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.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... secondly, I believe our team can hold their own anywhere," he said.Three international jockeys, Mick Kinane, Jimmy Fortune and Seb Sanders, arrived in Johannesburg on Sunday. Kinane celebrated his 50th year in the best possible fashion riding three-year- old Sea The Stars to six consecutive Grade 1 wins. The horse is a certainty for the Cartier Horse-of the Year Award, which...
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...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... fast 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...
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...
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
... Cross, 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...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... struggle 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...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
By HOTSPUR (J A McGrath) Published: 7:31PM BST 14 Oct 2009 of ImagesNagging doubt: Sea The Stars ridden by Mick Kinane on his way to winning the Derby at Epsom Photo: GETTY IMAGESGrand daddy: Europe's most expensive stallion sire Galileo is a half-brother to Sea The StarsPhoto: GETTYCurious though it may seem, the mega-million pound price tag placed around Sea The Stars' neck after he...
