Gordon Elliott has apologised for the photo that shows him sitting on a dead horse and provided some “context and background information” on the photo. Meath racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott is under investigation after a photo did the rounds of him sitting on a dead horse on social media. The photo shows the Longwood trainer […]

5 years ago

“Buy your food in Dublin because on board this flight, we’re drinking.”

7 years ago

Everything Gordon Elliott has now, he worked for. He wasn’t born into riches, not even into a horse racing family. But day by day, he took a farmyard and he built and empire out of it. He took castoffs and turned them into champion horses. This is the inspiring story of a man who doesn’t […]

7 years ago

A tough week for punters, for Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott but a good week for smaller yards and for Irish racing. “You’d nearly be deeply suspicious of a lad if he told you he’d made money punting this week,” said punter and racing pundit Johnny Ward of an interesting week of Christmas racing. Trainers’ […]

7 years ago

Grand National winning jockey Davy Russell rode Tiger’s Roll to a photo-finish victory at Aintree on Saturday to claim his first career win in the showpiece steeplechase. Russell pipped Pleasant Company in a brilliant finish to continue his excellent season in the saddle after claiming the Leading Jockey Award at the Cheltenham Festival for the first […]

8 years ago

What a jumps trainers’ championship it has been. Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliot, two of Ireland’s leading National-Hunt trainers, have slugged it out blow for blow since the beginning of the season in pursuit of the crown that hasn’t left Mullins’ Clonsutton base in Carlow since the 2008/2009 season. Mullins’ dominance in this section is […]

9 years ago