The US spring jumps season gets underway on Saturday at Aiken in South Carolina with much Irish interest, both human and equine. The six-race opening spring meeting of 2024, where the 2-mile one furlong $35,000 Imperial Cup is the feature race on the card, is the first of 16 jumps meetings between now and mid-May. […]
Dermot Weld, so often the trainer to follow at Galway Races, won the Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap with Coeur D’Or at odds of 14/1. Ridden by Chris Hayes, the son of Dubawi held off the late fast finishing No More Porter (18/1, jockey Jamie Powell), with Robbie Colgan on Dunum a further three-quarters of […]
Top trainers Gordon Elliott and Henry De Bromhead shared the Grade 1 races on Day 2 of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival as Mighty Potter and Envoi Allen took Monday’s main races. Mighty Potter (5/2) was a first Grade 1 success for rider Jack Kennedy since his return from injury. The Gordon Ellliot-handled bay gelding won […]
Looking for a late Christmas present for a sports fan? How about membership of a racing club? Seven Worlds Racing Club is currently accepting new members and might be an option worth considering. The Club has two horses, Seven Worlds, a four-year-old gelded son of No Nay Never and Brokers Tip, a three-year-old gelded son […]