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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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February 21st 2023, 4:20 pm

History-maker Minella Times is retired

By Enda McElhinney
Minella Times – the horse Rachael Blackmore created history with when becoming the first woman to ride the winner of the Grand National – has been retired following a setback. Trainer Henry De Bromhead had been hoping to get Minella Times back to Merseyside this spring for one more run in the great race but, […]
February 13th 2023, 7:57 pm

Corach Rambler heads untypically low UK entry in Grand National

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @AtTheRaces on Twitter Just 31 of the remaining 85 Grand National contenders for Aintree this spring are trained in Britain, with Cheltenham Festival winner Corach Rambler on course to lead the home side. The British-trained initial entry of 31 compares with 54 in 2022 and 62 in 2021. That reduced number in part […]
January 19th 2023, 2:17 pm

Noble Yeats to bid for Gold Cup-Grand National double

By Enda McElhinney
Image on Twitter Ambitious Irish trainer Emmet Mullins has his eye on a famous Gold Cup-Grand National double with reigning Aintree hero Noble Yeats. Mullins pulled off a fine training feat last spring as Noble Yeats was partnered to Aintree glory by retiring amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen in the colours of his father Robert Waley-Cohen. […]
August 17th 2022, 7:02 pm

Waley-Cohen recalls moment dreams came true

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @bet365 on Twitter Sam Waley-Cohen signed off his career in the saddle with an incredible Grand National success at Aintree in April that even a Hollywood scriptwriter might struggle to come up with. The amateur jockey, riding in his last competitive contest, won the world’s most famous race. It really was a blockbuster […]
August 3rd 2022, 6:22 pm

Aintree reveals Boxing Day race plans

By Enda McElhinney
Becher Chase Raceday – Aintree Racecourse: Walk In The Mill ridden by James Best leads the field home to win the Randox Health Becher Handicap Chase during Becher Chase Raceday at Aintree Racecourse, Merseyside. David Davies/PA Images/Ritzau Scanpix Aintree is set to stage racing over Christmas from 2023, it has been confirmed by the Jockey […]
July 21st 2022, 10:58 am

When AP finally Pushed It at Aintree

By Enda McElhinney
National hunt racing champion jockey Tony (AP) McCoy. Photo Credit: Paul / Flickr / CC-BY-2.0 AP McCoy was, for a generation, the face of jumps racing but he could never quite manage to win the most famous race in a sport he dominated. Crowned champion jockey in Britain for 20 years running, McCoy tried and […]
July 6th 2022, 3:57 pm

Pitman got it wrong on Crisp but no regrets

By Enda McElhinney
Almost 50 years have gone by since Crisp became one of the most notorious Grand National runners-up of all time, and jockey Richard Pitman admits he still comes in for criticism even now. The big Australian chaser had won a Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 1971, but couldn’t secure the Gold […]
June 16th 2022, 12:59 pm

Grand National Shocks – 100/1 Aintree stunners

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @MartinPBSmith on Twitter The Grand National has long been regarded as being one of the toughest races to win and it rates as one of the most unpredictable contests on the National Hunt calendar to boot. Shocks at Aintree are not uncommon. We saw one this year as Sam Waley-Cohen marked his final […]
June 1st 2022, 5:09 pm

Patrick Mullins sees big future for National winner Callaghan

By Enda McElhinney
It may be approaching high summer, with The Derby at Epsom looming this weekend and plans for Royal Ascot in a few weeks’ time to the fore, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t business as usual for a certain Willie Mullins. The Mullins-trained Rock Road bagged the €60,000 McHale Mayo National, the highlight of the […]
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