The Irish Derby: Who'll be the next coach?
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The names have been circulating forever, but now that Charlie Wies is out at Notre Dame, Pete Fiutak places odds on his successor.
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Jockeying for position
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
It has been an exceptional year for Irish flat racing with the invincible Sea the Stars keeping the hopes of many afloat, and a thrilling two-way battle for the title of Champion Jockey
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Horseracing Video: interview with Sea The Stars owner Christopher Tsui
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... a reputation with fillies, Sinndar proved Oxx was equally adept with colts. He won the Epsom and Irish Derbies and the Arc. For most trainers he would have been considered the horse of a lifetime, but Oxx will modestly tell you he was lucky for Sea The Stars to come along. A more popular view, however, is that the horse was lucky to find him. Cartier Winners Horse Of The Year Sea...
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Keredari looks the pick
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... which threw up both Grey Swallow (2003) and Footstepsinthesand (2004) before they landed the Irish Derby and 2,000 Guineas respectively.Footstepsinthesand was one of six Aidan O’Brien-trained winners in the last 10 years and the champion trainer runs three today with Johnny Murtagh teaming up with Utrillo.On Saturday the in-form Murtagh brought the O’Brien-trained colt, St Nicholas...
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Wallace's absence to curb Ulster
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... week in Edinburgh and this evening will be a mouth-watering sell-out.Aside from being a full-on Irish derby with the leadership of the league at stake, the game can also represent something of a quasi final trial for the autumn Tests, along with next week’s Munster-Ulster game in Limerick. Regarding the composition of the Irish team to play Australia in three weeks’ time at...