Gallery 16th Jun Pic of the week. Jumbo Steps is driven out by Gary Carroll to score at Fairyhouse on Wednesday, providing his trainer Johnny Levins with his first success. 12-06-13 More »
Gallery 9th Jun Pic of the week. Ted Dolly jumps the last under Barry Geraghty on his way to victory at Tipperary on Thursday for trainer Eddie Hales. 06-06-13 More »
Henry Cecil wasn’t famous for bluntness. Wry humour was more the late master-trainer’s speed. But one thing he was consistently and admirably blunt about was handicaps. He hated them; described them as an encouragement to cheat. And he was right. Everyone knows he was right. So why are we surprised when cheating actually occurs? And [...]
Sidelined Jockeys
Injured Jockeys
E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May
P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
T P Treacy - Fractured tibia and fibula in a schooling accident Mon, 13th May
D G Lavery - Fractured pelvis in a fall at Wexford Fri, 17th May
K C Sexton - Double fracture right collarbone in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
T C Carroll - Suffered a collapsed lung & fractured ribs in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
Megan Carberry - Fractured hand in a fall at the Curragh Sat, 25th May
No Jockey - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
M P Burke - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
R P Cleary - Suffered concussion in a fall at Leopardstown Thu, 13th Jun
Suspended Jockeys
D G Hogan - Five day whip ban at Cork, starts Fri, 7th Jun
Mr L P Flynn - Two day whip ban at Tramore Fri, 14th Jun
B Hayes - Ten day ban for making insufficient effort at Tramore, starts Fri, 14th Jun
D M Grant - Five day ban for dropping hands & failing to gain best finishing position at Tramore Sat, 15th Jun