The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
JOHN OXX and Mick Kinane have enjoyed an unparalleled year through the exploits of Sea The Stars, so Rayeni would be an appropriate big-race winner on the final day of the turf Flat season at Leopardstown this afternoon.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Greatness had been conferred already but yesterday, in a palpitating corner of Paris, Sea The Stars acquired racing immortality. Six group one wins in successive months climaxed spectacularly in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. If it proves to be his last act, it will be an imperishable memory.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
After 35 years as a jockey Mick Kinane knows a good horse when he sees one.
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
MICK KINANE believes Sea The Stars is as strong now as he has been at any stage this season as he bids for glory in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe began to take shape when 24 horses were left in at the forfeit stage.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Racing:Mick Kinane believes Sea The Stars is as strong now as he has been at any stage this season as he bids for glory in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
2009 TEXACO AWARDS: Nine of Ireland's outstanding sportsmen and women are recognised in the 2009 Texaco awards which are announced today. The award winners are: rugby - Brian O'Driscoll; athletics - Olive Loughnane; golf - Rory McIlroy; horseracing - John Oxxand Mick Kinane; boxing - Bernard Dunne; soccer - John O'Shea; hurlilng - Tommy Walsh; Gaelic football - Tomás Ó Sé...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... - AthleticsBernard Dunne - BoxingTomás Ó Sé - Gaelic FootballRory McIlroy - GolfJohn Oxx & Michael Kinane - Horse RacingTommy Walsh - HurlingBrian O’Driscoll - RugbyJohn O’Shea - Soccer
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... forward at full speed, leaving the picture as blurry as the scene most likely witnessed by Mick Kinane whenever he took a lift from Sea The Stars.(Speaking of which. While thrilled to hear that Sea The Stars and Zarkava are about to get it together at the Aga Khan’s stud in Kildare, we’d appeal to the media to give the couple some space; the last thing they need is to be turned in to the...
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Today is a public holiday in Ireland, and there are two meetings, a jumps card at Galway and a strong flat card at Leopardstown, including the Group Three Killavullen Stakes for 2yo´s over 7 furlongs at 14.25. Thunder Ridge (Dermot Weld/ Pat Smullen) and Keredari (John Oxx/ Mick Kinane) both won their maidens very easily and are stepping up in class, while Aidan O´Brien fields 3...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
LEOPARDSTOWN’S BANK Holiday Monday Group Three feature has a classic pedigree in the last decade and the John Oxx-Mick Kinane team will hope that Keredari can signal that sort of potential himself this afternoon.
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... the only one of them to have run so far, but in theory he is held by Akinndi (John Oxx/ Mick Kinane) , who finished just in front of him here last time. Sindiyma can complete a double for the Aga Khan in the second division an hour later, while Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen have chances in the final two handicaps with Blue Ridge at 18.05 and Ransomed Bride at 18.35. Now the rain has come,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... for the jockeys championship.John Oxx ran two in the Listed Garnet Stakes and, although Mick Kinane was on Zaralanta, it was the Fran Berry-ridden Aspectoflove who secured some valuable winning black type that could yet prevent her being sold next week.“She is in the autumn sales at Newmarket on Tuesday week, so we will have to discuss keeping her another year or let her go to the sales,”...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By early on in the summer of 2008, Mick Kinane was a man drumming his fingers on the tabletop of a nothing-left-to-prove career. What to do, what to do. All sportsmen get to the point eventually where their peers start clearing their throats and glancing at their watches. It hadn't quite happened to Kinane yet but at the age of 49, nothing was surer than that it would in due course....
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... at 18.25 CET. Despite the huge field this can probably be narrowed down to Pittoni (John Oxx/ Mick Kinane), who has not run since his debut in June when he was beaten in a photo at odds-on, Duc de Savoie (Dermot Weld/ Pat Smullen) and Agricola (Jessica Harrington/ Fran Berry), who have both shown useful form, and Aidan O´Brien´s well-bred newcomer Majority Leader (Johnny Murtagh).O´Brien...
