McLoughlin and Donoghue deliver Fairyhouse double
Trainer Dermot McLoughlin, jockey Keith Donoghue and owner-breeder Pat Conway enjoyed a memorable afternoon at Fairyhouse after combining to win the first two races on Easter Sunday.
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Gordon Elliott's Sire Du Berlais stuns Flooring Porter at Aintree
Sire Du Berlais shocked reigning Stayers' Hurdle champion Flooring Porter in the JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree.
Grand National 2022: Gentleman De Mee beats Edwardstone at Aintree
Gentleman De Mee (7-2) turned over 4-7 favourite Edwardstone to land the Grade One Poundland Maghull Novices’ Chase on Randox Grand National day at Aintree Racecourse.
Clan Des Obeaux, Kemboy declare for Aintree meet
Previous winners Clan Des Obeaux and Kemboy are among nine runners declared for the Betway Bowl at Aintree on Thursday. Kemboy was a brilliant winner of the Grade One contest in 2019 for Willie Mullins, beating the Paul Nicholls-trained Clan Des Obeaux into second. The application of cheekpieces appeared to have the desired effect for Clan Des Obeaux in last year's renewal as he struck gold by a whopping 26 lengths, before going on to win the Punchestown Gold Cup. The 10-year-old has been beaten twice since and is interestingly fitted with blinkers for the first time for the defence his crown on Merseyside. Kemboy has not managed to get his head in front since claiming a fourth Grade One success in last year's Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown, most recently finishing fifth when bidding for back-to-back wins in the Dublin Racing Festival feature in February. The one to beat on recent form is Dan Skelton's Protektorat, who was best of the British when third behind Henry de Bromhead's pair of A Plus Tard and Minella Indo in last month's Cheltenham Gold Cup. Conflated, trained by Gordon Elliott, was a surprise winner of the Irish Gold Cup and looked set to be placed in the Ryanair at Cheltenham before falling two from home. Colin Tizzard's Eldorado Allen finished third in the Ryanair and is another leading contender, as is Royale Pagaille after finishing fifth in the Gold Cup for Venetia Williams. Nigel Twiston-Davies will be praying for rain to give Bristol De Mai the best possible chance of claiming victory, while Ann Hamilton steps Nuts Well up in class after a Listed triumph at Kelso.
Impulsive Dancer has all right moves to cool down Mercurey
Willie Mullins' Mercurey was beaten by stablemate Impulsive Dancer after starting at 1-4 in the Listed Kevin McManus Bookmaker Champion Flat Race at Limerick.
Aintree aim for Stayers' Hurdle champ Flooring Porter
Dual Stayers' Hurdle winner Flooring Porter will be heading to Aintree for his next outing, with the possibility of a crack at the French Champion Hurdle also mooted. As Gavin Cromwell's stable star prefers to go left-handed, Punchestown was never on his agenda so another trip to Britain is upcoming.
Constitution Hill under consideration for Punchestown Festival
Connections of Constitution Hill are likely to consider next month's Punchestown Festival for the ultra-impressive Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner.
Cheltenham festival: State Man wins County Hurdle to make it two from two for Mullins
State Man continued the dominance of trainer Willie Mullins and piled on the misery for bookmakers at Cheltenham when powering up the hill to land a competitive renewal of the McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle.