Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Michael Kinane


Related Topics

  
  NTRA: Michael Kinane
Kinane's father Tommy was a jockey and rode Monksfield to win the 1978 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.
In 2003 Kinane rode the winners of six of the 10 Irish group 1 contests, taking the 1,000 Guineas on Yesterday and the Irish Champion stakes on High Chaparral who he then rode to a dead-heat victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita.
Kinane finished the year as champion jockey in Ireland, his 13th title.
www.ntra.com /Stats_Bios.aspx?id=1819#divResults   (499 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Kinane lodges appeal
Michael Kinane has, as expected, launched an appeal against a suspension that threatens to rule him out of the ride on Galileo in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week.
The ban, which rules him out of action next Friday and Saturday, was handed down when he was found guilty of careless riding on the Aidan O'Brien-trained Sophisticat at Leopardstown on Wednesday.
However, Kinane may not have his hearing until less than 24 hours before the suspension is due to start.
www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0721/kinanem.html   (216 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | OTHER SPORTS | Kinane to miss Galileo ride
Michael Kinane, scheduled to ride Galileo against Fantastic Light in the King George at Ascot, will miss the race after receiving a two-day ban.
Kinane did not receive a suspension last season and this is his first such offence this term.
If Kinane had been suspended for two days in Britain, the punishment would have been deferred because there is a Group One contest on one of the days of his ban.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/other_sports/1446184.stm   (388 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | ROYAL ASCOT | Michael Kinane
Kinane's partnership with O'Brien, who also trains the triple champion hurdler Istabraq, took an English Classic in 1998 when King of Kings won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Kinane also flew the flag for Europe when he rode Vintage Crop to victory in the 1993 Melbourne Cup.
Kinane enjoyed a memorable Royal Ascot meeting last year, with victories on Giant's Causeway (St James' Palace Stakes) and Kayf Tara (Gold Cup).
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/royal_ascot/1387324.stm   (227 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Hughes and Kinane in title duel
Kinane brought his tally to three winners for the week when landing the Coronation Stakes aboard the impeccably-bred Sophisticat.
Kinane was looking for pockets in the home straight, not wanting to arrive in the firing line to challenge until the last possible moment.
The filly weaved her way from the inside of the course to the outside, but the tactics paid off as she found extra under a vigorous drive from KInane to defeat Zenda by a neck, with two and a half lengths back to Dolores in third.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/06/21/shhots22.xml   (749 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Spencer tops list for job at Ballydoyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kinane’s split from Ballydoyle has been widely expected, and the Irishman confirmed he will not be stable jockey at Ballydoyle next season, after five years of glory in one of racing’s top jobs.
Kinane, who will be crowned Irish champion for the 13th time today, is expected to continue riding as a freelance.
Kinane, 44, was to have been in France to partner Magritte in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, but was switched to Leopardstown when O’Brien scratched the colt, who did not scope clear yesterday morning.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1232272003   (824 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Kinane ends Ballydoyle link on a high   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Michael Kinane celebrated his 13th Irish jockeys’ championship with a brilliant 355-1 four-timer on the last day of the season at Leopardstown today.
Kinane showed his appetite for the game was as strong as ever by also scoring on Alexander Duchess and Scottish Memories.
Kinane and O’Brien ended their partnership on a high note when Mikado (4-5), a two-year-old son of Sadler’s Wells, followed up a smooth Listowel success by winning the Listed Eyrefield Stakes by a length and a half from Tarakala.
www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=36439622&p=364399z4&n=36440002&x=&fs=1   (457 words)

  
 Kinane rides near to the finish line at Ballydoyle - [Sunday Herald]
Like David Beckham though, the human athlete that is Kinane is expendable and while Ferguson toys with the idea of bringing in Ronaldinho, so John Magnier and Michael Tabor now believe their talisman jockey Kinane can be replaced with British champion Kieren Fallon.
Kinane has kept his thoughts to himself, but having celebrated his 44th birthday last Sunday, he will know this is likely to be his last season as the main man on O'Brien's horses.
Kinane's biggest break came in 1984 when Steve Cauthen turned down the chance to move to Weld and Kinane got the job on the rebound.
www.sundayherald.com /34942   (984 words)

  
 Racing and Sports news story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Trainer Sir Michael Stoute confirmed that the Melbourne Cup was again on the agenda for the gelding, who finished sixth in the race last year.
Jockey Michael Kinane said he is keen to ride Distinction in the Melbourne Cup horse.
Distinction started favourite at 11/4 and was ridden with a lot of confidence by Kinane as he allowed the six-year-old to take up the lead with a half mile to run.
www.aapracingandsports.com.au /cms/cmspopnews.asp?NID=67486   (256 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Irish Colleges on the Continent
In 1769 it was closed and confiscated by Pombal, under the pretext that it was a Jesuit establishment.
Michael Moore, an Irish priest, long held the office of principal of the Collège de Navarre, and was twice elected rector of the university.
Dean Kinane, a student and then a professor in the college, is widely known for his "Dove of the Tabernacle" and numerous other devotional works.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08158a.htm   (5545 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Title duel goes to the wire - Thurles round-up
Michael Kinane made his trip back from Melbourne to Thursday's Irish fixture at Thurles worthwhile when scoring on Yukon to go into Sunday's final meeting of the Flat season level with Johnny Murtagh.
Michael Campbell was facing an early exit from the Celtic Manor Wales Open today, less than two weeks before the defence of his US Open title.
However 11-time champion Kinane got upsides Murtagh again on the 76 winner mark as he drove the 7-1 chance Yukon to the front over a furlong out to take the Holycross Handicap on behalf of veteran trainer Paddy Mullins.
breaking.tcm.ie /story.asp?j=1138320&p=yy38335&n=1138412&x=&fs=1   (479 words)

  
 Observer | Galileo battles to win place in history
As the field swung into the straight Michael Kinane faced a choice, stay on the rail and hope for a split, or pull round and commit Galileo earlier than ideal.
Michael had to take the gaps when they came, and it was probably the first proper race he's really had.
Kinane and his lawyers have taken the Irish Turf Club for a ride.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4230183-108367,00.html   (706 words)

  
 Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
Twenty-four hours later, Magnier, this time with Michael Tabor, was back in the winner's circle after the Vodafone Derby with Galileo, a first Derby winner for both owners and O'Brien but a second for stable jockey Kinane after Commander in Chief in 1993.
Reaching the crest of the hill with 5 1/2 furlongs to run, Kinane was poised to deliver his challenge on the outside and, to most observers, nothing looked likely to touch him in the final rush to glory.
Kinane had chosen to partner Toroca in the Irish One Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) two weeks earlier, but Imagine was victorious when the Curragh course was softened by rain.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=4573   (1206 words)

  
 Dubai Racing Club | Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Brazilian sprinting sensation, Heart Alone, gave jockey Michael Kinane his third win of the evening when landing the US$200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint (Gr.3), sponsored by the Commercial Bank of Dubai, at Thursday evening’s second meeting of the 2006 Dubai International Racing Carnival.
Ridden by Kinane, Vague was settled in well in second on the rail with the pace being set by the Ted Durcan-partnered Swan Maiden.
Kinane landed his second race of the evening aboard the Macau-based trainer Gary Moore’s Happy Pearl in the US$110,000 Shahrazade Trophy, sponsored by the Commercial Bank of Dubai, over 1,400 metres.
www.dubairacingclub.com /media/press_show.asp?news_id=123   (637 words)

  
 The Virtual FormGuide - Media Releases - Another International Star for Red Ransom
Mick Kinane brought the Italian Valfredo Valiani trained winner home with a late run to deny Japanese star and reining horse of the year Zenno Rob Roy in a finish which also saw horses from Britain and Ireland in with a serious chance a furlong from home.
Kinane’s forceful style contrasted with Yutaka Take, the Japanese champion aboard the runner-up, who never quite seemed to find a rhythm aboard his horse.
After the winning ride jockey Michael Kinane commented "I loved this horse when I rode him last week and I was very pleasantly surprised with the feel he gave me. I said he was a proper Group One horse.
www.virtualformguide.com /cgi-bin/tvf/displaynewsitem.pl?20050818redransom.txt   (599 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: Breeders' Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Michael Tabor’s and Susan Magnier’s Johannesburg answered the call, handled the dirt and distance, and toyed with the best field of American juveniles assembled this year when he posted a 1 1/4-length win over Repent in the $916,000 Juvenile on October 27.
Michael Kinane, criticized by the European press after the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) when he dropped the reins in deep stretch and lost by a neck to Tiznow, was aboard the winner, who was dismissed as the 7.20-to-1 third choice in the field of 12.
Roused by Kinane outside the eighth pole, Johannesburg split rivals in the stretch and was in full flight in the final 100 yards.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /breeders_cup/display_races.asp?race=ju   (1583 words)

  
 Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
Jockey Michael Kinane was suspended for seven days for his ride on Sahara Desert in the Boadicea Conditions Stakes and may be unable to ride Johannesburg in the Kentucky Derby, the Racing Post reports.
Kinane refused to comment as he left Newmarket Thursday, but a Newmarket steward explained the decision.
"Kinane made a maneuver where it ought to have been obvious to him that he would cause interference," Newmarket steward Jeremy Ker told the Racing Post.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=9167   (258 words)

  
 Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
Michael Kinane, 11 times Ireland's champion jockey, got a gorilla off his back July 1 at the Curragh.
Trainer Michael Stoute said the firm ground in England, not the fact Golan failed to act down the Epsom hill, had compromised his chances and when heavy showers materialized late in the week, easing the ground, the rematch was on.
Gaining the lead approaching the quarter-pole, Galileo stormed to the front at will, felt one left-handed smack before the furlong pole, and was being eased down to claim the £510,865 ($551,430) winner's purse by four lengths from 20-1 Morshdi, with Golan the same distance back in third.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=4844   (644 words)

  
 Goffs News
Sent off the 11/4 favourite, under Michael Kinane, the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing owned gelding was always travelling well, in touch with the leaders throughout.
Kinane committed his mount to the front of the field, fully four furlongs from home and Distinction answered the Irish jockey's every call with valour, staying on dourly to deny Golden Quest by half a length.
Kinane, who is no stranger to success in the Australian spectacular agreed with Stoute, saying: “I know my way around Flemington and you need a horse who travels.
www.goffsireland.com /news.php?id=77   (245 words)

  
 News - racingpoint.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kinane, who has regularly spends his winters riding in Hong Kong, partnered the O’Brien-trained King Of Kings to win the 1998 Sagitta 2000 Guineas, his second consecutive win in the race, following Entrepreneur in 1997.
Kinane was aboard Giant’s Causeway for four of his five Group 1 successes last season.
Sir Michael Stoute, the trainer of the second Golan, said: “He took a long time to get going but was beaten by a very good horse today.
www.racingpoint.co.uk /news/010611-01.phtml?orderNumber=   (2857 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Kinane retains ride after last-ditch court drama
THE dramatic sequence of events yesterday that led to jockey Michael Kinane retaining the mount on Galileo, the unbeaten Anglo-Irish Derby winner, in today's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot could have come straight from the pages of a Jeffrey Archer novel.
A famous, globe-trotting jockey receives a two-day suspension for a minor riding offence at what seems a very ordinary evening race meeting at Leopardstown, on the outskirts of Dublin, and then goes to the authorities to appeal against the ban that prevents him riding in one of the biggest races of the year.
The hearing is adjourned when two witnesses fail to turn up, and when the jockey eventually loses the appeal, he goes to the courts and gains an interim injunction, which enables him to ride after all.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/07/27/shmick28.xml   (533 words)

  
 Evening Standard (London): Kinane has appointment with doctor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MICHAEL KINANE will today find out whether he can ride Giant's Causeway in tomorrow's Coral-Eclipse Stakes.
Should Kinane fail to make it there is a possibility that the Australian rider Damien Oliver, used by connections in Ireland, could deputise in the Group One feature at Sandown Park although George Duffield is also on standby.
But Kinane said: "You have to be positive about these things and I'm hopeful he will stay the one and a quarter miles.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20000707/ai_n11937640   (376 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: Breeders' Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After stalking the early pace, Galileo with Michael Kinane aboard worked his way between horses and took command on the inside path two furlongs from the finish.
Kinane, who was handed down a two-day suspension from the Irish Jockey Club the day before, received an 11th-hour reprieve from an order by the High Court of Dublin that allowed him to ride the colt.
“Michael (Kinane) said he was like a motorcar in the race.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /breeders_cup/display_preps.asp?prep=1026&race=tu   (605 words)

  
 Easy Guineas for Vague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rock Opera, the mount of Ted Durcan, tried to go with the winner but the daughter of Elusive Quality was too good and landed her second straight win at the course by just over five lengths.
After the race Kinane said, He (Montgomerys Arch) is definitely getting fitter (since his last run when 7th on 26th January) and the blinkers just really sharpened him up.
Royal Storm looked as if he was going to hold on under Michael Kinane but Sir Edwin Landseer managed to get to the lead 50 metres out and ran on to a length win.
www.diviplus.com /racing-news/easy-guineas-for-vague   (789 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Kinane names his pick of O'Brien team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Stable jockey Michael Kinane singled out High Chaparral and Hawk Wing as well as the classy three-year-olds Brian Boru, Alberto Giacometti and Yesterday as the horses he is looking forward to riding the most for Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien this season.
Yesterday is still regarded by Kinane as a live contender for the English Oaks in which her full sister Quarter Moon was runner-up to Kazzia last season.
Kinane feels that the next 10 weeks are vital.
www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=55017060&p=55xy764x&n=55017669&x=&fs=1   (593 words)

  
 2001 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Results
In the stretch, Michael Kinane angled him to the outside and blew right by Officer, Came Home, and the stalking Siphonic to win by 1 1/4 lengths over fellow late-runner Repent who came from as far back as ninth.
Kinane said: "He's been a champion every step of the way through the year.
Owner Michael Tabor said: "It's just very nice to have a very nice horse." He said he may send him to either the English 2000 Guineas or the Kentucky Derby.
www.horse-races.net /library/aa102701jc.htm   (922 words)

  
 Descendants of Michael Kinane   Generation No
KINANE He married (1) ELIZABETH HENEBURY in Saint Michael's Church, Tipperary Town, Ireland.
He was born September 13 in Manhattan, New York, and died January 31, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York.
He was born September 03, 1890 in Limerick, Ireland, and died October 10, 1958 in Brooklyn, NY.
www.carlabraham.com /Kinane.htm   (520 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Breeders Cup 2001 - Europe's Johannesburg outclasses field
Jockey Michael Kinane rides Johannesburg to victory the Breeders Cup Juvenile.
Kinane carried the Irish flag into the winner's circle to celebrate.
Winning owner Michael Tabor, an Englishman who got his start in racing by running a chain of betting shops, narrowly lost last year's Classic, when Giant's Causeway was beaten a nose by Tiznow.
espn.go.com /horse/breederscup01/s/2001/1027/1269864.html   (472 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.