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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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March 29th 2023, 7:08 pm

Harrington dreaming of fulfilling Lifetime Ambition at Aintree

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @BozBoston on Twitter Legendary trainer Jessica Harrington is hopeful that she can fulfil one of the last remaining items on her racing wishlist when Lifetime Ambition tackles the Grand National at Aintree. The Kildare-based trainer has captured many of the sports’ biggest prizes, including the Cheltenham Gold, but she readily admits that Aintree […]
March 22nd 2023, 12:04 pm

Bowen happy with Noble Yeats’ Aintree prep

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @JamesStevens180 on Twitter Sean Bowen is counting down with enthusiasm to the Grand National at Aintree next month following a pleasing fourth from Noble Yeats in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. The Emmet Mullins-trained eight-year-old is no bigger than 9/1 to repeat last season’s heroics despite a 19lb rise in the weights this […]
March 2nd 2023, 12:45 pm

Redknapp hopeful of having Aintree contender

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @TheSportsman on Twitter Harry Redknapp admits it would be “amazing to have a runner in the Grand National” but the owner faces an anxious wait before the April 15th contest on Merseyside. The Martin Keighley-trained Back On The Lash was a winner over the Cross Country course at Cheltenham in January and is […]
February 22nd 2023, 11:53 am

Scale of Noble Yeats’ Aintree challenge unveiled

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @JamesStevens180 on Twitter Noble Yeats will race from a 19lb higher mark at Aintree on April 15th in his bid to repeat last year’s Grand National win, after the weights were revealed for the National Hunt spectacular. The Emmet Mullins-trained eight-year-old was a shock 50-1 winner of the prestigious contest last year, giving […]
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 […]
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