Posts tagged Brian Meehan
Dangerous Midge wins Turf
Nov 7th
He may have left it until the penultimate race, but Frankie Dettori finally found a reason for one of his flying dismounts at the Breeders’ Cup. In July the colt was winning the Old New Cup at Haydock Park off a handicap mark of just 96 – must have been the biggest certainty ever to [...]
Casamento wins Racing Post Trophy
Oct 23rd
Irish trainer Michael Halford savoured the biggest moment of his career knowing that he horse who had provided his first Group One winner had run his last race for him. Casamento led a clean sweep of Irish-trained runners in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster but will be running for a new trainer next season. [...]
Brian Meehan looks to Titus Mills for big finish
Oct 20th
There may have been times when Brian Meehan thought that time was running out for him this season. The Manton-based trainer has won at least one Group One race in five of the last six years but a slow start and some near-misses mean that he may have only one roll of the dice left. [...]
Laaheb wins Cumberland Lodge Stakes
Sep 26th
For the third day running Ascot produced a finish worthy of the grand arena when Laaheb battled his way to victory in the Group Three Grosvenor Casinos Cumberland Lodge Stakes. The field were staying well off the rail, in an attempt to find a firmer surface on the rain-softened ground, as Kieren Fallon on Whispering [...]
Ryan Moore picks up Theysken’s Theory ride
Sep 21st
Ryan Moore’s slim chances of retaining his jockeys’ title slipped from his grasp when he slipped from his horse at Windsor in August. The jockey, who missed more than three weeks with a wrist injury, has done his best to make up for lost time and now picks up a plum spare ride at the [...]
Kieren Fallon reaches century
Sep 7th
The original prize may be so far out of sight that it barely registers on the horizon but Kieren Fallon has been learning many things this year. Things like how to ride tracks that he had rarely seen since he first quit British racing to ride for Aidan O’Brien and then was denied the right [...]
Rip Van Winkle takes Juddmonte International Stakes
Aug 17th
If he keeps improving like this, Aidan O’Brien may have another champion on his hands. Rip Van Winkle had looked to be a light of former days when he could finish only sixth to Goldikova in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and then still seemed to have been put in his place by [...]
Field Day wins Valiant Stakes
Jul 23rd
Every weighing room has had their jokers in the jockeys pack and Martin Dwyer is usually just one step away from his next one-liner. But that does not detract from the serious business of life as freelance jockey. Following an abortive stint as No.2 jockey to Sheikh Hamdan, Dwyer is in his second season on [...]
Special Duty awarded second Classic
May 17th
The old adage used to be that the fittest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest the Derby and the best the St Leger, but fortune has certainly smiled on Special Duty. Criquette Head-Maarek’s filly now holds an unusual distinction of being the winner of two European Classics, both of which were claimed in the stewards’ [...]
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