Hot pots go coldThe second day of Tralee may have been black for favourite backers, but it proved the highlight of apprentice Timmy Houlihan'…Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Top field for ChaseIt's doubtful if today's Denny Gold Medal Chase can provide a similarly stirring finish to the Galway Plate but with four of …Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway most likely to runGiant's Causeway will lead the Ballydoyle team in Sunday's King Of Kings Futurity at the Curragh as Aidan O'Brien bids to continue…Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Walsh on a doubleThe champion jockey Ruby Walsh regained his lead at the top of the riders table with a double at Tralee yesterday that brought…Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Montjeu may still race in Champion StakesThe prospect of Leopardstown's Esat Digifone Irish Champion Stakes being the European championship event of the year increased…Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Quinze well able to copeWith a roll of honour that includes Vintage Crop in 1992, today's £30,000 Guinness Gold Cup qualifies as the highpoint of the…Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Weld poised for a trebleDermot Weld ended Galway at his customary position on top of the trainers' table and can illustrate his eagerness to do the same…Tue Aug 24 1999 - 01:00
Preseli steals the show for GrassickFasliyev's Prix Morny success may have been Aidan O'Brien's priority yesterday, but he had an unexpected reverse at Leopardstown…Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Fasliyev can obligeIt's not often a horse wins a Group 1 and ends up with even more to prove because of it but that is the poser put to the unbeaten…Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Amethyst to show full potentialIf breeding could guarantee success then Amethyst is already first past the post in tomorrow's Debutante Stakes at Leopardstown…Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Scottish Memories to relish challengeFran Berry can cut Jamie Spencer's lead at the top of the apprentice table even further at Fairyhouse today as the young rider…Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Double chanceRichard Hannon is set to be doubly represented as he bids for a remarkable four in a row in the £150,000 Tattersalls Breeders…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
Moloney the one to followNobody will be more anxious to do well this jump season than Paul Moloney and the young rider looks the man to follow at Kilbeggan…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
Stravinsky set to confirm prowessStravinsky can make a further drop-back-in trip pay off spectacularly at York today when the Nureyev colt is sure to be a hot…Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
Gaudi form will be difficult to beatAidan O'Brien may be busy at York again today but he is keeping the home fires burning at Tipperary with five runners through…Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
Oxx rules out AustraliaThe Ascot Gold Cup winner Enzeli will head straight for the Irish St Leger at the Curragh next month but John Oxx has ruled the…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Genghis can land EborNot since Paddy Prendergast and Christy Roche combined to win the Tote Ebor with Bonne Noel in 1973 has an Irish trained horse…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Fasliyev fortunate to surviveFasliyev did his level best to throw the Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes away by remaining anything but level in the last furlong of …Mon Aug 09 1999 - 01:00
Murtagh doubleChampion jockey John Murtagh has had a quiet season with 23 winners so far, placing him just sixth in the tableMon Aug 09 1999 - 01:00
Fasliyev set to confirm Group credentialsTake Fasliyev out of tomorrow's £175,000 Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes and it's fair to say that the same field could have been assembled…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Go for KodabadSaturday's demotion as an attractive fixture date appears to be continuing apace with Wexford hosting a very average card this…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Orpen goes FrenchOrpen will return to the course and distance of his greatest triumph to try and rekindle his season in Sunday's Group One Prix…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Swan has plate inserted in armChampion jockey Charlie Swan underwent an operation yesterday to have a metal plate inserted in his right arm after his horrific…Thu Aug 05 1999 - 01:00
Mordon Boy the pickWith no British horse taking part in Sunday's Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes, John Oxx has taken up the challenge of taking on the might…Thu Aug 05 1999 - 01:00
Zankle's happy returnAs expected Aidan O'Brien completed a short-priced treble at a rain-lashed Fairyhouse last night, but a greater and happier surprise…Thu Aug 05 1999 - 01:00
Musketeer set to be one of three winners for O'BrienMusketeer and Chaparral Lady, two horses that could be said to have been less than fortunate at Galway, can gain quick compensation…Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Fasliyev will runAidan O'Brien confirmed his Coventry Stakes winner Fasliyev is on course for Sunday's Group 1 Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes despite…Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Weld takes trainers' title as records get blown awayThe first seven-day Galway festival wound up yesterday after a week that predictably blew all records out of the water.Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Canaletto can doAfter Galway's marathon bender there isn't even time for a hangover with Cork and Naas providing the Bank Holiday entertainment…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Stay on right side of Joe BoskyHarry Rogers won the £20,000 Dawn Milk Handicap Hurdle last year as a rider on Cairncross; this year he looks set to win it with…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Theatreworld starsMichael Kinane has ridden better horses than Theatreworld but rarely a tougher one, a point that the remarkable Aidan O'Brien…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Festival bonanza in new year calendarThere will be a festival overload next year when the Fairyhouse Grand National meeting and the Punchestown festival will be run…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Improving Royal Dane to get the tripAs warm up races go, Theatreworld has been handed a particularly sweaty assignment at Galway this evening when he has to shoulder…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Disaster for bookmakers as Moscow Express winsThe 26-year-old trainer Frances Crowley, who qualified from UCD with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, had the bookmakers scrambling…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Moscow rules in red-hot raceOver two hours after winning the Compaq Galway Plate, Ruby Walsh emerged from the stewards' room having been given a two-day …Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Firm ground to suit VivoEight races with a total of 114 runners on ground that is drying out all the time presents the giant Galway crowds with some …Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Lively Lanturn likely to come home firstThings rarely get boring when Lanturn is around and that can be emphatically proved today if the Pat Hughes trained chaser can…Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Tiger Shark adds touch of classJim Bolger learned some years ago that the McDonogh Handicap can demand class and his progressive three-year-old Tiger Shark …Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Large crowd enjoys sunshine and tax-free betting at Galway RacesThe start of the Galway race week was also supposed to be the start of Irish racing's no-tax paradise, but yet again it was the…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Fenton has gutsy winThe joint amateur champion Philip Fenton filled one of the few gaps in his riding CV when he guided Just Wondering to a gutsy…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Pirro can storm homeJohn Oxx has the distinction of having trained the best ever McDonogh Handicap winner in Timarida and while Pirro is unlikely…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Christiansted set to give Murphy a Ballybrit firstThe annual extravaganza that is the Galway Festival has an air of novelty to it this year what with it being the first seven-…Mon Jul 26 1999 - 01:00
Weld Makes No MistakeMake no mistake put a four length dent into Saffron Walden's reputation in last night's Meld Stakes at the Curragh and in the…Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
Stay on KilkennyThe surprise withdrawal of Theatreworld from next Thursday's Guinness Galway Hurdle has caused a substantial shift in the weights…Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
Sparky heaviest for PlateSparky Gayle was yesterday confirmed on course to carry top weight in next Wednesday's Compaq Galway Plate.Fri Jul 23 1999 - 01:00
Saffron comeback the major focusThe Meld Stakes is a rather unusual comeback race for Saffron Walden after his Epsom Derby disappointment and tonight's Curragh…Fri Jul 23 1999 - 01:00
Kinane chooses RossiniMichael Kinane will ride Rossini in Saturday's Prix Robert Papin, and trainer Aidan O'Brien has also outlined plans for his star…Thu Jul 22 1999 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway takes a giant stepWhat had appeared a nondescript, midweek meeting was shaken up by the winning first appearance of Giant's Causeway last night…Thu Jul 22 1999 - 01:00
Bolger's form IndividualRossini, Aidan O'Brien's unbeaten Anglesey Stakes winner, is set to bypass Goodwood and run instead in Saturday's Prix Robert…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
Graduate repeats in Bolger's master classAlex Ferguson was present to see his much heralded newcomer, Zentov Street, beaten at 2 to 1 on, but yet again the star of Leopardstown…Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
