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HRI Award winners announced

The horse of the year award went to Camelot The horse of the year award went to Camelot
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The 10th annual Horse Racing Ireland awards took place at Leopardstown this afternoon.

The awards winners were:

RACECOURSE OF THE YEAR: Ballinrobe

POINT-TO-POINT: Colman Sweeney

Other nominees: Ray Hurley, Derek O'Connor, Jamie Codd

NATIONAL HUNT: Davy Russell

Other nominees: Barry Geraghty, Tom Mullins, Tony Martin, Willie Mullins

FLAT: Joseph O'Brien

Other nominees: Andy Oliver, Jim Bolger, Aidan O'Brien, Dermot Weld.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Peter Casey

Other nominees: Niall McCullagh, Tom Gibney, David Nagle, Michael Winters, Tom Hogan

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDUSTRY: Moyglare Stud Farm

HORSE OF THE YEAR: Camelot

Other nominees: Hurricane Fly, Sizing Europe, Excelebration, Quevega, Dawn Approach

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.