THIS year’s Curragh Racing Awards are coming up fast on Tuesday, October 17th and for the first time they will include two categories to be voted on by the public.

These categories include the leading training performance and leading riding performance with five nominees in each category. The nominees for the trainers are: Gordon Elliott for Group 2 winner and twice Group 1 runner-up Beckford, Aidan O’Brien for winning four out of five Irish classics, Joe Murphy for three-time Curragh winner Silverkode and stakes winner Only Mine, Denis Hogan for two-time Curragh Premier Handicap winner Tithonus and John Gosden for superstar Enable winner of the Darley Irish Oaks.