Danny Gilligan delivered a 19/1 double at Ballinrobe’s first meeting of 2025, partnering the Cian Collins-trained Impero to victory in the featured McGrath Limestone Works Handicap Hurdle.

Cheltenham heroine Jody Townend might strike on Straight Home in the BoyleSports Mares Handicap Hurdle when racing heads west for the first time in 2025, to Ballinrobe. Formerly trained by Townend ...

While both horses won Ladbrokes declined to settle the bet on the basis that the races were under investigation by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) after the raceday stewards at Limerick ...

Stable lad Dylan Phelan placed a €30 each-way double on Rocky's Diamond in a maiden hurdle at Limerick and Diamond Nora in a mares' maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe on April 19, 2024, taking prices of 80-1 ...

Rocky’s Diamond eventually returned a 22/1 winner of a maiden hurdle at Limerick, while Diamond Nora scooted clear in a mares’ maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe at 16/1. It meant that Phelan stood ...

Diamond Nora also showed a dramatic level of improvement in her form. In two outings before he trip to Ballinrobe, she had finished 20th of 25 at Naas then 10th of 16 at Gowran Park. But like her ...

Gaynor, from Ballinrobe in Co Mayo, is proprietor of The Butcher Block, a supermarket in Sunnyside, Queens, that has specialised in Irish products for the local community and beyond for 30 years.

IHRB Raceday Stewards in ­Limerick and Ballinrobe had enquired into the “apparent improvement” in form of both horses. The matter was then referred to the IHRB referrals committee for further ...

She has been fantastic over the last 12 months. She won her bumper in Ballinrobe in August, then she won the mares’ bumper at Cheltenham’s November meeting, before going to Aintree and winning ...

Bambeano (IRE) 66-1 (10-2) Always towards rear, never a factor, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra, 12th of 14, 16 3/4l behind Omakase (8-13) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Feb. Final Decision ...

He said: "The prize money is still a bit of a problem, except for the races like the Irish Grand National, the ordinary maiden hurdles at Ballinrobe, for example, to win like five grand for the ...

He already has a National in the bag, having won the Mayo National at Ballinrobe last May. Second in the Galway Plate last summer, he was running a big race in the National Hunt Chase at ...