Chris Hayes
43 results

Class tells for Lady Wannabe with success at Listowel
- Racing
- September 22, 2020, 18:37
Lady Wannabe made the most of having her sights lowered with victory in the Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes. Fozzy Stack’s filly h(...)

He Knows No Fear lands 300-1 shock at Leopardstown
- Racing
- August 13, 2020, 17:20
He Knows No Fear created history at Leopardstown when winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at the phenomenal odds of 300-1. Before his success,(...)

Even So lands Irish Oaks for Ger Lyons at the Curragh
- Racing
- July 18, 2020, 20:54
Ger Lyons equalised 2-2 with Aidan O’Brien in this year’s unique Curragh classic programme when Even So landed Saturday evening’s Juddmonte Irish Oaks(...)

‘The same, but different’ - Irish racing ready for resumption
- Racing
- June 7, 2020, 09:00
Michael Halford’s response when asked what the last 11 weeks have been like is simple: “The same, but different.” It sounds a contradictory statement(...)

Lemista lands big race for Ger Lyons as Flat season opens at Naas
- Racing
- March 23, 2020, 18:32
Ger Lyons enjoyed a one-three in the Lodge Park Stud Irish EBF Park Express Stakes at Naas on the opening day of the Irish Flat season, with Lemista t(...)

Racecourse stewards to be given more responsibility over whip rules
- Racing
- September 16, 2019, 20:15
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has moved to speed up the process involved in penalising breaches of the whip rules by giving more responsibili(...)

Pat Smullen’s cancer fund-raising race unites the Curragh
- Racing
- September 15, 2019, 19:07
The unfortunate circumstances Pat Smullen is facing somehow seemed to produce a perfect synchronicity on Sunday at the Curragh. Ordinarily the nine-t(...)

IHRB doesn't want whip to be issue at Champions Weekend
- Racing
- September 8, 2019, 16:47
Racing’s regulator has pointed to June’s incident-free Irish Derby festival as an example of how the whip needs not become an issue in the upcoming Ir(...)

IHRB says number of whip rule breaches is ‘unacceptable’
- Racing
- September 2, 2019, 18:17
Racing’s regulatory body has described the number of breaches of the whip rules as “unacceptable” and stood over its controversial new regulations. C(...)

Irish Jockeys Association warns of rider shortage over whip rule breaches
- Racing
- September 1, 2019, 14:21
The growing spate of whip rule breaches has prompted a stark warning from the Irish Jockeys Association (IJA) about a potential shortage of riders ava(...)