{"id":662644,"date":"2026-10-23T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:18:15","slug":"horse-racing-royalty-kate-harrington-and-gordon-elliott-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662644\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse racing royalty Kate Harrington and Gordon Elliott engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the biggest names in Irish horse racing are soon to unite as there\u2019s a wedding on the way!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kate Harrington, trainer Jessica\u2019s daughter, is engaged to her long-time partner, Gordon Elliott, after years of dating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couple, who are both jockeys-turned-trainers, have long been an item and are often seen at races and meets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/harr.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Harrington and her daughter Kate. Pic: INPHO\/James Crombie\" class=\"wp-image-2213089\"  \/>Kate Harrington with her mother Jessica. Pic: INPHO\/James Crombie<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confirming the happy news to EVOKE, Kate said: &#8216;We&#8217;re all very happy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not much is known about the couple\u2019s relationship; however, both Kate and Gordon have built successful careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both started out as riders before moving into training, with Kate also trying her hand at TV presenting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kate is now greatly involved in her family&#8217;s business, working alongside her mum Jessica, sister, Emma, and brother-in-law Richie Galway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gordon.jpg\" alt=\"Trainer Gordon Elliot at Leopardstown Racecourse in 2025. Pic: Sportsfile\" class=\"wp-image-2213088\"  \/>Trainer Gordon Elliott. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Harrington family operation has around 120 to 130 racehorses, with Emma looking after much of the accounts and staffing side, while Kate is more hands-on with the horses and day-to-day logistics<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She recently spoke with EVOKE about <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/09\/11\/news\/sport\/kate-jessica-harrington-racing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/09\/11\/news\/sport\/kate-jessica-harrington-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working with her legendary horse trainer mum<\/a> and joked she&#8217;d never dare tell Jessica, 79, to slow down. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gordon-Elliott-Kate-Harrington.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Elliott Kate Harrington\" class=\"wp-image-2213265\"  \/>Gordon Elliott and Kate Harrington. Pic: Healy Racing<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kate said: &#8216;She\u2019s a force to be reckoned with and always will be&#8230; she battled breast cancer three years ago and came out the other side; she&#8217;s had two new knees, and sure, not a bother on her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I&#8217;d say next year she could run a marathon, set herself a new task.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kate_ce20d2.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant trainer Kate Harrington with trainer Jessica Harrington. Pic: INPHO\/James Crombie\" class=\"wp-image-2213086\"  \/>Kate Harrington with her mother Jessica Harrington. Pic: INPHO\/James Crombie<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Kate&#8217;s husband-to-be, Gordon wrote himself into the history books at the age of 29 when he became the youngest trainer to win the Grand National.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his Grand National success in 2019, Ryanair boss Michael O&#8217;Leary sang his praises, saying: \u2018Gordon is the answer to everyone else who says you need to have luck or relations or money.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gord.jpg\" alt=\"Horse trainer Gordon Elliott. Pic: INPHO\/Tom O'Hanlon\" class=\"wp-image-2213087\"  \/>Gordon Elliott. Pic: INPHO\/Tom O&#8217;Hanlon<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018He proves you just need to work incredibly hard, and he delivers extraordinary results.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couple has kept a largely low profile in recent years; however, this week the news broke that they were engaged and champagne bottles were popping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the biggest names in Irish horse racing are soon to unite as there\u2019s a wedding on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-662644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}