Dundalk boss Kenny shortlisted for RTÉ Sport’s Manager of the Year award

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny has been shortlisted for the RTÉ Sport Manager of the Year award.

The 43-year-old was nominated after guiding the Lilywhites to a league and EA Sports Cup double last season. His nomination comes after Dundalk FC were shortlisted for the Team of the Year award last week.

The winners will be revealed at the RTÉ Sport Awards in association with The Irish Sports Council, which will be broadcast live on RTÉ One, on Sunday, 21 December at 9.30pm.

Also nominated for the Manager of the Year award are Brian Cody, Jim Culloty, Eamonn Fitzmaurice, Paul McGinley, Aidan O’Brien, Joe Schmidt, Eamonn Ryan, Shane McGuigan and Pete Taylor.

Camelot will not be appearing at Dundalk after being retired to stud

Aidan O’Brien’s racehorse Camelot will not be making an appearance at Dundalk Stadium, after being retired to stud today.

Speculation had been rife last week that O’Brien could race the Derby-winning horse at Dundalk as a way of feeling him back into action following injury.

O’Brien was quoted as saying he may race Camelot at either Ascot or Dundalk to prepare him for the Breeders’ Cup in November.

However, Coolmore announced today that the four-year-old has been retired after being found lame this morning.

Camelot won last year’s 2000 Guineas and was unbeaten as a two-year-old.

Aidan O’Brien’s Camelot could race at Dundalk

Derby-winning racehorse Camelot could be set for a race at Dundalk Stadium soon.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained horse is feeling his way back into action at present after suffering colic last autumn and has not been sighted since finishing fourth in the Price of Wales Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.

He is building up to a return in the Breeders’ Cup meeting in November and O’Brien has admitted that he may race the former three-time Classic winner at the all-weather in Dundalk to get him ready.

O’Brien said of the four-year-old: “He may run either in Ascot or in a Listed race at Dundalk. We have one eye on the Breeders’ Cup. He’s a horse that needs good ground and conditions would normally suit him in America.”