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No stopping Moscow Flyer if he stands up

Racing Previews Moscow Flyer is the headline act on a Navan card tomorrow that has plenty of other star names competing for …

Sat Nov 06 2004 - 00:00

Enjoyment adds to occasion

Beef Or Salmon may be the main dish at Down Royal's most important date of the year tomorrow but the reappearance of the Cheltenham…

Fri Nov 05 2004 - 00:00

O'Mara's Langkwai Bay reinstated after appeal

RACING: The result of last week's controversial mile handicap at Limerick was changed at the Turf Club yesterday after a successful…

Thu Nov 04 2004 - 00:00

Foley may be back in Paradise

RACING: Tom Foley knew some remarkable days with Danoli in the 1990s, but the Co Carlow trainer might just have got his hands…

Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:00

Ouija Board looks the class act to beat

Racing/Breeders' Cup: Aidan O'Brien has charge of almost half the 12-strong European challenge for tonight's Breeders' Cup at…

Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:00

Dublin inspection

RACING: A 9 a.m. inspection today is likely to determine the fate of tomorrow's Leopardstown fixture, but already there are …

Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:00

Irish team delight in taking the weather with them

Racing News round-up Pat Smullen and Dermot Weld arrive in Australia today and are set to be met by the sort of weather most…

Fri Oct 29 2004 - 01:00

Heavy ground likely to see Holy Orders take high road

RACING: Holy Orders, the highest rated horse in Sunday's Leopardstown November Handicap, looks likely to miss the race in favour…

Wed Oct 27 2004 - 01:00

Roe may miss Melbourne

RACING: Connections of Vinnie Roe have threatened to withdraw the four-times Irish St Leger winner from the Emirates Melbourne…

Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00

O'Brien string fly out

RACING/Leopardstown preview: Aidan O'Brien's Breeders' Cup team fly out to Texas today and it looks increasingly likely the …

Mon Oct 25 2004 - 01:00

Spencer's long-haul quest for honours

RACING: Aidan O'Brien and Jamie Spencer are on a trans-Atlantic Group One mission this weekend, beginning with Albert Hall's…

Sat Oct 23 2004 - 01:00

Weather hits Wexford

RACING: Wexford's most valuable two days of the year may end up being an unfortunate wash-out but both Galway and Leopardstown…

Sat Oct 23 2004 - 01:00

O'Brien mulls over colt's plans

Racing: Footstepsinthesand, the gambled on "second-string" whose ultra-impressive debut at Naas last Sunday provoked some fancy…

Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00

O'Brien could send five to Breeders' Cup

RACING: Aidan O'Brien could yet end up fielding the strongest European challenge at Saturday week's Breeders' Cup, with a total…

Wed Oct 20 2004 - 01:00

Hurdler Solerina could be set to do her level best at Leopardstown

Racing: The Irish flat season may be coming to an end but star hurdler Solerina could still try and make her presence felt on…

Tue Oct 19 2004 - 01:00

Footsteps leaves impression

RACING: It was at Naas over five years that Giant's Causeway made a spectacular start to his career, and yesterday his appropriately…

Mon Oct 18 2004 - 01:00

Brian Boru off to Canada

RACING: Champion jockey-elect Jamie Spencer is looking ahead to a transatlantic Group One weekend, and could have a trio of …

Mon Oct 18 2004 - 01:00

Osterhase is headline act at Mallow

The jumpers dominate tomorrow's Cork action, but it's an all-flat fixture at Mallow today, where the undoubted headline act is…

Sat Oct 16 2004 - 01:00

Conditions should suit Cairlinn

The 70,000 Derrinstown Stud Birdcatcher Nursery is typically competitive, but a big plus for punters at Naas tomorrow is that…

Sat Oct 16 2004 - 01:00

Bad weather may not ground Azamour

Racing News round-up John Oxx is adopting a "wait and see" attitude ahead of tomorrow's Emirates Champion Stakes, but he indicated…

Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00

Azamour looks set

Racing News and preview: Azamour will carve his own bit of racing history if he can become just the fourth horse to complete…

Thu Oct 14 2004 - 01:00

Orpington 'unlikely to run' in Cesarewitch

Racing News and preview: Orpington, the current ante-post favourite for Saturday's Totesport Cesarewitch at Newmarket, is doubtful…

Wed Oct 13 2004 - 01:00

Geraghty on sidelines

RACING: The champion jumps jockey Barry Geraghty faces up to four weeks on the sidelines after X-rays revealed he fractured …

Mon Oct 11 2004 - 01:00

Rathgar Beau looks to have the edge

Racing/Gowran Park preview: There may be a Breeders' Cup looming on the horizon but Gowran Park today kicks off a home weekend…

Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00

Hourigan keeps an open mind on Beef Or Salmon

RACING/News round-up:   Timmy Murphy will again team up with Beef Or Salmon when the horse makes his first start of the season…

Wed Oct 06 2004 - 01:00

Bago surges home in style

RACING/Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe report: Bago fulfilled his huge potential in style with a surging success in yesterday's Prix…

Mon Oct 04 2004 - 01:00

Cloone River to take his chance despite weather

RACING/Roscommon preview: Cloone River will be the star attraction on show at Roscommon this afternoon even if the poor weather…

Mon Oct 04 2004 - 01:00

Grey Swallow may find one too good in the classy Bago

RACING/Longchamp preview: A maximum field of 20 in tomorrow's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the biggest for 10 years, indicates…

Sat Oct 02 2004 - 01:00

Ad Valorem ends O'Brien's famine

RACING/Curragh preview: Ad Valorem produced a gutsy display in the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket yesterday to provide his …

Sat Oct 02 2004 - 01:00

Heartbreak for O'Brien as Cat's career ends

Racing News: One Cool Cat's enigmatic racing career has come to an end after the double Group One winner sustained a serious…

Thu Sept 30 2004 - 01:00

Solerina in top form

Racing News and preview: The staying hurdler, Solerina, is reported "in the form of her life" ahead of her likely first start…

Wed Sept 29 2004 - 01:00

O'Brien has high hopes

News, report and previews: Aidan O'Brien is hoping a plan first hatched on a mundane Friday evening industry meeting at Navan…

Sat Sept 25 2004 - 01:00

Amigo can oblige

Those who had been hoping that the apparent good thing Excalibur would get them out of trouble in the last race of the Listowel…

Sat Sept 25 2004 - 01:00

Peineve can cheer Gannon

Listowel has been a good week for Cathy Gannon in her pursuit of the apprentice jockey title and Peineve can keep the run going…

Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00

Fenton bows out with winner

Listowel report and preview: The former amateur champion Philip Fenton brought the curtain down on his illustrious riding career…

Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00

Penny looks pretty

Penny Rich doesn't run over hurdles anymore but Tom Hogan's veteran doesn't need to when he can look like such a good bet for…

Thu Sept 23 2004 - 01:00

Golden Storm the pick

It's five years since Golden Storm won his first race here at the Listowel festival but the Joe Crowley-trained stayer can land…

Wed Sept 22 2004 - 01:00

Fund renewal confirmed

Racing's immediate financial future appears to have been guaranteed with yesterday's Government announcement that the Horse and…

Tue Sept 21 2004 - 01:00

Weld yet to decide

RACING: Dermot Weld is giving himself 10 days to decide on which international option to take with Vinnie Roe for his next start…

Mon Sept 20 2004 - 01:00

Dubawi for Dunnes

RACING/Sunday meetings: Last weekend Godolphin were confident that Doyen would be their maiden Group One winner in Ireland for…

Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00

West can bridge gap

RACING/St Leger preview: It's 15 years since a three-year-old has won the final classic of the season, the Irish Field St Leger…

Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00

Vinnie Roe on course

Racing News and preview Dermot Weld has acknowledged that Vinnie Roe's preparation for tomorrow's Irish Field St Leger has not…

Fri Sept 17 2004 - 01:00

Stoute looks to First Charter to claim first Leger at the Curragh

Racing News round-up First Charter has been given the green light to try and fill another St Leger blank for Michael Stoute …

Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00

Developments at the Curragh are on the right road

RACING: The Turf Club have issued an upbeat bulletin on their proposed new development of the Curragh but plans to have the …

Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00

Arc a non-starter for Powerscourt

RACING: The luckless Powerscourt has been ruled out of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe due to a muscle problem.

Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00

Vinnie Roe team would welcome some rain

RACING: The Vinnie Roe team are ready to welcome any bad weather with open arms this week as their star stayer bids for an historic…

Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00

Kinane uses midas touch

RACING/Champion Stakes report: Azamour is set to try to complete a Champion Stakes double at Newmarket next month and while …

Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00

Rely on Phantom

RACING/Rest of Leopardstown preview: It takes a contender for "race of the season" to put today's Coolmore Matron Stakes into…

Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00

Collins is cleared

RACING: Any disciplinary action on the back of the "early start" race at the Galway Festival will be kept in-house after the…

Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00

Doyen well supported

Racing News and preview Doyen could start as odds-on favourite for tomorrow's Baileys Irish Champion Stakes after a final field…

Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
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