Willie Mullins in unusual position of hoping for a festive upturn in stable form
King George hopes Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File head champion trainer’s St Stephen’s Day hopes
JP McManus aiming to break King George duck through Fact To File
Top owner twice finished runner-up in Kempton feature with Jack Of Trumps
Tracks report ‘weather gods’ behaving in advance of busy Christmas schedule
Harry Cobden takes over from James Reveley aboard King George hopeful Il Est Francais
Honesty Policy leads hopes of a first Irish success in Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle
Horse Racing Ireland announces record prize money of €74.7 million for 2026 despite stalled Government funding
IHRB’s top investigative and security officials have left racing’s regulatory body
Both Chris Gordon and Declan Buckley finished working at the IHRB last Sunday
Cutting the Derby trip is the real way to rejuvenate Epsom Classic’s flagship status
British racing’s blue riband event is no longer racing’s ‘Holy Grail’ due to breeding fashions
Professionals are ‘very small percentage’ of overall attendees at racecourses
Crowd figures during busy Christmas period will include trainers and jockeys
Hearing into jockey’s unseating by Redwood Queen at Wexford in May set for Monday
Bumper champion Bambino Fever makes her debut hurdles at Naas
Joseph O’Brien aiming for big-race success in both Cheltenham and Hong Kong
Los Angeles and The Lion In Winter give Aidan O’Brien a shot at equaling world record for top-flight wins
Gordon Elliott aiming to continue red hot Sunday form at Navan
Jockey Club boosts Derby prize-fund as part of measures to boost flagging attendance levels at Epsom
IHRB faces big task in untangling knotty problem of Redwood Queen unseat
Hearing into controversial unseating of jockey Philip Byrnes at Wexford in May due to be held on Monday
Dead heat as two of Willie Mullins’s horses share HRI award
Galopin Des Champs and Ethical Diamond share Horse of the Year prize; Rachael Blackmore honoured at awards
Joseph O’Brien has big race weekend targets on both flat and over jumps
Al Riffa ‘the ideal type’ to take on Hong Kong Vase challenge in Sha Tin
Found A Fifty highlights another Gordon Elliott four-timer in Hilly Way victory
Trainer does not rule out supplementing Brighterdaysahead for Grade One Hurdle at Leopardstown
Majborough bids to establish Champion Chase credentials in Cork’s Hilly Way
Il Etait Temps in pursuit of more Grade One glory when returning to Sandown for Tingle Creek















