His jockey, Rachel Blackmore, who steered Minella Times to Grand National glory, has become the superstar of the jumps scene and typifies the class of the De Bromhead operation.
Following on in the training game from his father Harry, Henry De Bromhead's stable revolves around quality not quantity, nurturing such supreme animals as eight time Grade 1 winner Sizing Europe and the marvellous mare Honeysuckle, who took the 2021 and 2022 Champion Hurdle in fine style.
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Sizing Europe - what a horse for @HenrydeBromhead 🚀
He landed the 2007 Greatwood Hurdle under @tjm555 & went on to win the Arkle and Champion Chase over fences!
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The bookies priced her horse Minella Times at 11/1 in this race of true jeopardy with the potential that her and De Bromhead's Cheltenham exertions had taken their toll.
We won the Grand National....@rachaelblackmor @hotelminella @HRIRacing @WHR pic.twitter.com/zRua55JL1b
— Henry de Bromhead (@HenrydeBromhead) April 10, 2021
Honeysuckle again claimed the Champion Hurdle 2022, but the start of the 2022/23 season didn't go as planned after back-to-back defeats in the Hatton's Grace and the Irish Champion Hurdle- which were the only blots on her previous perfect record.
Sadly, Jack died after an accident at a beach race in Ireland at the age of 13.
Once the UK's afternoon racing ends Ballinrobe takes centre stage across the Irish Sea, and this 19-runner handicap chase promises to be one of the most competitive races on Monday evening's card.
The feature race on day three at the Punchestown Festival sees a host of familiar faces line up for a tilt at landing the biggest prize on Thursday’s card, the Champion Stayers’ Hurdle.
It might be a quiet Tuesday at the races in the UK, but it’s a huge day over in Ireland, where this competitive novices’ chase offers one of the best contests on day one of the Punchestown Festival.
The jumps season in Ireland says a long goodbye this week with five days of action from the peerless Punchestown Festival. We kick off with tips for day one on Tuesday, April 30.
The high-quality jumps action comes thick and fast at Sandown’s season finale, and the Select Hurdle is no exception, with several proven Cheltenham and Aintree performers among the stellar line-up.
After landing us a tidy win and an each-way place with his two main Newmarket tips this week, our trends analyst Andrew of Fiosrach turns his attention to Saturday’s Scottish Grand National at Ayr.
Our resident trends analyst Andrew of Fiosrach has done it again, crowning a stellar Aintree Festival by tipping two 40/1 outsiders, both of whom made the each-way frame in the Grand National.
