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Limerick Racing News A big step back up in class is on the card to the Ken Condon-trained Celtic Beauty which landed the 5f maiden under high-flying Billy Lee at Naas on Bank Holiday Monday. Owned by David Kelly, she will head for the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York later this month after scoring…
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The Ballingarry native enjoyed another successful day in the saddle as he claimed the Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on Sunday afternoon aboard Romanised. Watch the race and Lee’s reaction on the videos below.
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A total of 17 different jockeys were unable to win on One Cool Poet but Castletown native Billy Lee had the magic touch as the pair made history by winning three times in six days at Ballybrit. Before Ballybrit, One Cool Poet had just one win to his name in five years but he hit…
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Limerick Racing News Shanagolden ‘s Chris Hayes has a big week ahead as he will be on plenty of Dermot Weld’s representatives at Galway and he warmed up for Ballybrit by guiding Franklyn to a narrow victory at Leopardstown on Thursday evening. The Aidan Howard-trained 7-4 favourite hit the front over a furlong out in…
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Limerick Racing News It was a wonderful week for Shanagolden jockey Chris Hayes who helped himself to five winners in the space of just four days. He teamed up with Fozzy Stack at Killarney on Monday as Chesapeake Shores won the Seamus Mulvaney Bookmakers Fillies Maiden at odds of 5-1. Hayes won the opening claiming…
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It was a victorious few days for horse racing folk in Limerick racing after wins for local jockeys and trainers alike. Donal McInerney was the hero of the hour as he got the 8/1 Chasing Abbey home by three parts of a length from the Eoin Doyle-trained Dunbar at Roscommon. Chris Hayes then landed a…
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Chris Hayes didn’t enjoy the best of fortune at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival but the Shanagolden jockey was back among the winners at Bellewstown on Wednesday night where he won back-to-back races. He teamed up with veteran Curragh trainer Kevin Prendergast to win the median action maiden with the strong 4/6 favourite…
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Twenty-three young people graduated from the SOLAS / KWETB Trainee Jockey programme at the Racing Academy & Centre of Education (RACE) recently and most are now proceeding to take up employment in the industry. There was one graduate from Limerick this year in 18-year-old Jack Enright from Ardagh. Jack completed his work placement with Michael…
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Limerick Racing News Ballingarry trainer Charles Byrnes has the Galway summer festival on his mind for Doctor Duffy after he landed the novice hurdle over three miles at Kilbeggan on Monday evening. The 11-10 favourite showed a smart turn of foot in a slowly run race to beat Jerandme by one length. Tralee native Phillip…
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Limerick Racing News Ballingarry-based trainer Charles Byrnes landed a gamble at Carlisle on Tuesday evening as Mr Smith won the concluding Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap under apprentice Sean Davis. It was a terrific training feat by Byrnes as Mr Smith had not appeared for 791 days but that did not prevent him…
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