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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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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 […]
August 17th 2023, 4:32 pm

Aintree – Getting to know the Grand National fences

By Enda McElhinney
Jockey Davy Russell jumps the last fence on Tiger Roll on his way to winning the Grand National horse race on the final day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, northern England on April 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS @SCANPIX There are no more famous fences in racing […]
July 19th 2023, 10:17 am

Henderson’s Mister Coffey to go for Aintree again

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @RoadCheltenham on Twitter Nicky Henderson will once more be looking towards Mister Coffey in his quest to finally secure Aintree Grand National glory in 2024. The Seven Barrows trainer has famously never won the English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh Grand National in his more than 40 years as a handler – despite bagging […]
July 7th 2023, 1:16 pm

Blackmore awarded honorary MBE for contribution to racing

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @bluebloodracing on Twitter Aintree heroine Rachael Blackmore has been awarded an honorary MBE for her contribution to the sport of horse racing. Blackmore famously became the first female to ride the winner of the Grand National when she was on board Minella Times in 2021. The win sparked worldwide headlines and, following a […]
June 28th 2023, 10:12 pm

Unravelling the Grand National riddle

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @RacingPost on Twitter The Grand National at Aintree is one of the most eagerly anticipated horse races in the world. A marathon journey in excess of four-miles around the Merseyside track with some of the most punishing fences in racing to negotiate along the way, this race has long been the ultimate endurance […]
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