Chazzesmee could attempt an audacious Lincoln double after landing the Irish version today in the Curragh.
Brilliant (7/2) secured that all important Group 3 success in the Park Stakes over a mile in the Curragh.
Merisi Diamond is clearly a horse to keep on the right side of as he put in a power-packed display in the concluding Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap at the Curragh.
Global Energy got Sheila Lavery and Keithen Kennedy off the mark on opening day of the Flat season in the Curragh.
Starting at the Lord Bagenal Inn, two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs along with his owners Audrey, Greg and Sarah Turley, trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Paul Townend will parade through the village of Leighlinbridge in Co Carlow at 5:30pm tomorrow (Tuesday 19th).
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I'm from Wexford Town and I didn't have anything to do with horses or the horse industry initially - mum was a matron in Wexford General Hospital and dad was an accountant in a few different firms.
As a kid in primary school I met John Berry and became very friendly with him. We used to go up to his house after school and I got a bit of a love for the ponies up there. I rode ponies with him and basically that is where it all started from. I didn't know much about the horse industry but, from then, I wanted to be a jockey. Why? I don't know as there wasn't much of it on television and at that time I don't think I was even going up to the racecourse in Wexford. Something was in the head and that was it!
With a cohort of racing fans once again calling for Cheltenham to return to a three day Festival I thought it might be a bit of fun to take a break from all the form study and look back at what Cheltenham was really like when the Festival was done and dusted by Thursday afternoon.
The last time Cheltenham had a three day festival was way back in 2004. It was the same month the smoking ban came into force in Ireland and self-confessed punter Bertie Ahern was Taoiseach. It was also a time when Irish racing had plenty of friends in high places with Charlie McCreevy the Minister for Finance and Joe Walsh the Minister for Agriculture.