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KILLARNEY Racecourse has announced Bryan Cooper as the Official Ambassador for the 2023 season at Killarney Races. The recently retired jockey from Tralee has made headlines of late following his shock announcement, that he was retiring from riding at just 30 years of age. Chairman of Killarney Racecourse, Billy O’Sullivan […]

BRYAN Cooper will be interviewed on The Late Late Show this Friday night. With 532 race wins, nine of those at Cheltenham including a Gold Cup, the Tralee man’s retirement, aged 30 came as a surprise last month. But behind it all, a fear of falling that developed gradually over […]

TRALEE jockey Bryan Cooper has announced he is retiring from race riding with immediate effect. The 30 year old who enjoyed Gold Cup success on Don Cossack in 2016, along with 39 Grade 1 successes, released a statement earlier this afternoon. It reads; “After much careful thought and consideration for […]

YESTERDAY may not have been the best of days for Bryan Cooper, but that was forgotten by 4.20pm this afternoon. The Tralee jockey was on ‘Road To Respect’ who won the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap. He brought home the Noel Meade trained horse at odds of 14/1 to […]

TRALEE’S Bryan Cooper landed his first win of the Cheltenham festival 2017, when he rode Apples Jade to victory in the Mares’ Hurdle earlier today. It was already a good day for Kerry jockeys as 17 year old Jack Kennedy from Dingle won the festival opener on board 25/1 shot Laibaik, trained by […]

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in March… • THERE was sadness in town at the start of the month at the news of the death of Margaret Dwyer, one of the first members of the Rose of Tralee International Festival in 1959, at the […]

BRYAN Cooper suffered a partially collapsed lung after a fall at Galway Races yesterday, but his injuries could have been worse if he had not been wearing an upgraded body protector. It means the Tralee jockey could be out of action for up to a month. Cooper was riding the Gordon Elliott-trained Tiger Roll in the Guinness […]

    THE achievements of a young man from Tralee were recognised by Kerry County Council on Thursday with a civic reception to recognise his sporting achievements. Jockey Bryan Cooper was joined by his family at Council Chambers where he was feted for his achievement of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Don […]

BRYAN Cooper is to be honoured this Thursday with a civic reception in his hometown. Kerry County Council will host the reception at county buildings at 7pm, to acknowledge his great achievement by riding Don Cossack to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup back in March. The 23 year old received […]

THEY went mad last Friday when Bryan Cooper rode to Cheltenham Gold Cup victory on Don Cossack and last night the people of Blennerville got to cheer him in person. The young jockey came to the village fresh from riding in Thurles that afternoon and a large crowd greeted him […]

IT should be some craic in Blennerville tomorrow evening, when a local hero comes home with a very special trophy. The whole of Tralee – along with the village west of the bridge – erupted last Friday when jockey Bryan Cooper rode Don Cossack to Gold Cup glory in the […]

THEY’RE a bit fond of Bryan Cooper out in Blennerville. The young jockey had an amazing ride on Don Cossack on Friday to win the Gold Cup and at his local in Blennerville, Skelper Quane’s, they went bananas while watching the race. Just the week before, Bryan was talking in […]

TRALEE’S Bryan Cooper and Philip Enright shared some of their tips for the Cheltenham festival last night at a ‘Preview’ fundraiser for Blennerville school. Racing fans present in Skelper Quane’s in the village, heard expert tips from the top jockeys and other well-known figures from the racing world such as photographer Pat […]

  TRALEE jockey Bryan Cooper had a winner earlier today at Cheltenham. Cooper, already an established jockey at the young age of 22 claimed victory on Don Poli in the RSA Chase at 2.05pm today as the favourite won at a 13/8 starting price. It marks a happier return to the course for […]