Jennifer O’Donnell named September’s Tipp FM Sports Star of The Month

Jenna Boyle Presents the trophy to John Mitchell and the Whatever-you Like-Syndicate after Born Warrior won the 2022 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park , Also inc are Jennifer O Donnell (Trainer), Matthew and Frances O'Donnell, Dolores Ruth, Frank Nyhan Chairman GRI and Peter Burke Minister for Local Goverment and Planning. Photo from GRIreland.ie via Canva.com.

The winner of the September Tipp FM Sports Star of the month award has been announced.

Greyhound trainer Jennifer O’Donnell has been named the winner following her success last month.

The Killenaule native bred and trained ‘Born Warrior’ to victory in the 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby.


‘Born Warrior’ owned by Killenaule based Whatever-You-Like Syndicate netted €125,000 in prize money with the victory in Shelbourne Park.

For Jennifer, her maiden Irish Derby victory saw her follow in the footsteps of her father Matt and mother Frances who both trained Irish Derby winners of their own in their careers.

Voting for October’s winner is now open, send your nominations to [email protected].