O'Brien expected to make up for lost timeRacing fans here have been waiting 50 days for this afternoon, when the sport resumes at Leopardstown and Cork despite the recent…Mon Apr 16 2001 - 01:00
Istabraq will bid for recordIstabraq will run in the £150,000 Shell Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in a fortnight's time, but Aidan O'Brien admits the ultimate…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Sponsors give IHA a problemThe Irish Horseracing Authority are gearing themselves to pick up the sponsorship tab as a result of the National Hunt festival…Tue Apr 10 2001 - 01:00
Florida ride for JohnsonRichard Johnson is set to ride Ireland's top-rated chaser Florida Pearl at the rescheduled National Hunt festival.Tue Apr 10 2001 - 01:00
Thrills and spills as Marauder triumphsAfter one of the most lunatic and compulsive races in history, what in the world can the Martell Grand National throw up in 2005…Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Walsh warms up for big test with win on FadalkoThe rain that continued to pour down on Aintree yesterday resulted in some speculation about the Martell Grand National going…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Edmond's stamina to prove decisiveThe statistics surrounding the Martell Grand National include a total of £100 million bet by over 10 million people and an worldwide…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Fairyhouse pick up prime datesFairyhouse has emerged as the big winner from the fixtures re-shuffle forced upon racing by the foot-and-mouth crisis and the…Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
First Gold shows the right stuffFrancois Doumen and his son Thierry lit up the monsoon that was the opening day of Aintree yesterday, but even though their big…Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Papillon's trip is delayedPapillon and the other Irish-trained Grand National horses will be hoping for a smooth plane ride to Liverpool today after having…Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Bobbyjo put downThe 1999 Aintree Grand National winner, Bobbyjo, has been put downThu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
First Gold is nappedThe build up to Saturday's Martell Grand National starts today, and while 650 million viewers worldwide won't tune into the Martell…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
Festival goes down drainThe happiness that greeted the Government's decision yesterday to allow a resumption of racing on Easter Monday disappeared for…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
Trainers unhappy with DepartmentWillie Mullins, the chairman of the Racehorse Trainers' Association, has attacked the Department of Agriculture over its late…Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Papillon to defend Aintree titlePapillon has been made 8 to 1 joint favourite with last year's runner up Mely Moss to retain his Martell Grand National crown…Tue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
Plan to rescheduleThe Fairyhouse executive hope to reschedule their Irish Grand National festival for before the end of April after last night'…Tue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
Cheltenham off but bookmakers betting Irish will run at AintreeThe death rattle of Cheltenham 2001 was being drowned last night by the noise of confusion surrounding the prospects of Irish…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Walsh gets new ride in Grand NationalLast year's Grand National winning jockey, Ruby Walsh, looks set to team up with the Aintree legend Ginger McCain to ride Hanakham…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Advisers to study proposalsIt appears it will be Monday at the earliest before a decision about a date for the resumption of racing will be made.Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Carberry's poserPaul Carberry has got the go-ahead to resume racing and immediately faces a difficult decision about returning to action in next…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Turf Club and IHA to meet group today on start-up dateThe Turf Club and the Irish Horseracing Authority (IHA) will meet the Department of Agriculture's Expert Advisory Group today…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Guineas may just be for home horsesThe foot-and-mouth crisis could yet provide a window of opportunity for Irish trainers, with the Turf Club admitting yesterday…Thu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
Fairyhouse lose some sponsorsThe Fairyhouse authorities report the Department of Agriculture have assured them there is no danger of a foot-and-mouth outbreak…Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Easter resumption very remoteThe prospects for a resumption of racing in Ireland at Easter look to have disappeared with the Department of Agriculture yesterday…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Racing holds its breath over latest crisisThe foot-and-mouth outbreak in Co Louth has left the racing industry in this country fretting on its hoped-for April 14th comeback…Fri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Double blow for CheltenhamThe prospects of Irish-trained horses running at Liverpool's Grand National meeting or the rescheduled Cheltenham Festival were…Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Flat back on Easter SaturdayThe Irish Horseracing Authority has confirmed Irish racing will resume on April 14th, but the outlook for those hoping to back…Mon Mar 19 2001 - 00:00
Flat back on Easter SaturdayThe Irish Horseracing Authority has confirmed Irish racing will resume on April 14th, but the outlook for those hoping to back…Sat Mar 17 2001 - 00:00
Fairyhouse is looking goodRacing in Ireland is set to resume at Easter, and an immediate result will be an overlap with the rescheduled Cheltenham Festival…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
Racing's biggest festival put back to AprilThe foot-and-mouth crisis last night finally claimed the Cheltenham FestivalThu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Glimmer of hope for Irish as Cheltenham festival is postponedThe Cheltenham festival is off and a glimmer of hope has been given that Irish-trained horses may yet get the chance to travel…Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
NH features may be run in autumnThe deepening foot-and-mouth crisis in Britain is forcing Ireland's racing authorities to consider transferring high-profile …Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Irish Grand National in danger of postponementThe foot-and-mouth crisis looks set to hit the Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National with a Fairyhouse spokesman describing …Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Organisers insist Festival still onDespite the British government giving a conditional green light for racing to resume on Wednesday, the fate of the Cheltenham…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Festival track in ban zoneThe debate raging about whether Cheltenham's festival will go ahead in 11 days could now be academic with the news that the track…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Cheltenham hopes fadingThe Irish racing community is gearing itself for a prolonged spell of inactivity and there appears to be widespread acceptance…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Istabraq will run despite Irish banThe Government yesterday banned all racing in Ireland and "strongly advised" against people and horses travelling to the UK for…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
UK race festival could be deferred to AprilThe Cheltenham authorities yesterday described a deferral of its festival to mid-April as a "natural option" if the foot-and-…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Walsh rates Cheltenham chances at 50-50The Minister for Agriculture Joe Walsh yesterday rated the chances of the Cheltenham festival going ahead in 15 days' time at…Mon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
Johnson to ride Florida Pearl in Gold CupRichard Johnson will ride Florida Pearl in the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup.Mon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
Sackville and Knife Edge to advertise their claimsIf it's novice chasing that turns you on, then there is no other place to be tomorrow than Naas, where Sackville and Knife Edge…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Be My Royal and Bassett Tiger to win for MullinsNot everybody might be thrilled by Willie Mullins's decision to run Be My Royal in today's £30,000 novice handicap, but it does…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Fears for Cheltenham as Newcastle is cancelledFears that next month's Cheltenham festival will not go ahead continue to rage after the Newcastle meeting scheduled for Monday…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
McGovern set to keep Lad mountShane McGovern looks set to keep the prized ride on the Bonusprint Stayers' Hurdle favourite, Limestone Lad, at Cheltenham.Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Nick Dundee to miss NaasNick Dundee will not, after all, have one more warm-up race for Cheltenham, and instead a decision on whether or not he takes…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
Mullins withdraws Alexander Banquet for the seasonAlexander Banquet will miss not only the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup but has also been ruled out for the rest of the seasonWed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Carberry doubtfulPaul Carberry's chances of returning from injury in time for the Cheltenham Festival appear to fading.Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Dundee for NaasNick Dundee could run over two miles at Naas on Sunday to try and revitalise his Cheltenham Gold Cup credentials but one man …Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
