By Dan Walsh The annual Christmas racing festival kicked off today (St. Stephen’s Day) with three fixtures countrywide at Leopardstown, Limerick and Down Royal and the Wexford flag was flying successfully with doubles for jockeys Sean Flanagan and Sean O’Keeffe and one win each for jockey JJ Slevin, Philip Rothwell and Davidstown, Enniscorthy, trainer PaulContinue reading “Wexford winners celebrate Christmas”
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Closing date for Wexford sports clubs
By Dan Walsh Former Irish rugby international, Donncha O’Callaghan has been in contact with WexfordLocal.com to issue a reminder to sports clubs in Co. Wexford that the closing date for applications for a €5,000 award under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative is January 31st. Noting the benefit to be gained by the award, theContinue reading “Closing date for Wexford sports clubs”
Death of rugby star’s father
By Dan Walsh The death has taken place of James ‘Suzie’ Furlong from Ballyvelig, Campile, father of Ireland’s rugby international star Tadhg Furlong. Mr Furlong, who was a farmer and former butcher, was in his 60s. He was heavily involved with New Ross Rugby Club where his famous son, Tadhg, perfected his rugby skills asContinue reading “Death of rugby star’s father”
Wexford winners at Cork today
By Dan Walsh Two point-to-point meetings today (Sunday) at Tattersalls and Boulta but no Wexford winners at the Meath track and three winning Wexford connections at the Cork track at Boulta was the outcome. First timer Lady Rose Hackett in the Blackhall Stables partnership colours brought success to Paul Martin Pierce’s Killurin stables with aContinue reading “Wexford winners at Cork today”
€150,000 more for Enniscorthy Sports Hub
By Dan Walsh Enniscorthy Sports Hub is to receive an additional €150,000 under the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 with Enniscorthy Sports Hub receiving €300,000, bringing the total funding under this scheme to €450,000. The additional funding for projects is being provided, in responseContinue reading “€150,000 more for Enniscorthy Sports Hub”
Barry O’Neill is a winner at annual HRI awards
By Dan Walsh The 21st Horse Racing Ireland Awards were presented in Dublin last night (Monday) and Wexford’s Barry O’Neill from Kiltealy is the Point-to-Point Award winner after a thoroughly dominant season. A total of 64 winners in the pointing fields saw Barry crowned champion rider for the seventh straight year as he rode almostContinue reading “Barry O’Neill is a winner at annual HRI awards”
Murphy’s winning ways continue
By Dan Walsh Denis Murphy from Ballyboy Stables, The Ballagh, who handled a winner at Lingstown yesterday continued his run of success at Borris House today (Sunday) where he saddled Port Joulain and scored a six lengths victory under Jack Hendrick in division one of the four-year-old geldings maiden race. Billy Bates and John MartinContinue reading “Murphy’s winning ways continue”
Lingstown Saturday races successful
By Dan Walsh at Lingstown races An additional point-to-point fixture at Lingstown, Tomhaggard, today (Saturday) went off well with a satisfactory crowd and doubles for handler Matthew O’Connor-Flynn and riders Jack Hendrick and Brian Lawless. Matthew O’Connor-Flynn from Ballycrystal, Kiltealy, saddled the winners of both ‘divides’ of the maiden race for four-year-old geldings, both riddenContinue reading “Lingstown Saturday races successful”
Saturday racing at Lingstown
By Dan Walsh Following on from last Sunday’s successful point-to-point fixture at Lingstown, Tomhaggard, an additional fixture takes place tomorrow (Saturday) with the first race off at 12 noon. The ‘going’ will be like last Sunday, “yielding, yielding to soft in places” and there are 110 entries for the six races. Killinick Harriers are hopingContinue reading “Saturday racing at Lingstown”
Murphy family celebrations at Lingstown
By Dan Walsh at Lingstown point-to-point races Lough Derg Spirit made his debut over the Banks Course in the Open Lightweight Nomination Race at Lingstown, Tomhaggard, today (Sunday) and booked himself a place in the cross-country race at Cheltenham in December with the long-term plan to have a crack at the La Touche Cup atContinue reading “Murphy family celebrations at Lingstown”
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