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Connections confident of a good run as Darver Star tackles the Irish Arkle.

There will be Louth representation once again at the Dublin Racing Festival this weekend as Darver Star prepares for Cheltenham by taking on eight other rivals in the 2021 renewal of the Irish Arkle at Leopardstown. The horse who was third in the ...

05 Feb 2021 at 17:42

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INSIDE TRACK | Covid-19 intrudes on the schedule of Louth's favourite racehorse, Darver Star

County Louth’s favourite racehorse, Darver Star, is, as they say, out in grass. An end-of-season programme was mapped for the Champion Hurdle third after his Cheltenham heroics, but everything changed with the intrusion of Covid-19. Punchestown ...

05 May 2020 at 13:49

Darver Star set to lock horns with Honeysuckle in Hatton’s Grace Hurdle

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Honeysuckle all set for Hatton’s Grace Hurdle record bid

Darver Star, Sir Gerhard and State Man are possible rivals to Honeysuckle in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse next month. The Henry de Bromhead-trained Honeysuckle will be bidding for an unprecedented fourth win in the ...

11 Nov 2022 at 18:00

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INSIDE TRACK | Darver Star may be the people’s champion locally, but Tiger Roll is the one...

We’re on to horse racing again this week, with apologies to those who don’t know why the Derby, Irish, English or Kentucky, can’t be won more than once by the same horse, or who think a Lucky 15 is a team that wins the championship final ...

17 Feb 2020 at 14:26

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INSIDE TRACK | High-fives and hugs as Louth's Cheltenham-bound Darver Star shines at Leopardstown

Gallant in defeat. It’s an expression often in sports reports. I used it myself in my days covering the GAA scene for this ’paper, wheeling it out whenever a team, especially one filling the underdog role, was narrowly beaten. It came ...

02 Feb 2020 at 13:13

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INSIDE TRACK | Born in 1911, Paddy Cluskey played for Louth in an All-Ireland minor final 20 years later

We’re back again in Darver this week, and, yes, there are stars in our eyes. For a change, the story is not about the racehorse, the acclaimed Irish Champion Hurdle runner-up and third in the Cheltenham equivalent, but instead a ...

30 Mar 2020 at 13:06

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Joe Carroll: Meath trainer doing the business for this county’s owners

County Meath trainer, Gavin Cromwell, is certainly doing his bit for owners from these parts. Over the past couple of weeks, he has sent out the winner of a big Galway hurdle for the best known of Louth-based syndicates. ...

01 Oct 2022 at 16:00

Inside track with joe carroll

INSIDE TRACK | Why I won't be backing Louth's Darver Star for Cheltenham glory today

Probably not since the 1957 All-Ireland final has there been such a Louth interest in what you might call an away fixture. Darver Star goes in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham this Tuesday afternoon, and it’s not only ...

09 Mar 2020 at 16:54

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Darver is already a star for the mid-Louth lads, Pat Cluskey, Simon Fagan and Seán Fanning

The Racing Post commented on it, the reception Darver Star was given as he made his way into the winners’ enclosure after taking the feature race at Killarney on Wednesday last. If there was a distinct mid-Louth tone ...

26 Aug 2019 at 19:27

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'This lad is the real deal' - Jockey Moore talks up Louth's 'impeccable' Cheltenham hopeful Darver Star

Darver Star bids for Champion Hurdle glory at Cheltenham tomorrow afternoon (3:30pm) and jockey Jonathan Moore is hopeful the gelding can deliver. Owned by Mid-Louth’s Pat Cluskey, Simon Fagan and Seán Fanning, the ...

09 Mar 2020 at 16:18

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INSIDE TRACK | If Louth-owned Darver Star shines at Leopardstown, he could be headed for Cheltenham

Having traded his wares in the Championship of horse racing, Darver Star is now about to try his luck in the Premiership. And if successful there, it could then be on to the continent, ie Cheltenham. Horse racing, ...

31 Jan 2020 at 16:07

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