Naas – Nursery of Champions: Introduction

Naas – Nursery of Champions: Introduction

At least 6,000 races have been run at Naas since 1924. Each competing horse has four components – the jockey, the trainer, the owner and the horse itself, with all its past and future history. As such, the selection of stories told in my book is but a microcosm of all...
Prologue – The Early History of Racing in Naas

Prologue – The Early History of Racing in Naas

Back to Naas 100 Contents Horses have been racing around the green fields of County Kildare since before recorded time. The Ulster Cycle of mythology is replete with tales of chariot racing, while Fionn Mac Cumhaill and his band of Fianna warriors are said to have...
Chapter 12: Naas Races 2020-2023

Chapter 12: Naas Races 2020-2023

Back to Naas 100 Contents Big Blue – Australian Cameo at Naas   On 26 January 2020, Big Blue contested the Grade 3 Limestone Lad Hurdle and so became the first Australian-trained horse to ever run over jumps in Ireland. A winner of the Randwick St Leger on the flat in...
Chapter 11: Naas Races 2010-2019

Chapter 11: Naas Races 2010-2019

Back to Naas 100 Contents Captain Cee Bee   The star of the February meeting in 2010 was the Eddie Harty-trained warrior Captain Cee Bee, who put in a ‘virtually faultless’ performance to win the afternoon’s Opera Hat Novice Chase.[1] Two years earlier, the J.P....
Mrs Lawlor (1880-1969) of Naas – Caterer Extraordinaire

Mrs Lawlor (1880-1969) of Naas – Caterer Extraordinaire

Founded on the eve of the First World War, Mrs Lawlors Naas-based enterprise was reckoned to be the largest catering firm in Ireland by 1937. From the Dublin Horse Show to the Naas Races to the Grand Prix or the Eucharistic Congress, her tents were invariably to be...