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HRI Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2023 Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Awards have been revealed. The HRI Awards will take place early next month in Dublin.

A total of 43 nominees were made for the HRI Awards, which are as follows:

 

Horse of the Year:

  • Tahiyra (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr})
  • Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn})
  • Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr})
  • Galopin Des Champs (Fr) (Timos {Ger})
  • Energumene (Fr) (Denham Red {Fr})
  • State Man (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr})

 

National Hunt Award:

  • Paul Townend
  • Willie Mullins
  • Gordon Elliott
  • Barry Connell

 

Flat Award:

  • Aidan O'Brien
  • Paddy Twomey
  • Colin Keane
  • Ryan Moore

 

NH Achievement Award:

  • Michael O'Sullivan
  • Emmet Mullins
  • Patrick Mullins
  • John Kiely
  • John McConnell
  • Martin Brassil
  • Liam Burke
  • Henry de Bromhead

 

Flat Achievement Award:

  • Wesley Joyce
  • Jamie Powell
  • Donnacha O'Brien
  • Fozzy Stack
  • Adrian Murray
  • Ken Condon
  • Natalia Lupini

 

Racecourse of the Year Award:

  • Ballinrobe
  • Leopardstown
  • Naas
  • Punchestown

 

Point-To-Point Award:

  • Derek O'Connor
  • Barry O'Neill
  • Colin Bowe
  • Maxine O'Sullivan
  • Pa King

 

Emerging Talent Award:

  • John Gleeson
  • Danny Gilligan
  • Ben Harvey
  • Conor Stone-Walsh
  • Cian Collins

 

The Ride of the Year Award will be determined via public vote, while the Horse of the Year, and the winners of the awards in the categories of National Hunt, National Hunt Achievement, Flat, Flat Achievement, Point-to-Point and Emerging Talent will be decided by a ballot of the HRI Awards committee.

Suzanne Eade, CEO of Horse Racing Ireland, said, “Irish racing is blessed to have such a deep pool of talent and I'm not envious of those tasked with picking the nominations for our annual awards. There are some wonderful and uplifting stories among the nominees and I wish everyone the very best of luck.”

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HRI Award Nominations Announced

A total of 36 nominations across seven categories have been made for the 2022 Horse Racing Ireland Awards, which will be presented in Dublin in December. The categories and their respective nominees are as follows:

Horse of the Year:

  • Kyprios (Ire)
  • State Of Rest (Ire)
  • Honeysuckle (GB)
  • A Plus Tard (Fr)
  • Allaho (Fr)
  • Energumene (Fr)

National Hunt Award:

  • Henry de Bromhead
  • Willie Mullins
  • Rachael Blackmore
  • Paul Townend
  • Patrick Mullins

 National Hunt Achievement Award:

  • Paddy Corkery, who joined an illustrious list of Grade 1 winning trainers;
  • John “Shark” Hanlon for his most notable hat-trick of wins with Hewick;
  • Tony Martin for saddling Tudor City to become the first horse to win the Guinness Galway Hurdle for a second time in almost 40 years;
  • Dermot McLoughlin who became the first trainer in almost 50 years to win back-to-back renewals of the BoyleSports Irish Grand National with two different horses;
  • Emmet Mullins who hit the big time with his Aintree Grand National success in April.

Flat Award:

  • Colin Keane
  • Billy Lee
  • Paddy Twomey
  • Aidan O'Brien
  • Joseph O'Brien.

Flat Achievement Award:

  • Willie Browne for his exploits with Spirit Gal (Fr);
  • Dylan Browne McMonagle for his breakthrough Group 1 success;
  • Nathan Crosse for celebrating a listed winner soon after riding out his claim;
  • Brian Duffy for his memorable win with Magic Chegaga (Ire) at the Galway festival;
  • Ado McGuinness for his Galway festival hat-trick in the 'Ahonoora' H. with Current Option (Ire)
  • Mikey Sheehy, who followed up on losing his claim with a notable Group 3 win.

Point-to-Point Award:

  • Colin Bowe
  • David Christie
  • James Hannon
  • Liz Lalor
  • Barry O'Neill

Emerging Talent Award:

  • Jake Coen
  • Sam Ewing
  • Michael O'Sullivan
  • Jamie Powell

The winners will be decided by a ballot of the Irish racing media, while a public vote will decide the outcome of the 2022 Ride of the Year category.

Suzanne Eade, CEO of Horse Racing Ireland, said, “Irish racing has had much to celebrate in the year gone by and I look forward to reflecting on that success at the 20th HRI Awards in Dublin next month. It is terrific to see so many nominations across the awards categories, honouring the wonderful achievements by so many in a racing industry that we can all be proud of.”

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Oxx Honored With HRI Award

Trainer John Oxx, who retired at the end of the recently concluded flat season, has been honored with the Contribution to the Industry Award as part of the 2020 Horse Racing Ireland Awards which were announced on Tuesday.

Oxx, who held a license for 41 years, was champion trainer in 1995 and will be best remembered as the handler of great champions like Sea The Stars (Ire), Ridgewood Pearl (GB) and Sinndar (Ire).

Another recently retired fixture of the Irish racing scene, National Hunt jockey Barry Geraghty, was the recipient of the Irish Racing Hero Award. During his 23-year career in the saddle, Geraghty was champion jockey twice. His major wins included the Grand National and Irish Grand National, the Gold Cup (twice), Champion Hurdle (four times) and Champion Chase (five times).

The other award winners are as follows: Horse of the Year Award: Al Boum Photo; Emerging Talent Award: Gavin Ryan;

National Hunt Award: Rachael Blackmore; National Hunt Achievement Award: Eugene and Maxine O’Sullivan; Point-to-Point Award: Colin Bowe; Flat Award: Colin Keane; Flat Achievement Award: Tony Mullins; Ride of the Year: Gavin Ryan.

Horse Racing Ireland Chairman Nicky Hartery said, “We are nearing the end of what has been an extremely trying year and I wish to thank everyone in this wonderful industry who adapted so well to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to our winners today, I congratulate all those who kept the show on the road in 2020. Together, we look forward to a much brighter and exciting year ahead.”

Brian Kavanagh, chief executive of HRI, said, “It is hugely important that today we recognise those who achieved so much in the year gone by. And as we do, we also pay tribute to two giants of the racing game, John Oxx and Barry Geraghty, who called time on their stellar careers in recent months. Few trainers will reach the heights enjoyed by John, and similarly, Barry was so often a winner on the biggest of racing days. We eagerly await the seasonal return of Al Boum Photo at Tramore in the coming weeks and I congratulate his owners, Marie and Joe Donnelly on his Horse Of The Year Award.”

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HRI Awards To Be Shown On Racing TV

The 2020 Horse Racing Ireland Awards will be broadcast free-to-air on Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. on Racing TV. The 50-minute programme will be presented by Gary O’Brien and will also be available to view on HRI.ie and across Horse Racing Ireland’s social media channels.

Members of the Irish racing media have determined the winners in seven categories and a public vote has chosen the winner of the Ride of the Year Award. Horse Racing Ireland will also present a Contribution to the Industry Award and an Irish Racing Hero Award.

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