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Far too kind gents.
Am probably boring the pants off the silent majority here, but important to remember those who lit the flame for us .

Paddy Woods (93).
A lifetime spent with Tom Dreaper he was Arkle's work rider while the horse raced, even winning on him once over hurdles at Gowran Park.
Ted Walsh told the story how Paddy...

Maureen Mullins (nee Doran)
A fixture in Irish Racing since she married Paddy over 70 years ago.
She, along with all her children rode winners trained by Paddy, some record.
As an Equine Studies...

Peter Deal (84)
Owner of Make A Stand and Blowing Wind he was President of RoR , the racehorse retirement charity.
May he Rest In Peace.

Johnny Tolton (101)
Limerick born groom of 1949 Derby winner Nimbus.
Bred by William Hill (the good Black and Tan), after his 2000 Gns win that year William urged his betting manager to lay Nimbus...

Jonathan Irwin.
Son of a theatrical family he was reared by an Eastern European nanny addicted to gambling whose only English words were Gordon Richards.
When his parents returned home from tour...

Cody Dorman (17)
Cody's Wish, dual Breeders Cup winner was named after this young lad, who suffered from a rare condition.
He died on his way home from the races after getting some medical...

Helen McDonogh (82)
Wife of Dessie of Monksfield fame and mother of Declan "The Enforcer " Helen was some jockey herself, winning nearly 120 p2ps.
Won 34 on Just William, an Irish record for p2p...

Tommy Kinane (90)
Always associated with Monksfield Tommy was one of a family of 13 who along with brothers Danny and Christy became Jump jockeys and trainers.
He rode well into his 46th year ,...

Mr Barber sourced a lot of horses from here as well as everywhere else; Willie Burke did a lot of business p2ping young horses for him.
Rest In Peace.

John Clarke, former manager Irish National Stud and later manager of Choi racing , Sea The Stars and co after a severe cancer.
Rest In Peace.

John Spearing, trainer of the terrier that was Run N Skip, has died aged 82.
Rest In Peace.

Credit to the man for booking Paul Carberry to ride Best Mate after the Leopardstown episode.
He struck me as being much happier with his success than Clive Smith ever was.
Rest In Peace.

Walk on boy ! as we say by the Lee

Andrew Lynch (76)
Trained Zabana for Chris Jones as well as pretraining young horses/ptp horses..
Was head lad at Noel Meade's for years before that.

Virginia Kraft-Payson (92)
Owner of St Jovite, Irish Derby winner 1992.
One of the few people to put J S Bolger in his place and the only one to get him into a bar to celebrate a big race win....

Frank Dunne , trainer of Stanerra.
Apparently he started training to get his mind off alcohol.
Rest In Peace

Gerry Gallagher , travelling head lad to M V O'Brien from Ballymoss era to Royal Academy died late October.
Always at his master's side he attended meticulously to his horses and later to Dr O'Brien...

Liam Ward was a classic gentleman.
He wore the best clothes, drove the best car, was a member of the best golf club and generally lived a charmed life.
One day, at the start of a four runner race...

Evie Magnier Stockwell died Saturday aged 97.
Mother of John ( Coolmore ) , David and Ann (O'Callaghan ) Fairyland and Hit It A Bomb ran in her colours in recent years.
Her twin sister died a few...

James Delahooke died yesterday.(77)
The man responsible for Khaled Abdulla's great success , having sourced Dancing Brave, Rainbow Quest, dam of Danehill, and ancestors of Frankel, Enable and...

Highclere's Crepello half brother, Carnival Night stood near me at Clongeel Stud.
He was a top sire of show jumpers and eventers, got a few winners also.
A pity Sheikh or Coolmore did not lease her...

Horrible news from Glenbeigh pony races today.
Jack De Bromhead ( son of Henry) reportedly killed after a fall.

Mr A J (Jim) Wilson.
Best associated with Little Owl and Willie Wumpkins , he was a leading amateur rider in my formative years .
Also managed to train a Festival winner , Taberna Lord.
Rest In...

Indeed Luke; second to El Gran Senor in Gladness and won Derrinstown Derby Trial (just) at Leopardstown the day El Gran won 2000 Gns.