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Fly returns with a bang

CLOSUTTON in Bagenalstown is the place to be if you are going to attempt to pick the brains of Willie Mullins in the lead up to Cheltenham.

Hurricane Fly is led into the parade ring after winning the Irish Champion Hurdle on Sunday in Leopardstown.

Hurricane flier

He's called the Usain Bolt of Horse Racing and when Hurricane Fly won the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday, by over six lengths, the nickname is only fitting.

Willie Mullins with the National Hunt award.

Mullins romps home at horse racing awards

CARLOW TRAINER Willie Mullins was honoured last Monday at the 2011 Horse Racing Ireland Awards, where he took home the prestigious National Hunt award for the third year running.

Mullins scoops Top Trainer award

Another story in the remarkable life of Carlow horse trainer Willie Mullins unfolded recently when he capped a memorable Cheltenham by winning the Thomas Pink award for top trainer at the meeting for the first time.

Kempes wins Hennessy for Mullins

CARLOW HORSE trainer Willie Mullins grabbed yet another victory on when Kempes clinched the 21st Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

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…

INSIDE RIGHT: The good, the bad and the ugly

By DAVE DEVEREUX

WITH THE end of year awards season in full flight, what better time than to hand out alternative gongs to recognise the good, the bad and the downright ugly of sport over the past 12 months, okay probably more of the bad and ugly than good but them's the breaks.

National Hunt award for Mullins

CARLOW CHAMPION trainer Willie Mullins has been honoured for a second successive year in winning the National Hunt Award. Horse Racing Ireland hosted the Annual Irish Horse Racing Awards in the Leopardstown pavilion, Dublin, last week.

Racing industry forced to re-adjust behind the scenes

By DICK WHITE

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

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.

Pictures: Week in pictures

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.