The racing industry came out in force to support this year’s Jog for Jockeys with jockey Emmet McNamara first past the post in the 2018 renewal of the Irish Injured Jockeys charity 5km race at the Curragh last Saturday. An avid runner, Emmet completed the 5km in a brilliant time of 16:47, closely followed by […]
Racing Stars Ruby Walsh, Shane Foley, Ronan Whelan, Patrick Mullins, Billy Lee, Barry Geraghty, Gary Carroll, Conor Hoban, Niall McCullagh, Ross Coakley, Derek McCormack, Mark Enright, David Mullins, Danny Mullins, Jamie Codd, Emmett McNamara are just some of the jockeys who have signed up for Jog for Jockeys 5km at the Curragh Racecourse on John Sisk […]
Irish Injured Jockeys’ Corinthian Challenge is a three-race series for the popular racing charity. The first leg of this annual major fundraising initiative took place at The Curragh on Sunday. Racegoers enjoyed an exciting result when Cork man Graham Atkinson got up on the line to win on Air Supremacy for trainer Joseph O’Brien in […]
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Irish Injured Jockeys are delighted to announce an exciting line up of no less than eighteen participants for the 2018 Corinthian Challenge Charity Race Series. “What do you get when you mix a probation officer, an artist, a gardener and a WAG with fourteen other equally diverse individuals from all over Ireland and beyond?….One […]
Irish Injured Jockeys would like to thank all who contributed to the funds raised from presentations during the Punchestown Festival. The Mobile unit attended the festival every day and was very popular among the racegoers with jockeys stopping by to sign autographs and stand in for photos, we would like to thank all our volunteers […]
The Irish Injured Jockeys announced plans for a novel World Record Attempt to take place at Gowran Park Racecourse on Bank Holiday Monday June 4th 2018 where the hope to have the largest recorded gathering of people in Helmets in one place at one time. Michael Higgins of the IIJF said “We are delighted […]
Colm Quinn presenting a cheque to Michael Higgins and Ruby Walsh Chairman of Irish Injured Jockeys, at the Punchestown Festival along with his sponsored jockeys, Donagh Myler, Luke Dempsey, Andrew Lynch, Kate Harrington and Denis O’Regan. Over 250 horse race enthusiasts packed BMW Athlone Showroom for a night that was not to be […]
The purchase of a DXA scan machine by the Irish Injured Jockeys (IIJ) has been described as a “very exciting step in the care of our riders,” according to Dr Adrian McGoldrick, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Authority’s chief medical officer. The DXA scan machine will be based at the High Performance […]
Corinthian Challenge Series 2018 The 2018 Corinthian Challenge Series in aid of Irish Injured Jockeys is now open to applicants. The series gives a chance to Amateur riders to ride on some of Ireland’s biggest racetracks. Last year the series saw 14 riders take part and raise over €110,000 for The Irish Injured Jockeys. Series […]
