Tramore races cancelled due to Kelly death

Horse racing officials have postponed tomorrow's planned meeting at Tramore as a mark of respect to jockey Kieran Kelly, who died in hospital last night.

Horse racing officials have postponed tomorrow's planned meeting at Tramore as a mark of respect to jockey Kieran Kelly, who died in hospital last night.

The meeting will now go ahead on Monday, with the first race at 5pm.

Kelly had been on a life-support machine in hospital since suffering serious head injures in a fall at Kilbeggan last Friday night.

The 25-year-old jockey was riding the Dessie Hughes-trained Balmy Native in the Joe Cooney Memorial Handicap Chase at the Westmeath course when the horse fell at the fifth fence from home.

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