So You Think set for another bidA YEAR after fluffing his Royal Ascot lines, So You Think returns for another crack at the Prince of Wales’s Stakes but might…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Fabulous Frankel one for the agesRACING ROYAL ASCOT REPORT AND PREVIEW: ROYAL ASCOT 2012 didn’t save its best for last as Frankel put up a performance in the…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Sea in pursuit of Ascot successMAKING EXCUSES for beaten horses is an expensive pastime but it looks significant that Born To Sea is getting another chance …Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Camelot bound for Irish DerbyCAMELOT COULD start the hottest favourite in more than 100 years for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby after confirmation that …Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Powerful O'Brien team pursues regal recordRACING: FRANKEL MAY be the headline act for day one of Royal Ascot but Power is rated a 3-1 favourite to give trainer Aidan …Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Mallow still likely to get the go aheadRACING: CORK’S AUTHORITIES reckon the odds are in their favour for tomorrow’s Group Three action despite the Mallow track having…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Beauty Parlour looks the one to beatRACING/FRENCH OAKS: AIDAN O’BRIEN is an odds-on favourite to be top trainer at Royal Ascot next week but before that will hope…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Highway's direction unclearRACING: PRINCESS HIGHWAY is likely to lead a small but select team from Dermot Weld’s yard into next week’s Royal Ascot meeting…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
Lightening Pearl at a crossroadsRACING: THE GROUP One winner Lightening Pearl could face a crossroads in her career at Leopardstown on Thursday evening as trainer…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Mountain Mama: peak potentialMOUNTAIN MAMA looks a decent bet to reward punters at this evening’s Tote Connacht National meeting in Roscommon.Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Tradition and aura - a team's scariest weaponsTIPPING POINT: CLIVE WOODWARD never called them the “All Blacks”, always New ZealandMon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien fancied for Group One recordTHERE MIGHT be a temporary lull in Group One action but bookmakers reckon the resumption of top-flight action could be marked…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Walsh opts for Thousand StarsRACING AUTEUIL: THOUSAND STARS will attempt to become the first horse in over a decade to record back-to-back victories in the…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Sharestan has fitness edgeRACING CURRAGH: SUSPENSION RULES Johnny Murtagh out of tomorrow’s Curragh action and Niall McCullagh can make the most of the…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Cox's Poet may return to CurraghPOET IS the sole overseas hope left in Sunday’s Listed feature at the Curragh but the Clive Cox-trained veteran won’t be unfamiliar…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Weld hopeful Which can get Classic tripEVEN AIDAN O’Brien’s Classic hot-streak in Britain this season fades in comparison to the champion trainer’s recent dominance…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien would 'love to run' Camelot in Irish DerbyINVESTEC DERBY hero Camelot could run in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 30th.Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Saddler's Rock set to tackle Fame And Glory at LeopardstownRACING: A VITAL pre-Ascot Gold Cup clash looks set to take place at Leopardstown on Friday evening when the stayer’s champion…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Drumlister and Coldwinters can maintain winning waysRACING: A PAIR of weekend winners head to Downpatrick this afternoon in an attempt to keep ahead of the handicapper and both…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Oxx says Camelot may go for LegerRACING: SEA THE Stars didn’t get the opportunity to win the English Triple Crown in 2009 but his trainer John Oxx’s forecast…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Dominant Camelot reigns supremeRACING: RARELY CAN an Epsom Derby winner have been as appropriately named as Camelot for the Irish star has put a seal on a …Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien runs out of luck with MonarchRACING: JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S Group One luck ran out at Chantilly yesterday as Imperial Monarch couldn’t overcome a troubled passage…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Camelot to put rivals to the swordRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN took another step towards a possible clean-sweep of this year’s British classics with Was in yesterday…Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Was holds rivals at bay to claim OaksRACING/EPSOM OAKS: THERE MAY not have been too much imagination put into naming Was, but that name is secure in Epsom history…Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien looks to Imperial MonarchRACING/FRENCH DERBY: ONLY ONCE in the last 14 years has Aidan O’Brien not tried to win the French Derby but tomorrow’s €1.5 …Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Monarch still an entry in French DerbyRACING : THE POSSIBILITY of Aidan O’Brien scoring a rare Classic hat-trick this weekend remains open with Sunday’s French Derby…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Elsie can confirm potentialRACING: IT IS just over a month since Tom Mullins enjoyed one of the best days of his career at Punchestown and the Co Kilkenny…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Oxx to run Born To Sea in St James's PalaceRACING : BORN TO Sea will be kept to Group One company when he lines up next in Royal Ascot’s St James’s Palace Stakes in 20…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Camelot leads five-strong bid to end O'Brien's 10-year waitHORSE RACING NEWS: CAMELOT MIGHT be an overwhelming favourite for Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom but Aidan O’Brien is taking…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Channon's Samitar wins in styleRACING: BEFORE YESTERDAY’S Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas the stage looked set up perfectly for another milestone moment…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien's Queen to complete the doubleRACING: THOSE DETERMINED to write-off Homecoming Queen’s nine-length rout of her opposition at Newmarket earlier this month …Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Born To Sea to pull the hood over rivals' eyesRACING: BORN TO SEA, the last produce of a legendary mother, can produce a series of firsts in the opening Irish Classic of …Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
French eye Classic success with hot prospect HermivalONLY ONE French-trained horse has won the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas in the 91-year history of the Classic but Hermival will…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Camelot holds special place for O'BrienTHE ODDS-ON favourite Camelot is the undoubted number one Ballydoyle hope for the Investec Derby in eight days time but the unbeaten…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Hanagan to ride Lynam's Sole Power in Haydock's Temple StakesSOLE POWER will have the assistance of British champion jockey Paul Hanagan when he defends his Betfred Temple Stakes title at…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Oscar set to keep winning streak goingRACING: NOTHING GOES into this evening’s Tipperary action on a hotter streak than Gale Force Oscar and the prolific point-to…Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien eyes another Grade One hat-trickRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN has twice before pulled off the Grade One hat-trick of the Curragh’s Guineas festival and bookmakers aren…Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Oxx looks to Smullen to ride Born To SeaRACING: PAT SMULLEN has picked up the choice spare ride on board Born To Sea in Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at …Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Well done Blues, Hydrogen pints all roundTIPPING POINT: There can’t be any real argument about Heineken’s rugby successMon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Oxx goes in search of elusive 2,000 Guineas with Born To Sea and TakarRACING: THE ONLY blank on John Oxx’s home Classics CV remains this Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas but the legendary…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Time Of My Life not one to opposeRACING: ONE OF the easiest winners of the flat campaign so far was Time Of My Life at Wexford on Saturday and Tommy Stack’s …Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Excelebration has Frankel in his sightsRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN’S worldwide reputation as a magician with horses will expand even further if he can get Excelebration …Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Mullins has five in La BarkaRACING: THE NATIONAL Hunt game might be dropping down a gear in Ireland after the season wind-up at Punchestown but champion…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Unaccompanied can claim the Fame at NavanRACING: THE STAR stayer Fame And Glory kicks off his 2012 campaign at Navan tomorrow when trying to win back-to-back runnings…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Weld has strong hand at NavanRACING: DERMOT WELD could attack this Sunday’s Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan in force after leaving in a trio of Moyglare Stud…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Twirl goes on Classic trial in MusidoraRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN will hope a pair of Group Three races today can result in further strings to an already strong Epsom Oaks…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Junior leads Irish chargeSOME OF Ireland’s top cross-country horses will be in action in France tomorrow with the La Touche winner Uncle Junior leading…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Classic tale of Camelot and a legendHORSE RACING: ONE DOESN’T get to be in charge of Europe’s greatest racing empire by being unable to put in a full day’s work…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Let's celebrate this 'normal' Ulster rugby risingTIPPING POINT: IT ALWAYS comes back, that old chestnut about sport and politics not mixing. And it’s complete garbageMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Hopes high for Ernest HemingwayRACING NEWS: AIDAN O’BRIEN is set to try and tighten even further the stranglehold he appears to have on this year’s Epsom Derby…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
