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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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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 […]
May 19th 2022, 10:28 am

2023 Grand National – Early Contenders

By Enda McElhinney
The dust has now settled on the sensational win of Sam Waley-Cohen and Noble Yeats in last month’s Grand National at Aintree. The amateur rider was having the final outing of what had already been an outstanding career when he steered the Emmet Mullins-trained seven-year-old home in front, breaking the trends in the Merseyside showpiece […]
May 5th 2022, 2:30 pm

Retiring Power backs Aintree’s future

By Enda McElhinney
Grand National-winning jockey Robbie Power doesn’t believe there is a “huge necessity” to cut the number of runners in the Aintree showpiece in the future. Calls have been heard to reduce the field size from 40 down to 30, but Power doesn’t believe such a move is needed. Grand National pedigree Power, 40, became one […]
April 20th 2022, 4:42 pm

Waley-Cohen fairytale goes to the wire

By Enda McElhinney
Sam Waley-Cohen signed off his career in the saddle with an incredible Grand National success at Aintree 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 was a tale barely believable, but that’s what transpired as Waley-Cohen […]
April 6th 2022, 6:05 pm

Lots to ponder ahead of latest Aintree chapter

By Enda McElhinney
The Grand National at Aintree takes place on Saturday afternoon, with the Merseyside venue set to stage its marquee race in front of a packed house for the first time since 2019. The missed National of 2020 and the deafening silence of Rachael Blackmore’s historic win 12 months ago will be forgotten when Aintree comes […]
March 17th 2022, 4:23 pm

Horse of a lifetime Tiger Roll signs off in gallant fashion

By Enda McElhinney
Dual Aintree Grand National winner Tiger Roll brought the curtain down on his fantastic career with a gutsy display at the Cheltenham Festival, though it wasn’t enough to end with a win. Sustained rain in the Cotswolds left the ground heavy, to the dismay of Tiger Roll’s connections, with trainer Gordon Elliott suggesting the five-time […]
March 2nd 2022, 6:42 pm

Rachael has ‘why not?’ attitude to Aintree repeat bid

By Enda McElhinney
Rachael Blackmore carved up the history books at Aintree last spring when she became the first female rider to win the Grand National and she’s now starting to focus on a repeat bid. The Irish jockey enjoyed a dream run last spring, being crowned leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival just mere weeks before she […]
February 17th 2022, 9:30 am

Excitement starts to grow as Aintree weights announced

By Enda McElhinney
The official weights have been announced for the 2022 Randox Grand National, the world’s most iconic jumps race, set to be staged on Saturday, April 9th, at Aintree. The official entry-list stands at 104 possibles following the weights announcement at a ceremony in Liverpool on Tuesday, with a final field of 40 to eventually face […]
February 16th 2022, 4:39 pm

Final call for Tiger Roll as O’Leary rules out Aintree return

By Enda McElhinney
Gigginstown House Stud boss Michael O’Leary wasted little time in declaring that two-time Grand National hero Tiger Roll won’t contest the race on April 9th this year. Tiger Roll won the great race in 2018 and 2019 – famously becoming the first horse since Red Rum in the 1970s to win back-to-back renewals of the […]
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