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Enda McElhinney

Enda McElhinney is a racing writer with a growing portfolio of work on both British and Irish racing, with a particular fondness for National Hunt racing. While he acknowledges there have been many great runners; there has only ever been one Denman.
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July 6th 2022, 3:57 pm

Pitman got it wrong on Crisp but no regrets

By Enda McElhinney
Almost 50 years have gone by since Crisp became one of the most notorious Grand National runners-up of all time, and jockey Richard Pitman admits he still comes in for criticism even now. The big Australian chaser had won a Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 1971, but couldn’t secure the Gold […]
June 16th 2022, 12:59 pm

Grand National Shocks – 100/1 Aintree stunners

By Enda McElhinney
Image via @MartinPBSmith on Twitter The Grand National has long been regarded as being one of the toughest races to win and it rates as one of the most unpredictable contests on the National Hunt calendar to boot. Shocks at Aintree are not uncommon. We saw one this year as Sam Waley-Cohen marked his final […]
June 1st 2022, 5:09 pm

Patrick Mullins sees big future for National winner Callaghan

By Enda McElhinney
It may be approaching high summer, with The Derby at Epsom looming this weekend and plans for Royal Ascot in a few weeks’ time to the fore, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t business as usual for a certain Willie Mullins. The Mullins-trained Rock Road bagged the €60,000 McHale Mayo National, the highlight of the […]
May 19th 2022, 10:28 am

2023 Grand National – Early Contenders

By Enda McElhinney
The dust has now settled on the sensational win of Sam Waley-Cohen and Noble Yeats in last month’s Grand National at Aintree. The amateur rider was having the final outing of what had already been an outstanding career when he steered the Emmet Mullins-trained seven-year-old home in front, breaking the trends in the Merseyside showpiece […]
May 5th 2022, 2:30 pm

Retiring Power backs Aintree’s future

By Enda McElhinney
Grand National-winning jockey Robbie Power doesn’t believe there is a “huge necessity” to cut the number of runners in the Aintree showpiece in the future. Calls have been heard to reduce the field size from 40 down to 30, but Power doesn’t believe such a move is needed. Grand National pedigree Power, 40, became one […]
April 20th 2022, 4:42 pm

Waley-Cohen fairytale goes to the wire

By Enda McElhinney
Sam Waley-Cohen signed off his career in the saddle with an incredible Grand National success at Aintree that even a Hollywood scriptwriter might struggle to come up with. The amateur jockey, riding in his last competitive contest, won the world’s most famous race. It was a tale barely believable, but that’s what transpired as Waley-Cohen […]
April 6th 2022, 6:05 pm

Lots to ponder ahead of latest Aintree chapter

By Enda McElhinney
The Grand National at Aintree takes place on Saturday afternoon, with the Merseyside venue set to stage its marquee race in front of a packed house for the first time since 2019. The missed National of 2020 and the deafening silence of Rachael Blackmore’s historic win 12 months ago will be forgotten when Aintree comes […]
March 17th 2022, 4:23 pm

Horse of a lifetime Tiger Roll signs off in gallant fashion

By Enda McElhinney
Dual Aintree Grand National winner Tiger Roll brought the curtain down on his fantastic career with a gutsy display at the Cheltenham Festival, though it wasn’t enough to end with a win. Sustained rain in the Cotswolds left the ground heavy, to the dismay of Tiger Roll’s connections, with trainer Gordon Elliott suggesting the five-time […]
March 2nd 2022, 6:42 pm

Rachael has ‘why not?’ attitude to Aintree repeat bid

By Enda McElhinney
Rachael Blackmore carved up the history books at Aintree last spring when she became the first female rider to win the Grand National and she’s now starting to focus on a repeat bid. The Irish jockey enjoyed a dream run last spring, being crowned leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival just mere weeks before she […]
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