Person: Christy Geoghegan

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Sister Slew sparkles on sand to give O’Brien first win

Champion-jockey Joseph O’Brien tasted success for the first time at the annual meeting on the beach at Laytown yesterday when partnering Sister Slew to victory for Gordon Elliott in the Marquees Nationwide Claiming Race.

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Fortuitous success for King on Ancient Sands

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Sparrow wings in for easy success

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Riches to rags and back again

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Heffernan predicts plenty of improvement to come from Cape Blanco

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Nightime a 1,000 Guineas possibility after easy maiden success

Frost proves too hot for rivals

FROST GIANT, trained by Aidan O’Brien, ran out a convincing winner of the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Tue, 01 Nov, 2005

Dandy Man gets off mark in style

DANDY MAN, a costly failure on his debut at Leopardstown, proved the most impressive winner on yesterday’s card at Naas, romping to an easy three lengths win in the Tattersals Ireland 2-y-o Auction Race.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2005

Enterprisingly ridden Solskjaer scores for O’Brien

SOLSKJAER, enterprisingly ridden by Seamus Heffernan, landed the listed Heritage Stakes for Aidan O’Brien at Leopardstown yesterday.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2005

Cheetah cheer for O’Brien

TOP-WEIGHT Dark Cheetah provided Aidan O’Brien with back-to-back victories in the Derrinstown Stud Birdcatcher Nursery on a day of doubles for three top trainers at Naas yesterday.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004

Banasan a National treasure for Walsh and O'Brien

MICHAEL O’BRIEN and the irresistible Ruby Walsh combined to win their first Guinness Kerry National at Listowel yesterday with the six-year-old, Banasan.

Thu, 23 Sep, 2004

High Priestess toys with her Gold Cup rivals

HIGH PRIESTESS, who goes up 14lbs in future handicaps, toyed with the opposition on the way to landing the Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee yesterday.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2004

Byrnes hits the target again with Rockstown Boy

CHARLES BYRNES, a trainer with a terrific record on the big occasion, did it again at the first stage of Galway last night when Rockstown Boy finished late and fast to decisively land the GPT Handicap.

Tue, 27 Jul, 2004

Magritte looks a star in the making

IT would be wrong to get carried away after a horse has just won a his first race, but you couldn’t but be impressed by Aidan O’Brien’s newcomer, Magritte, who took the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden unextended by five lengths at Tipperary yesterday.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2003