Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Sparring Partner (IRE)

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

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Reports in which Sparring Partner (IRE) was mentioned

Binocular gives Flynn his third winner of week

Pat Flynn recorded his third winner (scored with Scots Gaelic on Tuesday & Sword Of Honour yesterday) of the week at the Killarney August Festival as his Binocular just got the better of Mutiska in the final Flat race of the year at Killarney, the Ross Golf Club Handicap. Fri 26th Aug

Review roscommon 15th Aug

Ultra Cool successfully stepped up to a mile and a quarter for the first time in the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Handicap at RoscommonMon 15th Aug

1,2 for Flannery as Wait beats Glance by a head

The final flat race of the evening at Roscommon, the Hillstreet Quarries Jog For Jockeys, Flat versus National Hunt Jockeys Challenge Handicap, went to the 20/1 shot, Long Wait for trainer Michael Flannery with Joseph O'Brien aboard. Mon 15th Aug

Smullen strikes on Sparring

Sparring Partner benefitted from a strong Pat Smullen drive to break his duck in the 1m2f handicap at Dundalk. Fri 13th May

116/1 double up for McCullagh on Doran's Day

Niall McCullagh got Reggie Roberts' Night Glimmer home the winner of the 4.10 and in the second division of the Hen & Stag Packages at Dundalk Stadium Handicap half-an-hour later, the vastly-experienced County Carlow rider brought up a double when for another smaller yard, that of Martina Doran, he scored aboard 25/1 outsider (paid 88 Euro on the Tote) Darraghs Day. Sat 30th Apr

Caseys score with Freedom

Try Freedom, runner-up here last Saturday, went one better when taking the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association Yearbook & Diary 2011 Handicap for the father and son team of Peter and Oliver Casey. Fri 10th Dec

O'Brien suspended again

The three-way battle for the apprentice title continues to take many twists and turns, the latest being a two day suspension for Joseph O'Brien after he was judged to have used his whip with excessive frequency aboard Mr Pianist in the 1m4f handicap. Fri 19th Nov