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Enda McElhinney

Enda McElhinney is a racing writer with a growing portfolio of work on both British and Irish racing, with a particular fondness for National Hunt racing. While he acknowledges there have been many great runners; there has only ever been one Denman.
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January 19th 2024, 5:01 pm

McConnell on a Mission with Mahler for Aintree

By Enda McElhinney
Horse Racing – National Hunt – Cheltenham Festival – Day One – The Wellchild National Hunt challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys Novices steeple chase – Cheltenham Racecourse – Tuesday 14th March 2023 Johnny Barry on Mahler Mission 5 leads after the first circuit COLORSPORT / Andrew Cowie PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUK Irish trainer John McConnell is plotting backwards from […]
January 15th 2024, 11:17 am

Gold Cup tilt preceded Aintree return for Corach Rambler

By Enda McElhinney
15.04.2023, Aintree, Liverpool, GBR – Horses and jockeys during the Grand National. Winner Corach Rambler with Derek Fox up with saddle cloth 26. Aintree racecourse. Reigning champion Corach Rambler will bid for back-to-back Aintree Grand Nationals this spring trainer Lucinda Russell has confirmed, but only after an ambitious tilt at the Cheltenham Gold Cup first. […]
January 11th 2024, 3:21 pm

Noble Yeats team planning another Aintree effort

By Enda McElhinney
2023 Leopardstown Christmas Festival – Wednesday, Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin 27/12/2023 Danny Mullins on Meetingofthewaters celebrates winning The Paddy Power Steeplechase Extended Handicap Steeplechase The team that helped make Noble Yeats the first seven-year-old Aintree Grand National winner in more than eight decades are planning for another audacious Merseyside challenge with Meetingofthewaters. As Noble Yeats did […]
December 22nd 2023, 12:53 pm

Skelton hoping Latenightpass will get him to Aintree with a chance

By Enda McElhinney
07.04.2022, Aintree, Liverpool, GBR – Latenightpass with Gina Andrews up wins the Randox Hunters Chase at Aintree. IMAGO Trainer Dan Skelton is eyeing a tilt at the Randox Grand National for Latenightpass in the wake of landing the Glenfarclas Crystal Cup at Cheltenham’s Christmas Meeting. The ten-year-old has spent much of his career on the […]
October 26th 2023, 1:24 pm

Aintree unveils Grand National changes for 2024

By Enda McElhinney
RACING-ENG-NATIONAL Jockeys ride their horses after starting the Grand National horse race on the final day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse on April 6, 2019. Oli SCARFF / AFP The most famous steeplechase in the world, the Randox Grand National at Aintree, is set to undergo some significant change from 2024 onwards […]
October 11th 2023, 12:27 pm

Grand National ‘looks made for Kitty’s Light’

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @GBRacing on X Trainer Christian Williams is looking forward to the journey that he hopes will bring him to Aintree in the spring with star staying chaser Kitty’s Light for a tilt at the Grand National. The Ogmore Castle-based handler is adamant that Kitty’s Light is ‘made’ for Aintree in the spring and […]
September 20th 2023, 10:43 am

Corach Rambler gearing up for Kelso comeback

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @RacingTV on X Grand National hero Corach Rambler is likely to begin the new season at Kelso in late October, says trainer Lucinda Russell. The three-and-a-quarter-mile Edinburgh Gin Chase at the Borders track on October 28th is being touted as a starting point for a horse with Cheltenham Gold Cup aspirations this season. […]
September 6th 2023, 1:22 pm

Red Rum flying the flag for Grand National in People’s Champion vote

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @AtTheRaces on X The Aintree legend that is Red Rum is flying the flag proudly for the Grand National ahead of the final of The People’s Champion, the competition to be crowned the Racing Post readers’ favourite ever racehorse. The trade paper has conducted a series of heats, decided by public voting, to […]
August 30th 2023, 4:22 pm

Grand National-winning trainer announces new partnership

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @SkySportsRacing on Twitter Grand National-winning trainer Dr Richard Newland has revealed that he is to join forces with Jamie Insole, former assistant trainer to Charlie Hills, as his yard becomes dual-purpose for the 2024 season. The pair will train at Droitwich under a dual licence from next year’s Flat season, it has been […]
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