The Gallops – Episode 3: Gordon Elliott
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
“He’ll cope with it for as long as he can” – Donnacha ready for battle with the scales
Following the right track. When Donnacha O’Brien steered Forever Together to victory in the Epsom Oaks in 2018, the 19-year-old completed a feat that not even his older brother Joseph had managed in his riding career. The eldest of the O’Briens had 10 Classics to his name when he hung up his whip almost two […]
8 years ago
The Gallops – Episode 1: Kate and Jessica Harrington
“It’s the Irish against the English.” Kate and Jessica Harrington are winners. You can see it in their training, you can see it all over their stables at Moone, County Kildare. You can tell that every minute of their waking thoughts they’re thinking about what’s best for the horses and, because of that, they get […]
8 years ago