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The Greenvalley squad who qualified for the RDS where they will represent South Leinster.

All rosy in Greenvalley

GREENVALLEY made it two years in a row recently when they rose to the top in the four-way jump off and secured their place in RDS to compete in the Horseware Team Show jumping Championship, representing South Leinster for another year.

'Our Girl Salley' out of Cheltenham Festival

HOPES OF Cheltenham glory next week have been dashed for County Wicklow horse trainer Prunella Dobbs.

Tony McCoy a runaway winner against overweight opposition

By Paul Donaghy

WELCOME TO the season of selections and the usual bar-stool disagreements, and of course castigation of those who feel they have a God-given right to sit in judgement (yes, that includes journalists, some of us who have never seen those we nod to) calling themselves adjudicators, whatever…

Wicklow breeders amongst the winners

WICKLOW HORSE breeders were amongst the award winners at the prestigious Horse Sport Ireland Award ceremony last week in Mullingar. First of the Wicklow recipients to receive their accolade, were William and Sarah Micklem, picking up the award for the Breeder of the Top international Event Horse.

Racing industry forced to re-adjust behind the scenes

IRELAND HAS been in the grip of the most amazing weather conditions since the 1960s, with heavy falls of snow and sub-zero temperatures keeping us in a vice-like grip for the best part of two weeks. That being said, it has been noticeable that the whole island wasn't impacted upon, with the south and west of the country getting off mildly.

INSIDE RIGHT: Magical McCoy deserves day in the sun

By DAVE DEVEREUX

IT'S THAT time of year again when the sporting highs and lows of the past 12 months will be relived and replayed to within an inch of their lives, and the bravest and brightest will be rightly recognised for their immense contributions.

Crowning champions

By DICK WHITE

WHILE IT is hard to believe that the Irish flat racing season is still on the go....... finishing at Dundalk on Friday, December 10, eyes are very firmly on the jumping scene.

INSIDE RIGHT: Save the fashion shows for the catwalks

By DAVE DEVEREUX

AFTER ENJOYING the week-long feast of horse racing that is the Galway Festival, 'Inside Right' feels the need to have a rant about something that really gets under the skin regarding television coverage of the sport of kings - namely fashion. When a big race meeting is on yours truly wants to see man and horse in perfect symmetry moving gracefully around the track, not frocks, feathers and high heels jaunting playfully around the periphery of the course.

Sport and family life going hand in hand

YOU MAY or may not have noticed that 'Inside Right' has been missing from these pages for the past couple of weeks, on a sabbatical of sorts. However, yours truly hasn't been serving a suspension for bad taste, lapping up the sun in warmer climes or partying the day and night away in the midst of the Cheltenham madness.

John O'Hagan on route to victory at Bennetsbridge aboard Lasquini which was trained by his brother Declan.

O'Hagans on a winner

TWO BROTHERS teamed up to score a notable win at a point-topoint race meeting at the weekend. At Bennetsbridge on Saturday, John O'Hagan was the jockey that rode to victory on Lasquini du Moulin, a horse owned and trained by his older brother Declan.

In Pictures

Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.