The Irish National Stud at Tully, on the outskirts of Kildare, was delighted to recently welcome Champion hurdler Faugheen to join the ‘Living Legends&rsq.
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15 May, 2021 11:39 Faugheen on his way to winning the 2015 Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Credit: Helen Revington and Stephen Sparkes
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Racing legend Faugheen will enjoy his retirement in the company of heroes at the Irish National Stud.
Susannah and Rich Ricci’s National Hunt star, trained by Willie Mullins, won more than £1.1m in prize money in eight seasons on the track.
“We are delighted to be welcoming the legendary Faugheen the machine to join our Living Legends for a well-earned retirement,” said a spokesman for the Irish National Stud.
Living legends and celebrity stallion welcome visitors again The National Stud and a number of heritage sites reopened this week, providing a change of scene for locked-down locals
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Different things make us excited these days. If you had said, 14 months ago, that a visit to a heritage garden and the prospect of looking at newborn foals would be the social highlight of my April thus far, I’d have thought my life was a bit sad. But a visit to the Irish National Stud and Gardens was a delight – to be out and seeing something new.
After a long period of lockdown, some outdoor facilities finally began to reopen this week. The Taoiseach turned up at Dublin Zoo to offer his support, and a fine opportunity for press photographers to monkey around. In Cork, Fota Wildlife Park also reopened. Golf courses opened. So too did tennis clubs. The Office of Public Works (OPW) reopened an additional number of parks and heritage sites around the country, although all
You must have a few Bob on Olinger in the Ballymore
Bob Olinger can give his trainre Henry De Bromhead another Cheltenham winner.
WHAT a race we have in store to kick off Wednesday’s card.
The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm) has produced some fantastic horses over the years like Istabraq, Hardy Eustace and Faugheen.
And one of the best may well turn out to be last year’s victor Envoi Allen – then under the care of Gordon Elliott and now with Henry de Bromhead – who could make it 12 out of 12 in the Marsh Novices’ Chase on Thursday.
De Bromhead has plenty of bullets to fire this week, though, and I strongly fancy