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Sat 5th Apr 2008

Top Team Shine Despite Master Eclipse

Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh combined for a 179-1 treble on the second day of Aintree?s Grand National meeting but crucially their winning spree was minus Champion Chase winner Master Minded.

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Thu 3rd Apr 2008

Dun Deal For Doire And Philson

Connections of Dun Doire and Philson Run breathed a sigh of relief as their horses made the cut in a maximum 40-strong field for the John Smith´s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.

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Tue 1st Apr 2008

Mullins delighted with Walsh commitment

Willie Mullins is delighted jockey Ruby Walsh has pledged himself to Grand National specialist Hedgehunter.

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Mullins keen on Chelsea chance

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Johnson booked for Turko

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Sat 20th May 2006

Ahern Notches Nottingham Hat-Trick

Eddie Ahern was in top form at Nottingham with a 25/1 treble aboard Fontana Amorosa (13-8 favourite), Shipmaster (4-6 favourite) and Baskerville (5-1).

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Wed 17th Mar 2004

Brave Inca delivers the Cash for Irish

Yet again Ireland´s Cheltenham challenge got off to the perfect start as the heavily backed favourite Brave Inca won out in a thrilling Supreme Novices´ Hurdle finish.

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Wed 4th Jun 2003

WELD/SMULLEN ALLIANCE IN TOP FORM AT LEOPARDSTOWN

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen warmed up for Saturday’s Epsom Derby in double winning style at Leopardstown when they won the opening two races on the card with Oversighted and Military Option.

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Sat 24th May 2003

EGAN CELEBRATES 35TH BIRTHDAY IN CLASSIC STYLE

Irish jockey John Egan celebrated his 35th birthday in a ?Classic? sort of way at the Curragh yesterday when he teamed up with British raider Indian Haven to scoop the first domestic Classic of the current campaign, the Entenmann?s Irish 2,000 Guineas.

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Mon 14th Apr 2003

BEEF OR SALMON ON MENU AT FAIRYHOUSE NEXT TUESDAY

Beef Or Salmon, a costly failure for many Irish punters at the Cheltenham Festival last month, will be the star attraction at Fairyhouse next Tuesday when he is expected to line up in the featured Powers Gold Cup.

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Sat 12th Apr 2003

GROUND A GOING CONCERN AT LISTOWEL

Going reports have become something of a party conversation piece among the training fraternity these days and on the opening day of the Listowel 2-Day fixture on Saturday the subject raised its ugly head again.

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Thu 20th Mar 2003

Curragh bags the value

Ireland`s premier two-year-old race, the 300,000 euro National Stakes, will be sponsored this year by Dunnes Stores.

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Sun 9th Mar 2003

DOCTORS COULD BRING IRISH RACING TO A HALT

Irish racing is in big danger of coming to an abrupt halt early next month following the announcement before racing at Naas on Sunday afternoon that the 84 active members of the Racecourse Medical Officers Association (RMOA) will tender their resignation to the Executive with effect from April 6th.

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Sat 15th Feb 2003

SACUNDAI TAKES RED MILLS AT GOWRAN

Charlie Swan showed yet again why he has no less than 9 championship titles under his belt when he teamed up with Sacundai to take the Red Mills Trial Hurdle before another bumper crowd at a Gowran Park.

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Fri 14th Feb 2003

HRI ANNOUNCE INCENTIVE PLAN FOR OVERSEAS RUNNERS

Horse Racing Ireland has unveiled an incentive scheme to attract more overseas runners to contest Black Type races in Ireland.

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Sat 1st Feb 2003

BRADY BANTER LIGHTS UP PUNCHESTOWN

Monaghan handler Oliver Brady brought Punchestown to life yesterday with another rendition of his now customary post race victory ritual after Kenilworth duly justified favouritism in the hands of John Cullen in the Red Bog Hurdle.

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Sat 18th Jan 2003

BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR CARBERRY AT PUNCHESTOWN

Not for the first time at Punchestown this season Paul Carberry enjoyed a profitable session in the plate on Saturday afternoon, much to the joy of favourite backers, when he completed a double via Native Commander and Reminiscer.

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO FAIRYHOUSE ON SUNDAY

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Mon 6th Jan 2003

PUNCHESTOWN SCRAP THREE CHASES

The three chases planned for Punchestown`s meeting on Wednesday have been abandoned.

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THURLES SAYS NO TO THURSDAY

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ENTRIES OUT FOR CHELTENHAM`S GOLD CUP

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Mon 30th Dec 2002

IRISH HANDICAPPER IMPRESSED WITH BEEF OR SALMON

Ireland`s latest chasing star Beef Or Salmon which powered home in the Ericsson Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas has Irish NH handicapper Noel O`Brien on a high.

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FAIRYHOUSE NEW YEARS DAY IS OFF

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Tue 10th Dec 2002

Alexander Banquet Out For Season

Willie Mullins has been dealt another blow today after learning that Alexander Banquet will miss the rest of the season through injury.

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Fri 6th Dec 2002

BALLYHAMPSHIRE BOY IS PUT DOWN

Ballyhampshire Boy, one of Ireland's leading novice hurdlers last season, was humanely destroyed on Thursday after failing to show any signs of recovery from injuries sustained in a Navan fall last month.

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Sat 30th Nov 2002

GET READY TO RUMBLE AT FAIRYHOUSE

If quality jump racing is what you want on Sunday look no further than Fairyhouse and your prayers will be answered. This is jump racing of the highest quality with no less than three Grade 1 contests up for decision ? get there early, writes Brian Fleming.

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Tue 26th Nov 2002

GERAGHTY SCOOPS FAIRYHOUSE BIG RACE RIDE

Former Irish Champion Barry Geraghty will team up with Limestone Lad in Sunday's ?75,000 Ballymore Properties Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

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Wed 13th Nov 2002

BEHRAJAN TOPS WEIGHTS IN NAVAN FEATURE

Behrajan will make his seasonal reappearance in the ?65,000 Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan on Sunday according to trainer Henry Daly.

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Sat 9th Nov 2002

DOWN ROYAL STROLL FOR MOORE AND O`DWYER

Arthur Moore and Conor O'Dwyer have been a formidable force in national hunt circles for many years and yesterday at Down Royal the pair added another string to their bow when More Than A Stroll sprang a 20/1 surprise in the James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase.

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Fri 8th Nov 2002

NAAS SATURDAY WASHED OUT

Following heavy overnight rain the meeting scheduled for Naas on Saturday afternoon has been cancelled.

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Fri 25th Oct 2002

BE MY ROYAL RETURNS TO WINNING WAYS AT THURLES

Willie Mullins has the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury next month or the Drinmore Chase at Fairyhouse at the beginning of December as possible engagements for Be My Royal after the eight-year-old carried the Florida Pearl colours of Violet O'Leary to victory in the EBF Chase over 2m4f.

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Mon 21st Oct 2002

FAIRYHOUSE WEDNESDAY IS WASHED OUT

The National Hunt card scheduled for Fairyhouse this Wednesday has been cancelled due to the recent inclement weather.

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Fri 11th Oct 2002

BARROW TAKES OPENING DAY GOWRAN FEATURE

Promising novice Barrow Drive notched up his fourth win over fences when taking the ?26,000 winners purse in the featured National Lottery Agent Champion Chase on the opening day of the Gowran Park October Festival on Thursday, writes Brian Fleming

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Sun 6th Oct 2002

HOME SWEET HOME FOR CORK-BORN O`NEILL AT CURRAGH

Cork-born Dane O'Neill continued his rich association with the Curragh on Saturday when he partnered Rag Top to justify favouritism in the featured seven furlong C.L. Weld Park Stakes.

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MURTAGH NEW LEADER IN TITLE RACE

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Fri 4th Oct 2002

MCMANUS PRIZE SET FOR EXPORT ON SUNDAY

All roads lead to Tipperary on Sunday afternoon when the John James McManus Memorial Hurdle takes centre stage on a mouth-watering mixed card.

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Thu 3rd Oct 2002

IN TIME`S EYE SET FOR FAIRYHOUSE VICTORY

Fairyhouse stage their seventh all-flat meeting of the season this Friday afternoon with a seven-race card beginning at 3.00pm.

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Fri 27th Sep 2002

POWER SUFFERS FACIAL INJURY IN FREAK ACCIDENT

Frosty Wind made every yard a winning one for Pat Shanhan in the Harp Lager Handicap but Gordon Power was not so lucky.

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WELD BREAKS ?2M BARRIER AT LISTOWEL

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PERMIT HOLDER DOYLE HITS HEADLINES AT LISTOWEL

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Mon 16th Sep 2002

OVERSEAS CHALLENGE AT FAIRYHOUSE ON WEDNESDAY

Berkshire-based Irishman Stan Moore launches a two-pronged assault on the ?30,000 Tattersalls Ireland Race at Fairyhouse on Wednesday afternoon.

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Sun 15th Sep 2002

SUPER SUNDAY FOR WELD AND SMULLEN AT CURRAGH

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen, fresh from their St Leger success with Vinnie Roe, continued on their winning ways at the Curragh on Sunday when Irresistible Jewel landed the Aga Khan Studs Blandford Stakes en route to a 48 ? / 1 treble.

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Fri 13th Sep 2002

VAN THE MAN IN CURRAGH NATIONAL STAKES

The mouth-watering weekend of Curragh action continues on Sunday afternoon when the ?325,000 Group 1 Aga Khan Studs National Stakes is the centrepiece on a marathon eight-race programme.

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Sat 17th Aug 2002

IRISH HOLD ON TO WIN AT MOONEE VALLEY

Although they failed to trouble the judge in the final race of the series, the Irish jump jockeys team just held on to win the annual match against their Australian counterparts at Moonee Valley this morning.

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Mon 12th Aug 2002

IRISH PULL CLEAR DOWN UNDER

The Irish jump jockeys team opened up a considerable advantage over their Australian counterparts as the Jump Challenge Series continued at Warrnambool on Monday.

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Sat 10th Aug 2002

IRISH TO THE FORE DOWN UNDER

The Irish jump jockeys team put their slow start behind when making a clean sweep in the Samuel Smith-Australia vs Ireland Steeple at Morphettville in Adelaide.

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Wed 7th Aug 2002

SLOW START FOR IRISH DOWN UNDER

The Irish jump jockeys team got off to their usual slow start when the annual Australian tour got underway early this morning.

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Fri 12th Jul 2002

NEW FIXTURE ANNOUNCED FOR WEXFORD

Horse Racing Ireland have announced additional fixture to be held at Wexford Racecourse.

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Sun 30th Jun 2002

Chaparral completes Derby double

Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O`Brien achieved another notable milestone in his training career when he saddled the first three home in the Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh headed by long odds-on chance High Chaparral and Mick Kinane.

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Sat 18th May 2002

O`Brien`s Entenmann`s team takes shape

Aidan O'Brien has gone some of the way to confirming his team for the Entenmann's Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh by announcing today that Hawk Wing will miss the race.

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