O’Neill heads fantastic five nominated for HRI Awards
The five nominees in the point-to-point category for the 2017 Horse Racing Ireland Awards have been announced, spear headed by first-time champion point-to-point jockey Barry O’Neill.
The Wexford native, who received his first HRI Award nomination last year, ended the 13-year stranglehold of Derek O’Connor and Jamie Codd to claim the national title in a season which also saw him pass through the 400 winner mark.
Codd, a former three-time winner of the HRI Award, is also among the nominees having only narrowly been denied a title double last season, losing out to O’Neill, having also claimed a first champion track amateur title.
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