Winners & News

Early jockeys' championship-leader Darragh O'Keeffe completed a Ballinrobe double today, completing the feat in the Corrib Oil Beginners Chase on the Henry De Bromhead-trained Rusty Harkness (5/2jf), in the Honeysuckle-colours of owner Kenny Alexander. The homebred son of Walk In The Park made virtually at all the running and held on well to score by 1.5 lengths from Fou De Toi . O'Keeffe, earlier successful on the Philip Rothwell-trained Ocean Murphy , reported “Rusty Harkne

Trainer Henry De Bromhead followed his stable jockey Darragh O'Keeffe in completing Ballinrobe doubles today, as his Elegantemente (8/1) made a smart winning debut in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies INH Flat Race. By Allaho's sire No Risk At All and out of a half-sister to a Grade 1-winner, Elegantemente today debuted for leading owners Robcour and under John Gleeson, raced prominently and finished strongly for a six lengths win over She Was The One . De Bromh

John Magnier's famous dark blue silks were successful at both Irish meetings today, and having landed the Curragh's St Leger Trial with Queenstown , followed up in Killarney's Old Market Lane Traders Novice Chase, with Butch Cassidy (1/2f). Magnier's all-conquering Coolmore Stud was also earlier involved in Futurity Stakes-winner Giant Sequoia and, at Killarney, Butch Cassidy made all the running under jockey Darragh O'Keeffe to score readily from three rivals. Winning traine

Forty-four years after her great-grandmother Charmian (aged 62) won a Tralee bumper on the great Dawn Run, Gabriella Hill also claimed victory on Kerry soil when making all on Trubshaw (7/1) in the Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre Apprentice Handicap over one mile, six furlongs. Twice successful under the 7lb claimer last year, the Sixties Icon gelding sported new headgear here and raced clear over a furlong out to beat Lady Plimsoll by six and a half lengths. Henry De

Ridden by Darragh O'Keeffe, La Cote Fleurie (10/3) made it three wins from four starts when taking Kilbeggan's Bretland Construction Novice Hurdle over two miles, three furlongs. Previously successful in a bumper and maiden hurdle, the daughter of Walzertakt led between the final two flights and stayed on well to account for Mino Des Mottes by a length and a half. Robbie Power, representing the winning trainer Henry De Bromhead, said “It was a good performance, we're delighte

Henry de Bromhead's Sea Of Dubka was a fortuitous winner of the opening three-year-old maiden hurdle at Killarney. She tracked throughout and was a close second behind Harmani who led narrowly two out as long-time-leader Misty Cove gave best. Harmani looked to have the measure of Sea Of Dubka as he increased the lead to two lengths jumping the last, however, the leader took a plunging fall to leave Sea Of Dubka clear of the remainder. The well-backed 5/4 favourite galloped in

The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over five furlongs was the opener at Cork and Walk On Harry (11/2) landed the spoils for Henry de Bromhead and Ronan Whelan. Fitted with a tongue-tie for the first time after finishing third over course and distance three weeks ago, the Earthlight colt tracked the front-running 11/8 favourite Southern Boulevard With the leader gradually hanging left towards the stands' rail, Walk On Harry took her measure inside the final 100 yards and went

The Fitzgerald Construction Building 'A' Rated Homes Handicap over a mile was Cork's finale and it produced a big-priced winner in Starflow (25/1). Ridden by Cian Cusack for Henry de Bromhead, the Starman gelding was driven along early to get a prominent position and went second after a furlong and a half. In front on the home turn, the Roger Brookhouse-owned three-year-old was ridden two furlongs out and stayed on well to beat slow-starting, fast-finishing 11/8 favourite Rep

The Pimlico Racing-owned Lureka Du Noyer gave Henry de Bromhead and Darragh O'Keeffe their first winner of this year’s Tramore Festival in the WTW Willis Rated Novice Hurdle. A well-supported 5/2 favourite, the five-year-old led on the run to the penultimate hurdle and sealed the deal with a big leap at the last, coming home a length and a quarter ahead of Mark Fahey’s 3/1 chance Mr Master Mac De Bromhead commented, “I'm delighted with that. Lovely to get a winner here. “We a

The Henry de Bromhead-trained Rockonliam (7/4) was a comfortable six-length winner of the Poolcourt Engineering Handicap Chase for jockey Darragh O'Keefe. The six-year-old son of Arctic Cosmos, who was victorious in Listowel over hurdles, has taken to the larger obstacles quite well, with a facile success recorded in Wexford in his Beginners' Chase, and further again today as he enjoyed the step up in trip to see out victory off a mark of 118, and he's a horse on the up. Spea