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Kilgame (16/5) made all to win the Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle at Navan for Henry de Bromhead and Darragh O'Keeffe (26 today). By Kargese's sire Jeu St Eloi, the six-year-old edged clear of Begorra Man after the second-last and was ridden out to beat that rival by two and three-quarter lengths. The winner, bought for 300,000 euro a couple of years ago after finishing second on his sole start for Gabriel Leenders at Auteuil, was getting off the mark on his fifth sta

Henry de Bromhead's Raglan Road (7/2cf) justified good support when leading home a 1-2 for J.P. McManus in the Bluegrass High Performance Rated Novice Steeplechase at Down Royal. Gordon Elliott 's Slanagaibhgoleir (7/2cf) led on the run-in, but Mike O'Connor and Raglan Road got away from the last well, despite a mistake, and ran him down close home for a half-length victory. O'Connor said: "A strong-run race. The ground is after drying up a fair bit since I walked it this

The Henry De Bromhead trained Minella Machine stepped up on a promising debut effort when winning the closing Wexfordraces.ie (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race. A former point-to-point winner, the Robcour owned gelding was fourth to subsequent Cheltenham bumper winner The Mourne Rambler on his Rules debut over Christmas. Sent off 4/5f here, John Gleeson kept it simple on the market leader, tracking Tazman Dan before coming through to lead entering the straight. Keeping on strongly

Last June’s Royal Ascot winning trio of jockey Billy Lee, trainer Henry De Bromhead and owner Chris Jones today landed the Curragh’s Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie Maiden, with impressive newcomer Victory Tip (16/1). The trio had combined to win the Ascot Stakes with Ascending last June and, today, were represented by Invincible Army-sired Victory Tip, who was sluggish in rear in the early stages of the 23-runner race. Jockey Lee showed his acclaimed patience when sco

'I was absolutely revved' - Air Of Entitlement and Patrick O'Brien gives Henry de Bromhead a bittersweet boost in final race A devastating afternoon for the Henry de Bromhead team ended on a bittersweet note when Air Of Entitlement won the festival finale. The yard endured the heartbreaking loss of Envoi Allen after the Gold Cup when he collapsed and died following his final race, but Air Of Entitlement gave them a welcome boost with a determined success in the Martin Pipe

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Gu0doj-htus From RTE: Heart Wood eased to victory to take the Ryanair Chase in convincing style at the Cheltenham Festival. Trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Darragh O'Keeffe, Heart Wood went off a 9-2 chance after Fact To File was withdrawn and was bidding to go one better than his second-placed finish behind that horse last year. The eight-year-old always looked comfortable and drew level with JPR One, who made the running, at the

Racing Post: 'Half an hour ago, I was on the floor' - Heart Wood cashes in on Fact To File's absence to give owners swift Ryanair redemption What a difference half an hour makes. Brian Acheson was devastated after missing out on the Stayers' Hurdle with two of his biggest chances of the week, last season's one-two Bob Olinger and Teahupoo, but their defeats were soon forgotten when Heart Wood capitalised on the absence of Fact To File to win the Ryanair Chase. His task was un

After finishing runner-up last year, the Henry de Bromhead trained Heart Wood went one better to land the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival The late withdrawal of last year’s winner and hot favourite Fact To File from today’s Grade One Ryanair Chase, left the door open for the 2025 runner-up Heart Wood (9-2) to go one better. Partnered by Darragh O’Keeffe, the eight-year-old saw off the challenge of the gallant Jonbon to win by 10 lengths. Winning trainer Henry de Brom

Bokamsin put in a smart performance to beat four last-time-out winners in the Jumps Finale At Naas Sunday 8th March Rated Novice Hurdle over two miles at Naas. The six-year-old gelding was fitted with a first-time tongue-strap and from 11/1 in the morning he went off a 15/2 shot. Darragh O'Keeffe sent him on from flagfall and they made all. They moved clear before last and the only danger, Tip Of The Wings walked through it in second. The leader sailed in by six lengths fr

Fairyhouse’s rated novice chase over three miles and two furlongs was won by Rokathir who raced in the front rank throughout under Darragh O’Keeffe. A wide-margin winner at Navan earlier in the month, the seven-year-old had Maxi Mac Gold for company all the way around but jumped better than that rival who was out to his left at many fences. In fairness to the latter, he proved a tough nut to crack up the straight but Rokathir (5/2 out to 4/1 before the off) was idling in fr