December 2019

  • Bill Harney, Templemore trainer & veterinary surgeon

    • JANUARY

  • Betty Moran, owner of Papillon
  • Raymond Keogh, racehorse owner
  • Mrs Lesley Prendergast, wife of Kevin
  • Mary Davison, racing photographer and breeder
  • Tony Murray, former travelling head lad
  • Phyllis Woods, wife of former jockey and trainer Paddy
  • John McNamara, Co Limerick breeder

    • February

  • Paddy Broderick, former jockey
  • John Goodwin, former jockey
  • Robert Alner, former trainer
  • James Banks, former jump jockey
  • Paul Blockley, former trainer

    • March

  • Joe Crowley, former trainer and breeder
  • Stephen McCarthy, former trainer
  • Gerry Dilger, Irish-born stud owner in Kentucky
  • Jim Fitzgerald, groom of Shergar at Ballymany Stud
  • Tom Broderick, retired course foreman at Galway Races

    • April

  • Dr John Fitzroy Gillespie, IHRB Member and raceday steward
  • Peter Beaumont, former trainer
  • Norman Molloy, Ballinrobe Races
  • Pat ‘Tip’ O’Mahony, groom of Captain Christy
  • Denis O’Sullivan, retired ‘flying groom’ with BBA Ireland

    • May

  • Belinda Warwick, well-known racing and bloodstock figure
  • Christy Lee, former trainer
  • Frank Hughes, bookmaker and father of six bookmakers
  • Joe Fisher, Co Wicklow horse dealer
  • Joe Magee, racehorse owner with Dermot Weld

    • June

  • Johnny Kierans, Racecard printer and racehorse owner
  • Liam Treadwell, Grand National-winning jockey
  • Brian Kennedy, thoroughbred breeder
  • Dick Doocey, Cork & Waterford PTP
  • Eamonn Finn, retired trainer

    • July

  • Tommy McGivern, former jockey
  • Johnny Vance, point-to-point handler
  • Jon Kelly, racehorse owner
  • Lar Skelly, racehorse owner
  • Noel Martin, owner of Jacqueline Quest

    • August

  • Willie Robinson, former champion jockey and trainer
  • Tony Finnerty, Ballinrobe Racecourse
  • Coral Pritchard Gordon, partner of Sir Michael Stoute
  • Rose Loxton, former trainer
  • Stan Mellor, former jockey and trainer

    • September

  • Pat Smullen, former champion jockey
  • Michael Oliver, former trainer
  • Adam Kondrat, former jockey

    • October

  • Pat Coffey, racehorse trainer
  • Charles ‘Lal’ Burke, former managing director of Tote Investors

    • November

  • Gerry Griffin, bloodstock agent
  • John Joe Murphy, Co Cork thoroughbred breeder
  • George Dobbs, husband of trainer Prunella

    • December

  • Seamus Murphy, racehorse owner
  • Peter McCarthy, former advertising manager with The Irish Field
  • Joe McNulty, transporter
  • Moss Hartnett, key member of Jimmy Mangan’s team
  • Joe Keappock, breeder