Japanese star Shin Emperor set for another crack at Irish Champion Stakes successInterim racecourse chief executive Vicki Donlon to leave Leopardstown after Irish Champions FestivalTue Aug 26 2025 - 19:00
Jockey-title battle goes to Bellewstown where Colin Keane has six chances to narrow gap Dylan Browne McMonagle leads reigning champion by 67 winners to 63Tue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
They said it can’t be done, but Aidan O’Brien is on course to beat his own world record for Group One winsIreland’s champion trainer already on 15 top-flight victories for the seasonMon Aug 25 2025 - 16:24
Gstaad has to settle for second behind Venetian Sun in Deauville’s Prix Morny Wayne Lordan continues good weekend with Goodwood victory on Precise Sun Aug 24 2025 - 17:10
Wayne Lordan eyeing up Group Two Curragh double Cross-channel challenger Miss Attitude could prove best in Sunday’s Naas feature Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Willie Mullins hoping it’s second time lucky in the Ebor for Hipop De Loire Aidan O’Brien targeting Deauville Group One double with Gstaad and Bedtime Story Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Exciting juvenile Lady Iman leads powerful Irish team into York’s Nunthorpe Stakes Trainer Ger Lyons’s star bids to become first two-year-old winner of prestigious sprint in 18 yearsFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
Minnie Hauk gives impression of even better to come after Yorkshire Oaks rompFilly gives Aidan O’Brien a record-equalling ninth success in Day Two Ebor festival featureThu Aug 21 2025 - 16:57
Minnie Hauk short odds to add name to stellar Yorkshire Oaks roll of honourColin Keane bids to take advantage of Dylan Browne McMonagle’s suspension in race for jockeys’ title Thu Aug 21 2025 - 06:00
Ombudsman eventually sweeps to York glory after another 150-1 pacemaker threatens upset Dual Derby winner Lambourn can finish only fifth in Great Voltigeur Stakes on frustrating day for Aidan O’BrienWed Aug 20 2025 - 17:01
Lambourn returns to action in York’s Great Voltigeur, with St Leger looming over horizonGodolphin and Coolmore shape up for another Acomb Stakes clash on day one of Ebor festival Tue Aug 19 2025 - 17:54
Top-quality International line-up a timely morale boost for British racing Aidan O’Brien aiming for record-extending win as Delacroix bids to back up Eclipse success Tue Aug 19 2025 - 16:29
Jockeys’ body says any new watering system for Thurles not anticipated until 2026Irish Jockeys Association expected racing to go ahead at Thurles this autumn Mon Aug 04 2025 - 18:07
Smaller racetracks ‘under pressure’ from rising costs and declining income from media rightsHorse racing industry is taken aback by decision of owners of Thurles course to close track suddenlyMon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Jel Pepper looks good enough to deny Joseph O’Brien in Naas Henry De Bromhead’s Letiza bids to follow up her June success at Down Royal Mon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Aidan O’Brien hoping to break new classic ground with Garden Of Eden in German OaksChampion trainer saddles Exactly and January in Group One Prix Rothschild at Deauville Sat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
Jessica Harrington’s Hotazhell goes for Grade One US glory in $750,000 Saratoga DerbyGalway Mile hero Dunum aiming to repeat his 2023 festival success in Sunday’s Ahonoora HandicapSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
‘A huge blow for Irish racing’ - Thurles racecourse closure met with shock and sadnessThurles racecourse is first Irish track to shut its doors since Tralee in 2008Fri Aug 01 2025 - 16:53
Easing ground conditions can help course winner Nans View in Galway festival feature Neveradullmoment could underline Ballybrit credentials with Galway Blazers successFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
Ndaawi and Jack Kennedy get dramatic Galway Hurdle in the stewards room after Helvic Dream thrown outGordon Elliott becomes first trainer to complete Galway Plate-Hurdle double in same week since 1979Thu Jul 31 2025 - 18:30
Last year’s runner-up Ndaawi out to go one better in Galway Hurdle Gordon Elliott saddles four hopefuls as he pursues first success in Ballybrit’s Ladies’ Day featureThu Jul 31 2025 - 06:00
Danny Gilligan wins second Galway Plate in three years as Western Fold powers to Ballybrit gloryJack Kennedy labels race start ‘a joke’ but no action taken by stewardsWed Jul 30 2025 - 21:26
Top amateur jockey Derek O’Connor aiming for Galway Plate glory on AnywayGordon Elliott has seven runners in the Plate as he pursues a record fifth successWed Jul 30 2025 - 06:00
Natalia Lupini secures big-race Galway festival glory as Dunum holds on for Mile success Veteran jockey Seamus Heffernan lands €120,000 Ballybrit feature on Italian trainer’s 12/1 shot Tue Jul 29 2025 - 20:53
IHRB say investigation into Redwood Queen unseating ‘nearing a conclusion’Philip Byrnes was unseated from horse that was then trained by the jockey’s father at Wexford in MayTue Jul 29 2025 - 14:57
Smallest big-race field in a decade lines out for Galway festival feature Slieve Binnian targets hat-trick of big handicap victories in BMW Mile Tue Jul 29 2025 - 06:00
Poignant success in Galway festival feature for Alan O’Sullivan aboard Filey Bay JP McManus pays tribute to the late Edward O’Grady after completing double on Day One of the festivalMon Jul 28 2025 - 20:42
Leading trainer Edward O’Grady dies aged 75Family confirm death of ‘one of the most respected and successful racehorse trainers of his generation’Mon Jul 28 2025 - 12:53
McMonagle goes into Galway festival top of the jockeys table after Gowran hat-trickDonegal rider reaches 52 winners for the season and goes ahead of suspended Colin KeaneMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Hopes high that Galway will continue trend in increased attendances for week-long festival Top trainer Gordon Elliott aiming to break duck in ‘amateur Derby’ with Familiar Dreams Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Green Impact drops to Group Two level at York but faces formidable rival in AlmaqamIrish jockey Ronan Whelan teams up with French hope Dare To Dream in Sunday’s German Group One contest Fri Jul 25 2025 - 19:00
Jan Brueghel and Calandagan promise another memorable King George head-to-head Saturday’s clash comes 50 years after ‘Race of the Century’ at Ascot between Grundy and BustinoFri Jul 25 2025 - 15:59
Racing’s failure to amend gambling Bill indicates sport is reaping betting industry’s reputational whirlwindComments by gambling authority boss suggest shifting political sands concerning the sport Fri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Racecourse attendance in Ireland up nearly 7% for first six months of 2025 Key contributory factor in rise a record-breaking Punchestown festival where number jumped 15% to almost 137,000 over five daysThu Jul 24 2025 - 19:21
Jan Brueghel and Calandagan set for round two clash in Ascot’s King George Galway festival authorities hoping for cross-channel attendance ‘bounce’ for next week’s action in BallybritMon Jul 21 2025 - 15:16
Minnie Hauk’s Irish Oaks success extends Aidan O’Brien’s stunning Group One winning streak Jan Brueghel set to head Ballydoyle team in Saturday’s King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Sun Jul 20 2025 - 15:01
Minnie Hauk makes it more exciting than anticipated but lands Irish Oaks at 2/11Aidan O’Brien trained hotpot needs to be shaken up by Ryan Moore to overhaul rival WemightakedlongwaySat Jul 19 2025 - 17:49
Joseph O’Brien aiming for Group Two glory in France on Sunday with Green SenseGrade One novice chase at Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day restored to programme Fri Jul 18 2025 - 16:16
Minnie Hauk at prohibitive odds to become 16th filly to complete Epsom-Curragh Oaks doubleTrue Love takes on just three colts in rescheduled Railway Stakes at the CurraghFri Jul 18 2025 - 16:02
Four-way battle for jockeys’ championship is a major opportunity to sell the sport Title race harks back to epic 1987 battle for British crown between Pat Eddery and Steve Cauthen Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Saturday slot for Irish Oaks means no clash with major sporting competition Top jockey Billy Lee on the injury sidelines after breaking his collarbone at the weekendMon Jul 14 2025 - 15:46
Trinity College can’t graduate to Group One success as Leffard wins for Rouget Trainer Jean Claude Rouget bounces back from serious illness to land emotional victory in Grand Prix de Paris Sun Jul 13 2025 - 20:25
O’Brien confirms Minnie Hauk on course to try and become 16th filly to complete Oaks double Willie Mullins and Colin Keane combine for Alpha Capture on day one of Killarney July festival Sun Jul 13 2025 - 16:16
Colin Keane chasing Group One glory in France aboard New Ground Whistlejacket leads Aidan O’Brien’s pursuit of a record sixth July Cup success Fri Jul 11 2025 - 15:27
Moving Irish Derby date looks a non-runner in context of intricate European pattern systemEvidence of Irish Champions Festival suggests flat racing’s public appeal has found its level Fri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s my own fault’: Colin Keane hit with 14-day ban after miscalculating British whip rulesIreland’s champion jockey will miss ride on star colt Field Of Gold in Sussex StakesTue Jul 08 2025 - 17:03
Potential Group One graduation for Trinity College in Grand Prix de Paris Royal Ascot winner one of just six entries currently left in Sunday’s Longchamp highlight Tue Jul 08 2025 - 16:00
Aidan O’Brien’s Group One strike rate now threatening own world record Irish trainer saddled unrivalled 28 Group One winners during momentous 2017 campaign Mon Jul 07 2025 - 16:04
Derby hero Lambourn could face French star Calandagan in mouthwatering King George clash Derby attendance of 11,200 up 8 per cent on ‘adjusted’ figure returned for 2024 Sun Jun 29 2025 - 20:01
Lambourn delivers workmanlike performance to complete Epsom-Curragh Derby double Aidan O’Brien completes landmark hat-trick of Europe’s three major Derby prizes in a season Sun Jun 29 2025 - 18:53
