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HRI Board announces close of the 2019/20 National Hunt season

By Jack Neville / April 1, 2020 /

HRI Board announced the close of the 2019/20 National Hunt season and the cancellation of Fairyhouse and Punchestown Festivals ·       Plans agreed to keep Ireland on a ‘racing ready’ footing ·       National…

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O’Brien Pushing Golden Valour For Dundalk Run

By Raffaele Rocca / March 18, 2020 /

Limerick Racing News Trainer Richard O’Brien has a €25,000 handicap in mind for Golden Valour after the four-year-old recorded an easy success on the all-weather at Dundalk on Friday night.…

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Big win for Barry Fitzgerald at Dundalk and all Racing news

By Jack Neville / January 27, 2020 /

Limerick Racing News  Askeaton’s Barry Fitzgerald sent out his first winner when Beauchamp Bagenal landed the 7f apprentice maiden at Dundalk on Friday night. Although beaten in two bumper races,…

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McNamara notches winner number four of the year

By John Keogh / January 20, 2020 /

Limerick jockey Conor McNamara notched up his fourth winner of 2020 when landing the 3m handicap hurdle on the Gavin Cromwell trained Tokyo Getaway at Punchestown on Wednesday. A well-supported…

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Weekly Racing News: Another win for Chris Hayes

By Jack Neville / November 25, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News Chris Hayes made it six wins on the Hilary McLoughlin-trained Count Of Carabass when scoring a battling success at Dundalk on Friday night. He got the 10/1…

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Fairyhouse win for Mark Enright and Solar Heat: Weekly Racing News

By Jack Neville / November 18, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News Denis Hogan was full of praise for jockey Mark Enright after Solar Heat landed the 2m handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse on Tuesday. It was on Enright’s suggestion…

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HRI Weekly: Patrickswell’s Hourigan lands Cork Grand National

By Ronan Coughlan / November 4, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News  Patrickswell trainer Michael Hourigan landed a second success in the Cork Grand National on Sunday when The Gatechecker ran out a very easy winner under Darragh O’Keeffe.…

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Weekly HRI- Byrnes gearing up for Cheltenham with double in Navan

By Jack Neville / September 30, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News We are still in September but Ballingarry trainer Charles Byrnes is already thinking about Cheltenham for Doctor Duffy – the Showcase meeting there next month.  Doctor Duffy,…

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Listowel Recap with winners for Duggan, Hayes, Neville and Byrnes

By Jack Neville / September 16, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News  Kilfinane trainer Donncha Duggan was among the winners on the third day of the Listowel festival on Tuesday. He struck in the opportunity handicap hurdle with Antimatter…

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Local success aplenty in this weeks Racing News

By Jack Neville / September 2, 2019 /

Limerick Racing News Patrickswell trainer Michael Hourigan found Downpatrick a happy hunting ground back in the day and he returned to the track in triumph on Monday afternoon when the…

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