Voting Now Open For HRI Ride Of The Year Award

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Racing fans may now vote for the Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Ride of the Year Award, HRI announced on Wednesday. The winner of the online poll will be revealed at the HRI Awards on Monday, Dec. 4.

The six rides were picked by Fran Berry and Davy Russell and are as follows:

• Ride 1: Danny Gilligan – Ash Tree Meadow – Tote Galway Plate – Galway, Aug. 2.
• Ride 2: Amy Jo Hayes – Redstone Well – Irish Stallion Farms EBF “Nasrullah” Premier H. – Leopardstown, July 13.
• Ride 3: Niall McCullagh – Brazil – Guinness H. – Galway, Aug. 4.
• Ride 4: Mikey Sheehy – Nusret – Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Premier H. – Curragh, June 7.
• Ride 5: JJ Slevin – Fastorslow – G1 Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup – Punchestown, Apr. 26.
• Ride 6: Paul Townend – I Am Maximus – BoyleSports Irish Grand National H. Chase – Fairyhouse, Apr. 10.

Videos of the nominated rides and the link to vote for your favourite are now on the HRI website. Voting will be open until next Wednesday, Nov. 29.

Suzanne Eade, CEO of HRI, said, “Our thanks to Fran and Davy for picking out just six rides from what has been a great year on the track. They are all very worthy nominees and we are delighted to hand over the reins to racing fans and followers to choose the winner.”

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