Howley the Man in Rome

Sligo athlete’s five-star triumph comes 24 hours after four-star success for McAuley Richard Howley and Mansini Ltd have proven a combination to be feared in speed classes since discovering the winning thread last year and they registered an eighth victory of 2024 in the five-star Lugano Diamonds Trophy at the Longines Global Champions Tour in Rome earlier today. This success is a 14th since the beginning of 2023 for the duo. The stellar run of form kicked off at elite level in Bordeaux 19 months ago and the triumph at the Piazza di Siena is a fifth five-star win for the combination. Enniscrone native Howley and the 15-year-old HK Horses-owned bay gelding were nimble, quick and accurate, completely in sync as every tight line was taken, while putting on the after-burners when the opportunity presented itself. The pair stopped the clock on 50.73 seconds, which was enough to take the […]