#Richard Dunwoody

Sheikh Mohammed winning the Champion Hurdle with a horse who'd been first past the post in the Gold Cup at Ascot... Barry Hills and Robert Sangster combining to land the Stayers' Hurdle... Saeed Manana's silks carried to victory in the Sun Alliance Hurdle and a Gold Cup that caused such a rumpus it ended with a Jockey Club Enquiry at Portman Square…

Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years. A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…

Burrows Saint was the most recent winner of the Irish Grand National The racing world may be starved of live action but The Irish Grand National - Chasing A Dream, a documentary which chronicles the history of the Easter Monday showpiece at Fairyhouse, should go some way to filling the void. Scheduled to be broadcast on TG4 at 7pm on Saturday…

Defending champion Brian Hughes has begun his pursuit of a third British Jumps Jockeys' Championship in the 2022/23 campaign. The man from Armagh is now a two-time winner of the trophy, as he lifted it in 2020 and 2022. Hughes had the best season of his career in the last campaign, as he finished with 204 winners. It was the first time he had…

The Irish Grand National 2022 takes place at 5pm on Monday, April 18. It's the big race on the third and final day of the Easter Festival at Fairyhouse that will have a lot of fans interested. Jockey Robbie Power has won the Irish Grand National before, on Our Duke in 2017 and knows what it takes to win the big races.

Andy is a member of the Horserace Writers' Association and also works closely with the three time former champion jockey Richard Dunwoody. Andy has a monthly article in the popular Racing Ahead magazine and helps run the unique Trainers Quotes site so has an array of top stable contacts at his disposal too. Latest posts by Andy (see all) Run over…