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New TG4 series will be a real treat for horseracing fans 9 Feb 2021 ');  '); TG4 and Touchline Media are delighted to announce that a new horseracing series ‘Laochra Na Rásaíochta’, featuring some of Ireland’s greatest National Hunt horses, has been specially commissioned by TG4 and will commence on Thursday 18th February with a one-hour documentary on the tale of the legendary Arkle, winner of three Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960’s. This is a repeat of the IFTA winner for Best Sports Documentary, first broadcast on TG4 in March 2014.  YouTube clip: https://youtu.be/AtHz73...

FEATURE: Racing certainties abound at Clongowes Wood in Clane Henry Bauress looks at the famous names from the racing world linked to the school Reporter: '); Clongowes Wood College in Clane is one Ireland’s best known schools. Set up in 1814 by the Jesuit order, it is the only seven-day male boarding school in the country. Many well-known Irish men have studied there, including some with famous racing connections. Such students include Michael O’Leary; Patrick Mullins, son of Ireland’s leading trainer, Willie Mullins, and Pat Taaffe, son of trainer Tom Taaffe, and grandson of the late...