Seamus Heffernan
59 results

Breeders Cup: Dermot Weld joins exclusive group as Tarnawa storms to victory
- Racing
- November 7, 2020, 22:41
Dermot Weld joined an exclusive club when Tarnawa swept to Breeders Cup glory in the $4 million Turf at Keeneland on Saturday night. On a programme w(...)

Trainer Ger Lyons dismisses speculation linking jockey Colin Keane to Ballydoyle
- Racing
- October 23, 2020, 17:34
Trainer Ger Lyons has dismissed speculation linking his jockey Colin Keane to the job as Aidan O’Brien’s No 1 rider next year. Keane’s pursuit of t(...)

Princess Zoe out to cap fairytale summer in Prix Royal-Oak
- Racing
- October 23, 2020, 15:29
Some of the greatest stayers in history are on the Prix Royal-Oak’s roll of honour and Princess Zoe is favourite to join them when she lines up in Par(...)

Princess Zoe primed for tilt at Prix-Royal Oak at Longchamp
- Racing
- October 19, 2020, 20:04
The remarkable Princess Zoe will try to emulate staying legends Yeats and Vinnie Roe by winning Sunday’s Prix Royal-Oak in Paris. Tony Mullins’s ma(...)

Colin Keane hoping to profit from O’Brien rides in battle for champion jockey title
- Racing
- October 12, 2020, 16:20
Colin Keane teams up with Aidan O’Brien’s two runners at Cork on Tuesday as he closes in on Ireland’s jockeys’ championship. Keane, the 2017 champion(...)

Irish on-course bookmakers hoping to get back on track by Christmas
- International
- August 24, 2020, 17:11
The head of Ireland’s on-course bookmakers body has said he is pinning his hopes on being able to go back to work on the racecourse before Christmas. (...)

Chief Little Hawk swoops in to take huge Naas pot to set off Heffernan treble
- Racing
- August 23, 2020, 16:55
The inaugural running of Ireland’s richest two-year-old race saw Aidan O’Brien’s Chief Little Hawk spring a 22-1 surprise at Naas on Sunday. Owned b(...)

Measure Of Magic can land huge Naas pot for Johnny Murtagh
- Racing
- August 22, 2020, 06:00
The richest race in Europe this weekend will be the inaugural €320,000 EBF Ballyhane Stakes at Naas on Sunday. This hugely lucrative pot is the most(...)

Aidan O’Brien targets historic eighth Epsom Derby win with strong hand
- Racing
- July 4, 2020, 06:00
A unique Investec Epsom Derby on Saturday could be the scene for a historic eighth victory in racing’s most prized contest by Aidan O’Brien. The Iris(...)

First-rate second-string makes Séamus Heffernan racing’s Mr Dependable
- Racing
- June 27, 2020, 06:00
It’s not contradictory that Séamus Heffernan is both racing’s most enduring understudy and one of the most successful Irish jockeys of all time. The (...)