IT’S a perennial quest for the small trainer – to find that one horse which would elevate the stable to the big-time and the prospect of...
DEREK O’Connor knew he had a decent book of rides heading to last week’s big Punchestown festival, but little did he think that he would nearly...
PAT Kelly doesn’t do panic. He leaves that to the growing fan base of arguably the most popular Irish racehorse in training which made a spectacular...
OVER 150 horses were in action at the two-day Galway October Bank Holiday meeting, but fittingly the one to leave the biggest impression on Ballybrit punters...
A snapshot of the growing dominance of a handful of trainers on the Irish National Hunt scene was again provided at Galway’s latest meeting on Tuesday....
THE renaissance of local trainer Pat Kelly continued at Ballybrit on Sunday when the Craughwell-based handler turned out the promising Presenting Percy to land the Corrib...
GORDON Elliott is setting a scorching pace in the National Hunt trainers’ championship and his prospects of breaking Willie Mullins’ long stranglehold on the title were...
LOCAL trainer Val O’Brien is preparing a big assault on Galway’s final race meeting of the year with stable stars Abarta and Valours Minion over the...