Dingle’s Jack Kennedy has been nominated for a Horse Racing Ireland Award.
The Champion Jockey over fences will be up against trainers Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott and fellow jockeys Paul Townend, Darragh O’Keeffe and Mark Walsh in the National Hunt Award Category.
The Flat Award is between five former winners of the title: Champion Trainer Aidan O’Brien, Champion Jockey Billy Lee, Dylan Browne McMonagle, Colin Keane and Joseph O’Brien.
The Horse of the Year category places four of Willie Mullins’ champions from last season against three from Aidan O’Brien’s all-conquering team.
Cheltenham heroes Lossiemouth (Champion Hurdle), Il Etait Temps (Champion Chase) and Gaelic Warrior (Gold Cup) join their stable companion, I Am Maximus, winner of the Aintree Grand National for the second time.
The Ballydoyle trio are the champion stayer Scandinavia, recent Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Benvenuto Cellini and the brilliant juvenile filly Sun Goddess, four times successful at the highest level.
The HRI Award Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin on Monday, December 7th.
