JAMIE CODD. Pic: John Walsh

The winners of the 2016 Horse Racing Ireland Awards were announced at Leopardstown Racecourse today and amongst the winners were champion flat trainer Aidan O’Brien and National Point-to-Point champion, Jamie Codd.

Aidan O’Brien won the Flat Award “after a truly remarkable year where he enjoyed 22 Group 1 wins worldwide along with a 1-2-3 in both the Newmarket 1,000 Guineas and the Prix De l’Arc De Triomphe.”

Jamie Codd picked up the Point-to-Point Award “after winning a second national rider’s title despite suffering a serious injury on the opening day of the season.” He also rode two winners at Cheltenham, the Foxhunters’ at Aintree and enjoyed his first success at the Galway Festival.