Brian Hayes
@BrianHayesb Brian Hayes is a leading Irish jockey based with the Willie Mullins yard and regular rider at all the big national hunt racing festivals including Galway, Punchestown Aintree and Cheltenham. The Cork native has ridden high in the riding ranks despite not hailing from a racing background and quickly becoming a relied on partner for some of the best horses in top training yards.
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Brian Hayes' 2023 Cheltenham Festival Preview
The 2023 Cheltenham Festival is just around the corner and excitement is definitely building. Everyone involved in horse racing is putting the finishing touches on everything now. Check out the Racehour Festival Preview Night Final Preparations This week we are all just getting that last bit of work into the horses who are bound for […]
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Four To Follow for The 2023 Cheltenham Festival
It is incredibly exciting to be this close to the Cheltenham Festival. We’re full on into preview season, and every horse is a winner at this stage! Since we’re so close, now is the best time to put together my four to follow for the Cheltenham Festival. Check out the Racehour Festival Preview Night Cheltenham […]
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Two To Follow For The Cheltenham Festival Handicaps
We’re now only three weeks out from the Cheltenham Festival and the excitement around is really growing. This week we have decided to take a look at the Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival and the handicaps where I offer up two to keep an eye on. The Week That Was I hit the crossbar twice […]
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Cheltenham Festival Novice Chase Preview
We really are flying towards Cheltenham now. The buzz around the yards is really picking up and it is a great time of the year as every horse is a winner and all our dreams are still intact. For the blog this week we decided to run through the Novice Chase division at the Cheltenham […]
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Dublin Racing Festival 2023 Review
What a top-class weekend of racing that was... Everyone at Leopardstown, and Irish Racing as a whole, should be immensely proud of what was a great spectacle for the Dublin Racing Festival. It was two days full of top-class action, with plenty of drama thrown in for good measure! I was absolutely delighted with the […]
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Envoi Allen, Novice Hurdlers & Some 2023 Cheltenham Thoughts
What a brilliant weekend of horse racing that was. The highlight, of course, was the Grade 1 at Down Royal. I was delighted to see Envoi Allen win under Rachael; a Grade 1 win early in the season can help take some pressure off, so it was great to see for all involved with the […]
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Bob Olinger, Novice Chasers and a Big-Priced Albert Bartlett Fancy
It just was not to be for Dad’s Lad in the Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham last weekend. He never got going really, and we could not land a blow. He was disappointing, but it was probably one run too many, and he deserves his break now after having such a brilliant summer. Dad’s Lad will […]
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A Plus Tard, State Man & One At Gowran Park
It has been a quiet week or so for me after Ballyshannon Rose’s great run last Thursday behind Dolcita. That is racing, as they say, and you must keep kicking. It was an eventful weekend in general, and it was nice to see Kilcruit do on the racecourse what he had been showing me at […]
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Impervious To Beat The Weather And Her Rivals At Cork
It was another riveting weekend of racing overall, and despite personally hitting the crossbar on Tuesday, I was happy with how a few of mine went. Recite A Prayer gave me a good spin over at Aintree, and it’s always a thrill over those Grand National fences. He took to the track very well, but […]
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Recite A Prayer To Go Close In The Becher Chase
It was a brilliant week of racing and I think I have found two horses that I will be looking forward to getting back on over the coming months. Firstly, I thought Rambranlt'jac ran a cracker in the Troytown. It was his first race in a handicap, and he acquitted himself well to finish a […]
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Imperious Impervious Impresses At Cork
After a weekend of fixture cancellations, I was delighted when I got the news that Cork’s meeting on Sunday was going ahead, and Impervious really impressed me. She is a special mare. The wintry weather had meant that Navan was called off on Saturday, and on Sunday, Punchestown’s John Durkan meeting also did not make […]
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Four To Follow Over The Festive Period
After a quiet time with the weather, it is great to see everything is really getting going again with a brilliant festive period of racing ahead. Obviously, Davy Russell retired during the week, and he went out on a high with a winner from one of his great allies in Gordon Elliott. What Davy has […]
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