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SHABRA ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT OF STABLE STAR TOGOVILLE
Trainer Anthony McCann has announced that Dundalk legend Togoville is to retire, REPORTS IRISH RACING SERVICES The remarkable 11-year-old son of Verglas holds the record for the most wins on the all-weather track with 14 of his 16 career victories coming at Dundalk. Those wins included a hat trick of victories during a two week spell
Irish Polo Foundation Scheme Offers New Pathways for Ex-racehorses
The Irish Polo Foundation (“IPF”) have announced plans to scale up their ‘Irish Thoroughbred Programme’, a pilot scheme that aims to increase the number of polo horses in Ireland to progress the development of the game and the wider industry. The overarching role of the Irish Polo Foundation is to raise funds to assist with
Arkle Hero Forpadydeplasterer at home with Joanne Quirke…
“He’ll only eat Pink Lady apples…” 1. How long have you been involved in retraining racehorses and how did it come about initially? Our family have been retraining racehorses for over twenty years. My uncle Jim Dreaper had retired Harcon who had had notable success for Jim over the years. He retried a sound horse
How horse therapy has been helping healthcare staff to think outside the box
It’s not the first thing that jumps to mind when considering a therapy for our times, but the horse-assisted workshops of June Burgess – a former Ireland three-day-eventer and ex-owner of Belfast’s Fitzwilliam Hotel – have been helping care staff cope with their workload. Gail Bell finds out more Care-home worker Amy Moore gave
Meet Siobhan Herbst at Polo Wicklow
Siobhan Herbst runs Polo Wicklow “Traditionally the Thoroughbred has been used for many years for polo, many of them coming from the track. If you look back at the ‘Argentine Polo’ breed you will see that all the bloodlines originate from the thoroughbred.” How long have you been involved in retraining racehorses for polo
Inner-city Riding School Changing Lives
Racing Post’s Lewis Porteous spends a day with the centre’s visionary Keith Hackett You do not have to sit on a horse at Park Palace Ponies to be inspired by what is taking place at the inner-city riding school for complete novices in Liverpool. That is thanks in part to the former Victorian music hall,
Thoroughbreds Are Made For Eventing
Top eventer Holly Payne Caravella explains why she prefers American Thoroughbreds, most of whom are off the racetrack, and how she finds and retrains them for her sport. NANCY JAFFER UPDATED: SEP 26, 2019. ORIGINAL: APR 21, 2017 After I graduated from the pony ranks, a Thoroughbred named The Federalist took me to what was then the
Gucci’s latest campaign face is… a horse
Known for including a wide range of animals in his campaigns (we’ve had skateboarding peacocks and Harry Styles with his chickens) Alessandro Michele‘s Gucci SS20 animal of choice is a horse. Photographed by acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos, things start to make sense when you remember the filmmaker’s brilliant 2015 film The Lobster, where single people unable to find
Sara Louise Duffy Sparkles with Arvika Ligeonniere
Now owned and retrained by Sara Louise Duffy, Arvika Ligeonniere was with Willie Mullins and owned by Rich and Susannah Ricci. He is now 15yo and retired from racing at 9yo following injury. He raced 18 times, with 10 wins, 4 at Grade 1 level (2012 Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase in Fairyhouse, 2012 Racing