recorded am impressive eight and [...]
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Unaccompanied got back to winning ways on the flat today at Navan as she recorded a comfortable one and three-quarter length victory in the concluding navanracecourse.ie Race under jockey Pat Smullen. The five year old daughter of Danehill Dancer was last seen running over hurdles where she finished a disappointing fourth to Hurricane Fly in [...]
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After finishing fourth to Sizing Europe in the Champion Chase on Tuesday, China Rock made a quick reappearance at Punchestown yesterday and showed that he is a future Gold Cup horse by recording a brilliant five length victory in the rescheduled tote.com Punchestown Gold Cup. Stepping back up in trip to three miles and a [...]
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Barry Geraghty recorded a 10/1 double at Punchestown today after the Nicky Henderson trained Oscara Dara completed the second leg in the Star Best For Racing Coverage Novice Hurdle. Nicky Henderson was recording his first winner of the 2012 Punchestown Festival having recorded four winners at last year’s event. Henderson other horse Malt Master finished [...]
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Michael O’Leary made the right decision to target Dedigout at the two and a half mile Grade One Cathal Ryan Memorial Novice Hurdle, rather than competing over three miles, proved a wide move after the six year old son of Bob Back ran out a two-length winner. Dedigout jumped the last hurdle with three other [...]
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Hurricane Fly got back to winning ways at Punchestown today with a comfortable two and a half length success over stable mate Zaidpour in the feature Grade One Rabobank Champion Hurdle with Thousand Stars finishing in third to complete a 1-2-3 for champion trainer Willie Mullins. Zaidpour took up the race with just two flights [...]
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Quevega showed her true class as a mare and was saddled by Willie Mullins to win her 3rd successive Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle under Ruby Walsh. Speaking to the press after the race Mullins said “She is just an extraordinary mare. She did everything Ruby asked, he had no problems throughout the race and she [...]
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