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Keith Donoghue
Keith Donoghue (born 15 September 1990) is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. He has had multiple successes at Grade level and holds the record of five wins in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. After a long association with trainer Gordon Elliott, he decided to switch to riding freelance and has had notable victories for trainer Gavin Cromwell. Background Donoghue grew up in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, in a family with racing connections. His maternal great uncle, Andy Lynch, was a trainer and his grandfather worked at Fairyhouse Racecourse and took the young Donoghue to watch races there. Donoghue went hunting with his mother and took part in pony racing, riding over 150 winners. He left school at fifteen to work at the yard of Gordon Elliott. Racing career Donoghue was sixteen when he rode his first winner, Nino Cochise for Elliott at Listowel on 13 September 2009. Standing at about six feet tall with a sturdy frame, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Republic of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Grand National
The 2018 Grand National (officially known as the Randox Health 2018 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 171st annual running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase was the pinnacle of a three-day festival which commenced on 12 April 2018. The event was sponsored by Randox Health for the second time. The race was won by shot Tiger Roll, ridden by Davy Russell, in a photo finish from Pleasant Company. All 38 runners returned to the stables, although Saint Are required veterinary attention on the course and Charlie Deutsch, riding Houblon Des Obeaux, was treated on the track after a fall leading to Becher's Brook being bypassed on the second circuit. Race card From an initial 105 entries, the final field of 40 runners was declared on 13 April, after Minella Rocco, Vicente and Beeves were all withdrawn from the race and replaced by Thunder And Roses, Delusionofgrandeur and Walk In The Mill. Two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Births
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Spring Juvenile Hurdle
The Spring Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown Racecourse in February, over a distance of 2 miles. The race is restricted to four-year-old horses only and is usually contested by horses who go on to run in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The race was first run in 1994 as a Listed event, replacing the Le Coq Hardi Hurdle, a Grade 3 all-aged 2 mile Novice Hurdle. It was raised to Grade 3 in 1995, to Grade 2 in 2003 and has been a Grade 1 event since 2010. Records Leading jockey since 1994 (3 wins): * Paul Carberry – ''Shirley's Delight (1994), Sungazer (2000), Power Elite (2004)'' * Barry Geraghty - ''Personal Column (2008), Guitar Pete (2014), A Wave of the Sea (2020) * Paul Townend - '' Unaccompanied (2011), Mr Adjudicator (2018), Vauban (2022) '' * Danny Mullins - '' Footpad (2016), Gala Marceau (2023), Kargese (2024) '' Leading trainer since 1994 (7 wins): * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladbrokes Champion Chase
The Ladbrokes Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Down Royal over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are fifteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November. The event was established in 1999, and it was initially contested over 3 miles and 1 furlong. It was cut to its present distance in 2000, and given Grade 1 status in 2002. The Ladbrokes Champion Chase is now the first Grade 1 event of the Irish National Hunt season. It was sponsored by JNwine.com (James Nicholson Wine Merchant) from its inception until the 2018 running. Ladbrokes took over the sponsorship in 2019. Records Most successful horse (2 wins): * Beef Or Salmon – ''2004, 2006'' * Kauto Star - ''2008, 2010'' * Road to Respect - ''2018, 2019'' * Envoi Allen - '' 2022, 2024 '' Leading jockey (4 wins): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberthine Mares' Chase
The Liberthine Mares' Chase, currently run as the Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase, is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to mares aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March. The race was run for the first time in 2021 and replaced the Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase on the Cheltenham Festival programme. Records Most successful horse: * ''no horse has won this race more than once'' Leading jockey : * Mark Walsh - ''Elimay (2022), Dinoblue (2025)'' Leading trainer (3 wins): * Willie Mullins – ''Colreevy (2021), Elimay (2022), Dinoblue (2025)'' Winners See also * Horse racing in Great Britain * List of British National Hunt races References *Racing Post ''Racing P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Jump Racing Champion Jockey
The Champion Jockey of National Hunt racing in Ireland is the jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during a season. The list below shows the Champion Jockey for each year since 1946. The current champion, as of 2025, is Paul Townend. Champion Jockeys since 1946 *1946 – Martin Molony *1947 – Martin Molony *1948 – Martin Molony *1949 – Martin Molony *1950 – Martin Molony *1951 – Martin Molony *1952 – Pat Taaffe *1953 – Pat Taaffe *1954 – Pat Taaffe *1955 – Pat Taaffe *1956 – Toss Taaffe *1957 – Toss Taaffe *1958 – Bobby Beasley *1959 – Bobby Beasley *1960 – Bobby Beasley *1961 – Pat Taaffe *1962 – Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe *1963 – Bobby Coonan, Tony Redmond (jockey), Tony Redmond, Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe *1964 – Pat Taaffe *1965 – B Hannon *1966 – Pat Taaffe *1967 – Bobby Coonan *1968 – Bobby Coonan *1969 – Bobby Coonan *1970 – Bobby Coonan *1971 – Bobby Coonan *1972 – Bobby Coonan *1973 – Tommy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
