Aidan OBrien

Derby winner Australia justifies the faith of Aidan O’Brien

 June 8, 2014   John Welsh

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Aidan O’Brien became the first trainer to win the Epsom Derby in three successive seasons when favourite Australia won the 2014 renewal in a style which he suggests that he could be a dominant contender among the more valuable horse races during the current campaign. The Irish trainer has always claimed that this horse could […]

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Pineau De Re

Inspired riding by Aspell earns Grand National win for Pineau De Re

 April 6, 2014   John Welsh

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In winning the 2014 Grand National at Aintree racecourse, Pineau De Re belied the theory that victors of the prestigious race should normally have proven jumping experience with no history of falling on the challenging track. The horse clearly did not read the script as he atoned for his eighth fence calamity in the Becher […]

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African Story

Dubai World Cup success for African Story concludes another Meydan season

 March 30, 2014   John Welsh

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As the English horse racing flat season began at Doncaster Town Moor, the World’s richest race was staged soon afterwards at the Meydan track in Dubai. No expense was spared on an evening incorporating many of the more talented horses from around the globe yet the 10 furlong World Cup was won by the Godolphin […]

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Cheltenham festival

Drier ground produces some surprise results at Cheltenham

 March 16, 2014   John Welsh

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After a winter of seemingly incessant wind and rain, a mixture of fog and blue skies greeted horse racing fans as the four day Cheltenham festival of 2014 produced the usual excitement accompanied by a few shock results. Several days of drier weather produced a quicker surface than which had prevailed over the previous three […]

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Sprinter Sacre

Sprinter Sacre withdrawal is the correct decision by Henderson

 February 27, 2014   John Welsh

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News that reigning Ryanair Chase champion Cue Card will miss his intended target at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival due to injury is yet another setback for organisers of the March meeting. The announcement follows soon after the declaration that Sprinter Sacre would not be defending his two mile chase crown after a heart scare earlier […]

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Hurricane Fly

Hurricane Fly and Big Bucks demonstrate well-being in readiness for Cheltenham tests

 January 27, 2014   John Welsh

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With the beginning of the March Cheltenham Festival now just six weeks ahead, eyes were focussed on preparations for the two main hurdle events at the meeting with significant races being staged at both Cheltenham and at Leopardstown this weekend. The Champion Hurdle picture remains as compelling as ever following Hurricane Fly’s fourth victory in […]

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Hurricane Fly

Bobs Worth and Hurricane Fly prove their mettle ahead of Cheltenham

 December 31, 2013   John Welsh

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After a festive period when most of the leading national hunt horses appeared on the various racecourses throughout UK and Ireland, both the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle winners demonstrated that they will not concede their titles in March without a fight. Both Bobs Worth and Hurricane Fly won their respective races without […]

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Charlotte Dujardin with Horse

Equestrian Queen Charlotte Dujardin Shines at London International Horse Show

 December 19, 2013   R K Gupta

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The annual London International Horse Show got underway at the Olympia Exhibition Hall in London’s West Kensington on December 16, 2013. It is the 106th year of the colorful event which plays hosts to the world-class equestrian action, including Dressage, Show Jumping and Extreme Carriage Driving. Olympia Horse Show, one of Europe’s oldest equine competitions, […]

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Cue Card

Cue Card Betfair victory a triumph for the Tizzards and horse racing

 November 25, 2013   John Welsh

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Saturday’s Betfair Chase at Haydock Park was billed as race a to savour so early in the 2013-14 British and Irish national hunt season with several of the leading contenders for the March Cheltenham Gold Cup in the line-up. The expected clash between the two heavyweight racing stables of Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson never […]

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Tony Mccoy

Tony McCoy – A legend and a gentleman

 November 8, 2013   John Welsh

Mountain Tunes may be just a normal promising four year old gelding trained by Jonjo O’Neill and racing in the green and yellow colours of J P McManus, but from Thursday 7th November 2013 it will always be remembered as the horse on which jockey A.P McCoy claimed his 4,000th national hunt winner in Britain […]

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