Posts tagged Leopardstown
Lexus Chase preview
Dec 28th
Don’t adjust your television set. The track is really meant to be green. Horseracing on turf may have been on the endangered list but it was always going to make a comeback. A bit like narrow lapels on men’s suit, it was just a matter of time. To read the full story: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/joncol-can-motor-on-in-lexus-chase/news/1337151
Nick Mitchell hoping The Listener can hit top gear in Lexus Chase
Dec 27th
Officials at Leopardstown are patiently waiting for the opportunity to finally commence there Christmas meeting. The original first two days of the fixture were lost under a blanket of snow and now the thaw which provided the cure to that problem has also left another headache in terms of waterlogged patches. That means another morning [...]
First day of Leopardstown meeting postponed
Dec 22nd
The rapidly changing weather conditions in Britain and Ireland has meant that the four-day meeting at Leopardstown has had to be rescheduled. Having originally believed that the track would avoid the worst of the arctic conditions, racecourse officials have now had to accept that the course will not be ready for the first planned day [...]
Dubai Prince wins Killavullan Stakes
Oct 25th
Every owner dreams of seeing a horse carrying his colours to victory in the Classics. And for the second time in three days Sheikh Mohammed must have felt exactly that frisson of hope as one of his two-year-olds put up a commanding performance that could only nourish such aspirations. However both will be carrying different [...]
Cape Blanco wins Irish Champion Stakes
Sep 4th
As expected Aidan O’Brien won the Group One Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, for the sixth time, but not with the horse that he was expected to do so. It was a race for the unexpected and also a reminder not to forget a horse who has won a Classic. O’Brien fielded half [...]
Irish Champion Stakes preview
Sep 4th
When Rip Van Winkle won the Juddmonte International at York two weeks ago, Aidan O’Brien said: “He’s in a really good place now and he’s really on an upward curve.” As the colt had just beaten Twice Over and Byword, respectively the winners of the Eclipse and Prince of Wales’s Stakes, just how much more [...]
Six left in Irish Champion Stakes
Sep 2nd
Such are the equine resources that Aidan O’Brien can call upon that he is able to withdraw a horse who would be a stable star just about anywhere else and still maintain his grip on a major prize. O’Brien has pared down his five entries for the Group One Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at [...]
Music Show ready for Leopardstown
Sep 1st
Having already made one sweeping career change, to the point that there are many people who now only remember Mick Channon as a racehorse trainer, rather than an international footballer, there is always the suspicion that he could have made it as a comedian as well. Bravo Bravo was a horse who had had his [...]
Twenty left in Sprint Cup
Aug 30th
As Richard Hannon continues his pursuit of Sir Michael Stoute in this year’s trainers’ championship, he could be forgiven for wondering why what had become so reliable has begun to fail. Hannon’s two-year-old division has always paid its but this year there had been a level of quality that pushed the quantity to unheard of [...]
Profound Beauty upsets Age Of Aquarius
May 31st
Aidan O’Brien’s hopes of finding a successor for Yeats in next month’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot took a hit. Age Of Aquarius was beaten by Profound Beauty in the in the Seamus & Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Profound-Beauty-wins-Saval-Beg-Stakes-a11797
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