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Sports Digest: Irish jockey JT McNamara suffers neck Injury at Cheltenham (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:56:17 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Top Irish amateur jockey JT McNamara is said to be comfortable in an English hospital after surgery on a serious neck injury sustained at the Cheltenham festival.

Irish Rover pub owners promise to paint Queens green, white and gold after big Cheltenham win (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:23:38 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A New York publican has promised the mother and father of all St Patrick’s Day parties after bashing the bookies at Cheltenham.

Lucky Irish winner Conor Murphy back to Cheltenham - wants to raid the bookies again (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:53:18 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish stable lad who cleaned out the bookies with a million pound win last year is back at Cheltenham – this time as an American based racehorse trainer.

Cork stable hand wins $1.5million jackpot at Cheltenham Festival (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:22:16 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Corkman enjoyed the luck of the Irish ahead of St Patrick’s Day at Cheltenham – and scooped a $1.5million jackpot.

Ruby Walsh ready in Cheltenham - the changes a year makes (IrishCentral)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:00:13 PDT

Ruby WalshThe New Year brought me a new job and a new life when it comes to the big international sporting events featuring Ireland’s finest sportsmen and womenThis time last year, I was in a plastic tent at Prestbury Park racecourse just outside the Cotswolds town of CheltenhamBehind me, in another part of the biggest marquee you will ever see, an Irish band bashed out plastic Irish songs for a Guinness swilling audience who were either celebrating big wins or drowning their sorrowsMy third visit to the Cheltenham festival in as many years was as good as the previous two, despite the din in that tent READ MORE

New Cheltenham Paddy Power advertisement accused of poking fun at transgender people – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:56:52 PST

By: BERNIE MALONE

The Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) is calling for Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to withdraw their advertisement video for Cheltenham Ladies day. The group said the video, which was aired this weekend on Skysports, is offensive and “deeply transphobic”.

Enda Kenny could have wiped out national debt with Cheltenham bet (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:32:17 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Prime Minister Enda Kenny could have wiped out Ireland’s National Debt with a patriotic bet at racing’s Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday.

Hello Ruby Tuesday in Cheltenham (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:15:11 PDT

Ruby Walsh stood in the winner’s enclosure at Cheltenham for the third time on Tuesday, and the perils of his job were there for all to seeThe Kildare jockey had just steered the brilliant Quevega to a third consecutive win in the Mares’ Hurdle to set a blistering pace in the race to become top jockey at this week’s festivalSuch an honor is nothing new for the son of trainer, former jockey and TV analyst TedHe has won every race there is to be won at Cheltenham and at most racecourses in Britain and Ireland, completing his Cotswolds set with a Champion Hurdle win aboard Hurricane Fly earlier that afternoon READ MORE

Women jockeys make history at Cheltenham Races (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:10:09 PDT

Katie Walsh, sister of champion jockey Ruby Walsh stole the headlines on the second day of the Cheltenham festival when she fought out an historic finish with another female jockey Nina Carberry and won the opening National Hunt 4 mile chaseThe sight of the two women battling it out up the Cheltenham hill brought the capacity crowd to its feet on StPatrick's DayWalsh's father, Ted Walsh, who was commentating on the race broke his microphone and still could be heard screaming for his daughter READ MORE

Huge Irish gamble loses at Cheltenham races (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:40:10 PDT

The biggest Irish gamble for years went badly astray at the first race of the renowned Cheltenham festival when the odds-on Dunguib could only finish thirdBookies were set to lose $5 million if Dunguib won so there were many happy faces in the boookmaker's ring after the odds on favorite came unstuck Dunguib was being talked about as the new racing sensation but his effort came up short in the champion novice's race at the famed festivalJockey Brian O'Connell will be blamed for leaving the horse too much to do but it is doubtful if he would have got to the impressive winner Menorah in any event READ MORE