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Articles By John O'Riordan

John O'Riordan
John has worked for the Press Association since 2022. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Field and is a regular contributor to the Irish Racing Yearbook. He has previously written for the Racing Post, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mirror. He has been involved in racing for over three decades; having experience as a syndicate member, sole owner and breeder.
Fri 4th Nov 2022
American Mike and Jack Kennedy win at Down Royal

American Mike makes winning start over hurdles

12.50PM

Sun 23rd Oct 2022
Sounds Of Spring won under jockey Niall McCullagh

Sounds of Spring takes Curragh finale under McCullagh

5.57PM

Shoot The Blues and John Gleeson won impressively at Limerick

Shoot The Blues impresses with debut success

5.43PM

Coins Cross and Paddy Harnett win the TRI Equestrian Handicap

Coins brings home the money for Hartys

5.18PM

Falcon Eight and Finny Maguire had to battle hard for win

Eight has to battle to land odds under Maguire

4.42PM

Gevrey and Davy Russell resumed winning ways at Limerick

Gevrey back to winning ways at Limerick

4.30PM

Moss Tucker and Billy Lee win the Hatstone Solicitors Waterford Testimonial Stakes

Lee back level after Tucker lands Listed prize

3.31PM

Rebel Ivy and Sean O Keeffe win for trainer James Motherway

Ivy upsets odds in Listed Cailin Alainn

3.27PM

Imaginarium and Colin Keane win at the Curragh

Imaginarium win sees Keane go two up in title race

2.24PM

Polo Lounge and Danny Mullins win at Limerick

Polo Lounge easily justifies favouritism at Limerick

2.19PM

Kiki Badger and Jonathan Moore won first in Limerick

Kiki Badger makes winning hurdles debut for McCann

1.44PM

Tooprofitable and Leigh Roche battle on well(inside).

Grassick enjoys Profitable start to afternoon

1.41PM

Racing at the Curragh will be run on very testing ground

Conditions set to be testing at the Curragh on Sunday

9.28AM

Sun 2nd Oct 2022
Ben Harvey rode Jessqueen to win Tipperary bumper

Jessqueen takes Super Sunday finale at Tipperary

5.46PM

Joeswayornoway and Kieran Buckley win the Tote handicap Steeplechase

Joe gets her Way in Killarney finale

5.33PM

Authorized Art impressed with jumping at Tipperary

Authorized Art blitzes rivals with impressive jumping display

5.06PM

Final Orders and Keith Donoghue win the Tote Beginners Steeplechase

Easy for Final Orders in Beginners Chase

4.57PM

John Cannon and Connor King get up close home at Tipperary

John Cannon another jumps winner for Connor King

4.28PM

Sanibel Island returned to winning ways for Michael Hourigan

Sanibel Island completes Hourigan double at Killarney

4.26PM

Champ Kiely and Danny Mullins win the Fitzgerald s Woodlands House Hotel Novice Hurdle

Kiely looks real Champ in Tipperary rout

3.28PM

Winning Rascal and Darragh O Keeffe win the Tote Handicap Hurdle

Hourigan's Rascal continues Winning run

3.19PM

Saltonstall and Adam Caffrey win at Tipperary on Sunday

Saltonstall rolls back the years at Tipperary

2.11PM

Buttons And Bows and Simon Torrens win at Killarney

Buttons And Bows records narrow Killarney success

2.00PM

Covent Garden and Seamie Heffernan score at Tipperary

Covent Garden gets Arc Sunday off to a flier for Luxembourg connections

1.30PM

Bella Scintilla and JJ Slevin win Mares Maiden Hurdle at Killarney

Bella Scintilla makes winning debut for O'Brien

1.19PM

Belle Image heads to Tipperary for Concorde Stakes on Sunday

Busy weekend in store for Lavery on two fronts

1.46AM

Max Flamingo will represent trainer Francis Casey at Tipperary

Casey has high hopes for Flamingo at Tipperary

1.35AM

Wed 28th Sep 2022
Bring us Paradise and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Bring Us Paradise swoops late under McMonagle

5.44PM

Ted Hastings got up close home for Sam Ewing

Ted Hastings wins fourth race on flat debut

5.07PM

Harry's Hill and Scott McCullagh complete hat-trick

Hill completes sprint hat-trick in style

4.36PM

Fastman and Declan McDonagh won Barney Curley Cup

Fastman gets Team Mullins off to flyer in Barney Curley Cup

3.27PM

The Bog Bank recorded her second Bellewstown win

Second Bellewstown success for The Bog Bank

2.51PM

Sweeping Statement wins under Shane Foley at Bellewstown

Statement proves too strong for Claiming rivals

2.18PM

Sat 24th Sep 2022
Listowel had a record crowd for a Saturday of 11,053

Listowel enjoy record Saturday crowd on final day of festival

6.55PM

Thecompanysergeant and John Gleeson win the Brendan Daly Memorial Flat Race

Sergeant just does enough in Listowel finale

5.51PM

Half Nutz and Jamie Powell win the last at the Curragh

Patience pays off for Half Nutz syndicate

5.42PM

French Rescue and Tom Kiely Marshall cause a surprise

French Rescue an 80-1 surprise in Apprentices Handicap

5.20PM

Sil Ver Klass continued the good form of Tony Martin

Sil Ver Klass another for in-form Tony Martin

4.38PM

Hurricane Darwin and Simon Cavanagh win at Listowel

Hurricane blows away Listowel rivals

4.16PM

Galeron and Shane Foley win the Goffs Million

Million for export as Galeron takes feature event

3.39PM

Penny Jar and Conor McNamara got up at Listowel

Penny Jar continues Indian summer for Downey

3.32PM

Mile End and Ben Coen win the Barberstown Castle Nursery

Mile proves far too strong for Nursery rivals

3.02PM

Ambitious Fellow and Sam Ewing survived Listowel scare

Ambitious Fellow survives last flight scare to resume winning ways

2.48PM

Crypto Force and Colin Keane win the Beresford Stakes

Crypto Force causes mild surprise in Beresford Stakes

2.04PM

Rumi and Rachael Blackmore win the John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Rumi wins on hurdling debut for Blackmore and O'Grady

1.47PM

Small Oasis and Gavin Ryan impress in Curragh maiden

Oasis looks smart in Curragh opener

1.28PM

Brian Kavanagh had news of an extra race at the Curragh

€60,000 handicap to be added to Curragh on Saturday October 8

7.51AM

Trainer Michael Halford hoping Lashes can cause a shock

Halford ready to give it a Lash in Goffs Million

7.46AM

Fri 26th Aug 2022
Boujee(green) got up close home to make winning debut

Boujee belies inexperience to make winning racecourse debut

8.35PM

Dicebox just got up to win at Down Royal

Dicebox survives enquiry to win at Down Royal

8.11PM

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