NOEL Meade, Paul Carberry, Ted Walsh, Altior’s breeder Paddy Behan and his wife Rose and The Irish Field editor Leo Powell were just some of the large crowd who turned out last week in RTÉ to launch Winners, The Horses, the Memories, the Defining Moments by sports broadcaster, commentator and journalist Hugh Cahill.

The book features interviews with Meade and Walsh, as well as Gordon Elliott, Willie Mullins and Jessica Harrington, jockeys Carberry, Davy Russell, Ruby Walsh, Robbie Power and Barry Geraghty, together with former pilots A. P. McCoy and Andrew McNamara.O wner J P McManus and journalists Kevin Blake, Donn McClean and Tony O’Hehir also feature.