Michael O'Sullivan

CHELTENHAM, UK -- Look to the stars. A reflex action for Sean Flanagan as he passed the post in front on Marine Nationale (Ire) (French Navy {GB}) to win the G1 BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase. Any win at Cheltenham is emotional for those closest to the horse, but this was one heavily laced with poignancy, coming less than a month after the death of Marine Nationale's former jockey Michael O'Sullivan at the age of 24. Two years earlier, Marine Nationale had provided him with his first victory at the...

Michael O'Sullivan will be honoured at this year's Cheltenham Festival with the opening Supreme Novices' Hurdle set to be run in his memory, the Jockey Club and Sky Bet announced on Thursday. The Grade 1 event, the first race of the meeting on Tuesday, March 11, will be staged as the Michael O'Sullivan Supreme Novices' Hurdle, paying tribute to the National Hunt jockey who died after being seriously injured in a fall at Thurles on February 6. He was 24. It was in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle that...

Michael O'Sullivan, who was seriously injured in a fall at Thurles on February 6, died on Sunday morning. He was 24. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) expressed "profound sadness" when releasing a statement on behalf of the O'Sullivan family to confirm the passing of the Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey.  "The Directors and staff of the IHRB wish to extend their sincere condolences to Michael's family, partner, friends, his colleagues in the weigh-room and the wider racing community at this time," it read.  The IHRB's chief medical officer Dr Jennifer Pugh...

Michael O'Sullivan remains in intensive care at Cork University Hospital following a fall at Thurles nine days ago with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board [IHRB] stating that there has been no change in the jockey's condition.  The 24-year-old was airlifted to hospital after falling at the last in a handicap chase. The meeting was subsequently abandoned.  The IHRB released a statement on Tuesday, stating that O'Sullivan "continues to receive the best of care in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital". Providing a further update to the rider's condition...

Jockey Michael O'Sullivan remains in intensive care following a fall at Thurles last week. Dr Jennifer Pugh, chief medical officer of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), issued an update on X on Tuesday which read, "Michael continues to receive the best of care in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital. "Michael's family remain overwhelmed by the support and well wishes they have received over the last number of days." O'Sullivan's mount, the Gerard O'Leary-trained Wee Charlie (Ire), was one of three fallers at the final fence of...

Moyglare Stud provided the jewels in the crown of the Goffs February Sale when two well-bred colts by hot stallions Blue Point (Ire) and Study Of Man (Ire) sold for a combined €415,000, which accounted for just over 10 per cent of the entire turnover at Kildare Paddocks this week.  It was the Blue Point colt out of Dansili (GB) mare Tina Angelina (Ire) who commanded a sale-topping €250,000 when selling to Tally-Ho Stud while Matt Coleman--signing under The Investors--landed the Study Of Man for €165,000.  All told, the turnover...

Jockey Michael O'Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles on Thursday. O'Sullivan was riding Wee Charlie for Gerard O'Leary and was one of three fallers at the last in the two-mile Racing Again February 20th Handicap Chase, with two other runners badly hampered and unseating their riders. The rest of the meeting was abandoned after the second race as the air ambulance arrived to take O'Sullivan to hospital. An update on X from Dr Jennifer Pugh, chief medical officer of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, said, "Michael...

Six Irish National Hunt champions, including Willie Mullins, will be presented with their end-of-season awards at Punchestown on Saturday. Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, will be on hand at the course to distribute the honours. Trainer Willie Mullins was named the Irish NH Champion Trainer for the 17th time. He saddled his 4,000th career winner in January and sets a new record for the number of winners in a NH season having surpassed his previous best of 212, set in the 2017/2018 season. The trainer of...