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Ireland’s Greatest Racehorses. by Brian O’Connor $23.73 These days Irish horses dominate jump racing, while one of the finest Derby winners of recent years was Sea The Stars. The greatest steeplechasing horse of all time, Arkle, was Irish-bred and trained. Nijinsky, winner of England’s great flat races, was trained in Ireland. Now, Brian O’Connor, Racing Correspondent of the Irish Times, selects a dozen truly great Irish horses of the last hundred year… |
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Kings of the Saddle: Ireland’s Greatest Jockeys $7.23 The recent retirement of Mick Kinane, doyen of flat racing jockeys whose swansong was his 2009 Classic victories on the great Sea the Stars, reminded us once again how many of the greatest jockeys in racing, over jumps as well as on the flat, hail from Ireland. Brian O’Connor is the experienced racing correspondent of the Irish Times, and his survey of the twelve finest jockeys currently riding in… |
