Michael O’Leary has made the poignant gesture of naming the mares’ novice hurdle at the Cheltenham festival after the late Jack De Bromhead. The race, which is ran on the third day of the Cheltenham festival, was previously known as the Ryanair mares’ novice hurdle but will now go as the Jack de Bromhead Mares’ […]

3 years ago

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

7 years ago

Michael O’Leary was hung out to dry and Ted Walsh wasn’t long to pounce. Apple’s Jade won the Irish Champion Hurdle like a Cheltenham Champion on Saturday afternoon in Leopardstown, but the mare’s owners continue to resist Pretsbury Park’s premium prize. They avoided it last year, instead targeting the mares’ honour and with a fancied […]

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

Brilliant. It’s not often we wish we were on a Ryanair flight but it wouldn’t be too bad right about now. Michael O’Leary, fresh from winning the Grand National on Saturday, suddenly appeared on a flight and announced a free bar for every passenger. A video on Twitter shows O’Leary telling passengers “there’s going to be […]

8 years ago

Gordon Elliot’s Tiger Roll pipped Willie Mullins’ Pleasant Company in a photo finish to win the 2018 Grand National on a great day for Irish horseracing. Davy Russell rode a horse that owner Michael O’Leary once referred to as ‘a little rat of a thing’ to victory as Russell claimed his first career win at […]

8 years ago