Awards Venue:
West County Ennis
Champion Rider: J.T. McNamara (36 winners)
Champion Lady: Caroline Hutchinson
Champion Novice (Under 21): S.McGonagle, D.N.Russell
Northern Champion: L. Lennon, R.J. Patton
Southern Champion: E. Gallagher
Eastern Champion: A. Ross
Western Champion: J.T. McNamara
Horse of the Year: Elegant Lord
Champion Senior (OVER 33): L. Lennon
Personality of the Year: Mike Barrett
RIDERS TABLE
36 J.T.McNamara
22 E.Gallagher
19 L.Lennon, T.Lombard, A.Ross
17 J.G.Sheahan
16 J.L.Cullen, B.Hassett
15 J.A.Berry
14 B.R.Hamilton
13 D.Murphy, R.J.Patton
10 E.Bolger, E.Fehily, D.M.O’Brien,
9 W.F.Codd, P.Crowley, T.N.Cloke, B.Moran, K.Ross.
8 A.G.Costello, P.J.Crowley, P.Henley, A.J.Martin, S.McGonagle, D.N.Russell.
7 P.Cashman, P.J.Colville, N.D.Fehily, P.Fenton, C.A.Murphy, J.G.O’Connell, J.A.Quinn
6 J.P.Berry, D.W.Cullen, A.Fleming, W.M.O’Sullivan.
5 M.A.Cahill, D.M.Christie, D.P.Costello, V.P.Deveraux, F.M.Hanley, N.C.Kelleher, D.A.Nugent,
4 Caroline Hutchinson, P.Buchanan, G.Crowley, L.J.Gracey, B.Potts, J.R.Ryan, M.J.Walsh.
3 K.Beecher, J.A.Boland, I.Buchanan, V.J.Burke, P.M.Cloke, C.J.Cosgrave, Liz Doyle, T.J.Doyle, G.A.Dyne,
A.Fitzgerald, M.P.Fitzgerald, K.M.Geoghan, M.J.Henry, J.Johnson, G.Martin, J.O.McGrath, J.Motherway,
E.J.O’Grady, A.Stronge, D.Whelan.
2 J.Cash, P.J.Cosgrave, F.P.Cunningham, D.J.Duggan, M.Dunne, W.Ewing, J.E.Finn, D.W.Flavin,
M.P.Horan, R.Hurley, T.P.Hyde, V.T.Keane, P.McAleese, J.O.McGurgan, S.S.McHugh, G.J.McKeever, T.J.Nagle,
P.P.O’Brien, D.O’Connor, A.P.O’Mullane, J.F.O’Meara, J.F.O’Shea, Aileen Sloane-Lee, J.S.Vance
1 T.J.Angel, L.W.Austin, R.J.Barnwell, D.Boylan J.P.Brennan, J.Bright, D.Broad, P.J.Burke, D.M.Cahalan,
J.A.Collins, A.Comiskey, A.R.Coonan, J.Cousins, B.J.Crowley, P.P.Curran, S.Daly, M.Darcy, B.W.Dougan,
J.J.Dullea, P.Fahey, B.Fitzgerald, R.Flavin, R.H.Fowler, N.Geraghty, R.Geraghty, Katherine Harrison, D.Hassett,
F.L.Heffernan, S.P.Hennessy, J.Horan, Mary Horgan, S.Jackson, A.P.Keatley, J.T.Keeling, Jacqueline Kidd,
G.A.Kingston, Elizabeth Lalor, Claire McMahon, E.Magee, J.A.Maguire, S.McCullagh, W.J.McLernon,
A.McNamara, G.Mulcaire, B.T.Murphy, J.P.Murphy, J.S.R.Nicholl, D.A.O’Brien, R.J.O’Brien, Gina O’Callaghan,
M.J.O’Connor, J.B.O’Gorman, M.J.O’Hare, D.O’Meara, B.O’Sullivan, K.O’Sullivan, G.J.Power, R.Quinn,
B.P.Ryan, M.D.Scanlan, J.J.Smyth, P.Tobin, Lucy Townsley, B.Walsh, J.M.Willis, A.K.Wyse.
Some of the newcomers of note to the List(Riders who make their first appearance to the list. In most cases this is their first winners but not all)
D. Broad - (Kilcock trainer)
A. Comiskey - (Former amateur with Dessie Hughes. Won a bumper on Colonel Braxton at Leopardstown)
M .Darcy - (Winner of a bumper on Canary Wharf)
Liz Doyle - (Three times ladies champion ..’00/’02/’03. Daughter of Avril)
T.J. Doyle - (English based professional)
J.J. Dullea - (Cork rider popular on the Wexford circuit)
W.M. Evans - (Son of Delgany trainer Alfie, who also rode in points ‘80-’97 over 40 winners and brother of Ladbroke winning rider David based with Dermot Weld)
Katherine Harrison - (Laois rider, daughter of Cathy rode in pts (5winners ’85-’93)
M.J. Henry - (Northern amateur)
C. Hutchinson - (Top class lady rider & trainer. Dual pt pt champion ’99 & ’01 & multiple track champion in
ladies category)
G.A. Kingston - (Drogheda Trainer)
S. McCullagh - (Baganelstown amateur brother of flat jockey Niall)
S.S. McHugh - (Northern Amateur. Won a maiden on Truckers Tavern and rode a Cheltenham festival winner
for Martin Pipe ’03 on Royal Predica)
Claire McMahon - (Meath lady rider. Daughter of Irish Olympian Ronnie)
D.A.O’Brien - (Rathmoylan Amateur)
Gina O’Callaghan - (Daughter of Dungounrney trainer and former top points rider Timmy)
Derek O’Connor - (Galway amateur. Dual Novice champion 01/02&02/03. Winner of GPT handicap Galway ’03)
M.J. O’Hare - (Northern Amateur)
D.N. Russell - (Champion rider 01 & 02. One of the finest point riders of recent times. Stable jockey to Ferdy
Murphy)
P. Tobin - (Cork amateur. Won a maiden on Ballyhampshire Boy)
SUMMARY
- The 1999 season saw a second title for John Thomas McNamara with 36 winners putting him 14 ahead of Eoin Gallagher on 22.
- Gallagher took his first ever regional award with the Southern title while Anthony Ross took the Eastern title and finished up on 19 winners but his career was soon to move towards the paid ranks in England.
- Elegant Lord was the Champion Horse for the fourth time but for the first time since 1996 having overcome problems in the interim.
- Top track lady rider Caroline Hutchinson turned her attentions to the pointing field and her four winners included an Oldcastle victory on former Irish National winner Flashing Steel in the colors of former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey.
- Davy Russell not only rode his first winner this season but went on to ride 8 winners forcing a tie with Simon McGonagle in the novice title and sounding a warning that the best was yet to come.
- The personality of the year went to Mike Barrett who through the medium of Formcard provides endless information on pointing with his yearly book, weekly form book and race cards.
- 1999 also held one of the longest ever race meetings with over 200 runners contesting a 14 race card at the end of the season in Balingarry and it was fixtures such as this that first gave rise to many hunts restricting the conditions of some of their races.
- 1999 was a tremendous year for young stock that looked destined to progress. Best Mate won a two runner maiden in Tuam and nobody could have imagined the heights he would reach
- The Bunny Boiler, Bindaree, Cregg House Torduff Boy Call Me Dara, Northern Sound, Be My Manager & Southsea Native were all showing signs that the best was yet to come which was a particularly strong team to graduate to race inside the rails for one season.
