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Donnacha O'Brien

mentioned in about 210 articles
Sat 21st Jun 2025
Royal Entry (left) completed a double for Billy Lee

Entry comes from last to first under power-packed Lee ride

4.12PM

Thu 19th Jun 2025
Happy Pharoah and Paddy Harnett

Harnett leaves Pharoah backers feeling Happy

8.21PM

Fri 13th Jun 2025
Suzie Songs, far side, shades Havana Anna

Suzie Songs hits right notes on debut

5.17PM

Wed 4th Jun 2025
Amadeus Mozart hits the line in front

Amadeus Mozart hits all right notes on debut

5.13PM

Sun 25th May 2025
Sharpen leads home Mittens

Sharpen rounds off memorable day for Donnacha O'Brien

5.54PM

Lake Victoria (second from left) comes to tackle to the front running California Dreamer

Lake Victoria bounces back to her best to seal Moore four-timer

4.16PM

Porta Fortuna is ridden out by Ryan Moore to beat One Look

Porta perfect on return

2.59PM

Balantina leads home her rivals under Oisin Murphy

Balantina leads home 1,2 for Donnacha O'Brien

1.52PM

Mon 19th May 2025
Romeo Sensini and Andrew Slattery

Sensini trounces rivals a week after debut effort

6.07PM

Sun 18th May 2025
Sound Of Lightning and Gavin Ryan.

Lightning strikes late under Ryan to down maiden rivals

3.55PM

Mon 5th May 2025
Atsila wins the Athasi at the Curragh under Gavin Ryan

Atsila going up the ranks at pace

3.56PM

Andab and Dylan Browne McMonagle are clear

Curragh action begins with a bang as Andab impresses

1.56PM

Mon 28th Apr 2025
Simply Astounding and Ryan Moore.

O'Brien filly Simply Astounding in debut victory

5.29PM

Thu 24th Apr 2025
Combs and Chris Hayes led home Treasure Planet and Gavin Ryan

Combs proves tough from the front under Hayes

6.52PM

Fri 11th Apr 2025
Professor Longhair leads them home

Professor Longhair has all answers on racecourse bow

8.29PM

Fri 22nd Nov 2024
Whispersinthewind strikes for Joey Sheridan

Whispersinthewind looks a progressive sort

7.01PM

Sat 12th Oct 2024
Whispersinthewind and Gavin Ryan

Whispersinthewind brings up treble for Gavin Ryan in Naas finale

5.46PM

Uncanny and Gavin Ryan

Gavin Ryan quickly doubles up on Uncanny

3.00PM

Thu 3rd Oct 2024
Baltray Lady and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Blinkers work the oracle on Baltray Lady

2.01PM

Sat 14th Sep 2024
Porta Fortuna and Tom Marquand draw clear of their rivals

Perfect from Porta as she lands another Group 1

3.22PM

Fri 13th Sep 2024
Fallen Angel

Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Fallen Angel in search of more Group One glory

1.19PM

Sun 1st Sep 2024
Tennessee Stud and Declan McDonogh

Tennessee Stud too strong for odds on Shackleton at Tipperary

2.28PM

Fri 9th Aug 2024
Ecstatic and Ryan Moore

O'Brien adds Ecstatic to long list of quality juvenile fillies

7.35PM

Sat 20th Jul 2024
Rudi's Apple and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Easy for Apple on Nursery debut

2.27PM

Tue 16th Jul 2024
Shavasi and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Shavasi another for in-form O'Brien/McMonagle team

5.32PM

Sat 13th Jul 2024
Naval Force in the clear

O'Brien and Ryan grab brace of winners through Naval Force

5.12PM

Shimmy Jimmy and Gavin Ryan (far side) beat Rion Rubette

Jimmy makes it third time lucky

2.09PM

Thu 4th Jul 2024
Sugar Club and Colin Keane

Sweet success for Meade in Bellewstown opener

4.40PM

Wed 3rd Jul 2024
Usdi Atohi and Gavin Ryan

Usdi Atohi gets back up to land Listed prize under Ryan

6.10PM

Wed 26th Jun 2024
Merrily and Ryan Moore

Plane sailing for Merrily as Ballydoyle win with another filly

6.14PM

Sat 22nd Jun 2024
Lily Hart and Gavin Ryan

O'Brien & Ryan double-up with Lily Hart

5.44PM

Lady Doris (far side) lands the spoils under Gavin Ryan

More success for Donnacha as Lady Doris lands Ulster Oaks

3.59PM

Sun 2nd Jun 2024
Elzem

Elzem off the mark at the third attempt

2.21PM

Sat 18th May 2024
Lady Doris (Gavin Ryan, far-side) got the better of Naturally Nimble (Dylan Browne McMonagle)

Donnacha 1st Joseph 2nd and Aidan 3rd in Navan finale

7.10PM

Fri 17th May 2024
Scorthy Champ

Scorthy Champ makes winning debut

4.36PM

Mon 13th May 2024
Donnacha O Brien right

Force shows fighting spirit on return

6.47PM

Sun 12th May 2024
Ortelius keeps up the gallop under Wayne Lordan

30/1 Leopardstown 4-timer for O'Brien and Lordan

5.59PM

Mon 6th May 2024
Barnavara (Shane Foley) clear from Kilmood Susan (David Egan)

Barnavara sparks Royal Ascot talk at the Curragh

1.43PM

Sat 27th Apr 2024
Unavoidable (left) and Gavin Ryan

Unavoidable another winner for Donnacha

4.05PM

Fri 26th Apr 2024
Bremen added to his Killarney maiden win when making a successful reappearance.

Bremen makes winning reappearance under Gavin Ryan

5.26PM

Sun 21st Apr 2024
Yosemite Valley and Gavin Ryan

Yosemite makes stakes breakthrough in Gladness

4.28PM

Sat 13th Apr 2024
Port Fairy and Ryan Moore

Oaks Trial could be next for Port Fairy

7.54PM

Tue 26th Mar 2024
Agenda and Wayne Lordan

Lordan rides first winner since returning from injury

8.42PM

Sun 24th Mar 2024
Take Me To Church is ridden out by Ronan Whelan

Church completes hat-trick with impressive Madrid win

3.36PM

Fri 10th Nov 2023
Sweetest and Seamie Heffernan

Expensive yearling lands Dundalk maiden

6.29PM

Sun 5th Nov 2023
Big Gossey and Robert Whearty win the Sheehy Motors Volkswagen Race

Trip no concern as Big Gossey records fifth Curragh success

1.02PM

Sat 21st Oct 2023
Ocean Of Dreams surges clear of his rivals under Seamie Heffernan

Impressive Dreams completes Heffernan/O'Brien brace

5.21PM

Guildenstern leads home his rivals under Gavin Ryan

Guildenstern copes best with testing Leopardstown conditions

2.19PM

Sat 30th Sep 2023
Naval Force and Gavin Ryan (right) break from stalls

Naval Force adds to Donnacha's Newmarket haul

3.39PM

Fri 29th Sep 2023
Piz Badile, far side, beats Sea The Casper

Piz Badile takes Dundalk feature for O'Brien and Ryan

8.44PM

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