Nominees Announced For 2024 Horse Racing Ireland Awards

A total of 38 individuals have been nominated for the 2024 Horse Racing Ireland Awards, HRI announced on Wednesday. Among the Horse of the Year candidates are a trio horses who were unbeaten this season: jumpers State Man (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) and Teahupoo (Fr) (Masked Marvel {GB}), and top-notch stayer Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), while other nominees are Derby winner City Of Troy (Justify), mile specialist Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio), and Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Galopin Des Champs (Fr) (Timos {Ger}).The full list of nominees is below:

Horse of the Year Award
City Of Troy
Galopin Des Champs
Kyprios
Porta Fortuna
State Man
Teahupoo
National Hunt Award
Gavin Cromwell
Jack Kennedy
Willie Mullins
JJ Slevin
Paul Townend
National Hunt Achievement Award
Martin Brassil
Sam Ewing
Tom Gibney
John “Shark” Hanlon
Jimmy Mangan
Eric McNamara
Danny Mullins
Flat Award
Colin Keane
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Ryan Moore
Aidan O'Brien
Flat Achievement Award
Chris Hayes
Gerry Keane
Wayne Lordan
John Murphy
Donnacha O'Brien
Pat O'Donnell
Point-To-Point Award
David Christie
Shane Cotter
Rob James
Emmet Mullins
Barry O'Neill
Emerging Talent
Alex Harvey
Wayne Hassett
Keithen Kennedy
Carl Millar
James Ryan
Fans will be able to help select the winners of the Racecourse of the Year Award and the Ride of the Year Award, and the nominees for those will be announced in the coming weeks. The Horse of the Year, and the winners of the awards in the categories of National Hunt, National Hunt Achievement, Flat, Flat Achievement, Point-to-Point and Emerging Talent will be decided by a ballot of the HRI Awards committee, made up of members of the various sections of the Irish racing media.

Suzanne Eade, CEO of Horse Racing Ireland, said, “Irish racing has given us so much to celebrate both at home and abroad over the past 12 months. There have been some wonderful stories and achievements and I send my best wishes to all those nominated for our annual awards. I am excited that racing fans and racegoers are being asked to help decide the winner of the Racecourse of the Year Award in addition to the Ride of the Year Award this time.”