ITBA AWARDS: Hall of Fame honour for Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien 03 February 2017 Premium

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03 February 2017

Mark Costello on 03 Feb 2017

ITBA AWARDS: Hall of Fame honour for Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien

A sell-out crowd of 400 guests toasted the success of Irish thoroughbred breeders at the ITBA Breeding and Racing Awards

Mark Costello

3 February 2017

Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien receive the Hall of Fame Award from Martin Heydon TD and ITBA chairman Stephen Collins (all photos: carolinenorris.ie)

Wild Geese award winner Geoffrey Russell with Enda Stanley of Derrinstown Stud

William Flood accepts the Contribution to the Industry award from Simon Kerins of Tattersalls Ireland

Lifetime Achievement award winner Tommy Stack with John Barrett of Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurances

Representing Rhodendron's breeders, Eddie Fitzpatrick of Coolmore Stud accepts the Two-Year-Old Filly award from Irish National Stud chairman Matt Dempsey

Churchill won the Two-Year-Old Colt award and M.V. Magnier accepted the prize from Henry Beeby of Goffs

M.V. Magnier accepts a trophy from Arqana's Eric Hoyeau on behalf of Three-Year-Old Filly award winner Minding

The Three-Year-Old Colt award was shared between The Gurkha and Ribchester. Pictured here are Coolmore's David O'Loughlin (for The Gurkha), award sponsor Gerry Duffy of Darley, and Ribchester's breeders Michael O'Brien and Andrew Thompson

Found won the Older Horse award, received here by Christy Grassick from Pat Downes of HH Aga Khan Studs

Altior's breeder Paddy Behan accepts the Young National Hunt Horse award from Ronan Murphy of Weatherbys Ireland

Patrick Kilgarriff and Thomas Bourke (representing Jer's Girl's breeder Eugene Bourke) receive the National Hunt Filly Award from sponsor Declan Landy (right)

Carlingford Lough won the Chaser award which was presented by Catherine Magnier (right) to Gerry Ross and Diana Vasicek

Annie Power's breeder Eamon Cleary received the Hurdler award from Micheal Martin TD and Brian Kavanagh of HRI

Seamus Phelan holds his Small Breeder award surrounded by family

Paddy and Rose Behan (centre) with family at the awards

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny led the tributes to Aidan and Annemarie O’Brien who were inducted into the ITBA Hall of Fame at last Saturday’s Breeding and Racing Awards in The Heritage, Killenard, Co Laois.