Encouraging spectator appeal is an investment in racing’s sustainability Alarming dip in betting turnover means racing in both Ireland and Britain faces real testFri Jan 03 2025 - 06:00
Monty’s Star tests Gold Cup credentials in Tramore’s New Year’s Day feature Rachael Blackmore teams up with Henry de Bromhead trained star who is as low as 14-1 in some Gold Cup betting listsTue Dec 31 2024 - 15:16
Focus on Willie Mullins runners as champion trainer ends 2024 with some rare uncertainty around stable formBumper champion Jasmin De Vaux among eight Mullins entries for first Grade One of 2025 at Naas on SundayTue Dec 31 2024 - 06:00
Brighterdaysahead brings up ‘century’ of Grade One victories for Gordon Elliott with Leopardstown routRachael Blackmore rides first winner since return from injury as French recruit July Flower wins on Irish debutSun Dec 29 2024 - 16:41
Galopin Des Champs cements status as racing’s best steeplechaser with superb Savills success at Leopardstown Daryl Jacob leaves final ride for Leopardstown after Limerick Grade One winSat Dec 28 2024 - 16:19
Mouthwatering prospect as Galopin Des Champs and Fact to File renew rivalryA clash between the top two in the Cheltenham Golf Cup betting is one to relishSat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
Perceval Legallois finally lands a big handicap prize for JP McManus with Paddy Power Chase winJockey JJ Slevin bounces back from injury and disappointment to land Grade One success on 28-1 outsider SolnessFri Dec 27 2024 - 16:42
Leopardstown festival: Gordon Elliott and Gavin Cromwell pursue major staying handicap chase doubleWillie Mullins set to saddle 10 runners in €200,000 Paddy Power Chase on Day Two of LeopardstownFri Dec 27 2024 - 06:00
Leopardstown survives ‘borderline’ fog threat to finish St Stephen’s Day programmeCroke Park lands Grade One feature to take Gordon Elliott to 98 career top-flight victoriesThu Dec 26 2024 - 19:21
Lorcan Wyer has his plate full making sure there are no grounds for concern at LeopardstownLeopardstown’s clerk of the course is hoping to be ignored by everyone during the four-day Christmas festivalWed Dec 25 2024 - 06:00
Lossiemouth against Constitution Hill set to be a Kempton Christmas Hurdle cracker Paul Townend and Rachael Blackmore among top Irish riders in King George VI Chase actionTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
Gordon Elliott saddles three of the four runners in Leopardstown’s €100k St Stephen’s Day feature Willie Mullins will again be expected to dominate the week overall but the champion trainer has no representative in the new Grade One Novice ChaseMon Dec 23 2024 - 16:20
Positive weather outlook could provide bumper Christmas festival attendances at Leopardstown Over 62,000 customers poured through gates at the Foxrock track for the 2023 Christmas festivalSun Dec 22 2024 - 16:00
Horse Racing Ireland’s 2025 budget increases prize money to almost €71m Leading jockey JJ Slevin returns from extended injury lay-off with single mount at Thurles on SaturdaySat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Spillane’s Tower favourite to deliver King George glory to Grand National-winning trainer Jimmy ManganThe Wallpark tops four-strong raiding party in pursuit of a first Irish success in the Long Walk HurdleSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Absence of ‘vision thing’ results in problems not being headed off at the passUnprecedented achievement in Irish racing doesn’t prevent insecurity bubbling beneath the surface of the sport going into 2025Fri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
Ronan McNally preparing to take High Court case against Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Controversial ex-trainer received record 12-year disqualification from watchdog over multiple breaches of integrity rulesTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
JP McManus’s new purchase The Wallpark on target for tilt at Grade One glory in Ascot’s Long WalkRachael Blackmore forced to settle for minor money at Naas on her comeback from a neck injuryTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Energumene returns to action in style with third Hilly Way success in Cork Willie Mullins star cut to 5/1 to pull off another hat-trick in Champion Chase at CheltenhamSun Dec 08 2024 - 16:10
Aidan O’Brien believes Luxembourg in right race as Group One winner closes career in Hong Kong Ballydoyle fillies Content and Wingspan try to prevent local superstar Romantic Warrior from pulling off Hong Kong Cup hat-trickSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
Former dual-Champion Chase winner Energumene makes Hilly Way comeback in Cork Saturday’s cross-channel programme awaiting impact of Storm Darragh with inspections to be held at Sandown and AintreeFri Dec 06 2024 - 15:28
Hong Kong Carnival shows how racing’s long-term prosperity could be tied up in looking EastSunday’s Sha Tin extravaganza underlines how exuberant a sport racing can be when done rightFri Dec 06 2024 - 06:00
Ex-trainer points to ‘pressure from Europe’ as possible route to improving welfare standards Ger Hussey has no regrets about about going public with proposals to address wastage rates in racingTue Dec 03 2024 - 15:19
Energumene on course to make long-awaited return to action in Hilly Way Ireland’s champion jockey Colin Keane takes part in international jockeys challenge at Happy Valley track in Hong KongTue Dec 03 2024 - 15:19
Luxembourg leads Ballydoyle team into Hong Kong Carnival action on SundayHenry De Bromhead targeting more Tingle Creek success as Quilixios set to take on Jonbon at SandownTue Dec 03 2024 - 06:00
Galopin Des Champs named HRI’s 2024 Horse of the Year Aga Khan acclaimed as ‘one of our own’ by HRI boss after receiving Contribution to Industry prizeMon Dec 02 2024 - 23:00
Fortune favours Sam Ewing who guides 22-1 outsider Croke Park to Grade One glory Champion jockey Jack Kennedy scheduled for surgery after breaking his leg for a sixth timeSun Dec 01 2024 - 17:13
Lossiemouth stamps her authority on Champion Hurdle betting with defeat of TeahupooWillie Mullins says he will try and keep Lossiemouth and State Man apart until Cheltenham in MarchSun Dec 01 2024 - 16:52
Racing’s bittersweet progress makes popular underdog success stories unlikely Modern jump racing has become too hardnosed to allow feelgood stories such as Danoli, Limestone Lad and SolerinaFri Nov 29 2024 - 06:00
Fairyhouse forced into some unseasonal watering before weekend’s ‘Winter Festival’ action Officials hoping Lossiemouth can recover from foot problem to take on Teahupoo in Hatton’s GraceTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:00
McManus team not ruling out Christmas Leopardstown option for Fact To File Constitution Hill back in the frame to make return to action in Christmas Hurdle at KemptonTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:00
Fact To File clear Gold Cup favourite after exciting Durkan finish signals changing of the guard Willie Mullins star beats Spillane’s Tower by half a length with reigning dual-Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in thirdSun Nov 24 2024 - 19:00
Irish star Auguste Rodin to receive historic retirement ceremony after his final race in Japan Cup Aidan O’Brien runner joined by French hope Goliath and Germany’s Fantastic Moon in attempt to end 18-year run of Japanese dominanceSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
Vintage Durkan clash in prospect at star studded ‘Premiere Weekend’ in PunchestownFarcical scenario in Saturday’s Grade Two as all three runners owned by Michael O’Leary and trained by Gordon ElliottSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
Racing’s reaction to coverage of Cheltenham deaths shows worrying insecurity about nature of the sportScrutiny isn’t the problem for racing: being able to stand over what it reveals is what countsFri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
Willie Mullins set to take wraps off some of his biggest stars at Punchestown Top three in Cheltenham Gold Cup betting set to clash in vintage John Durkan Chase as winter weather sets inTue Nov 19 2024 - 19:56
Fact To File could head formidable JP McManus team into John Durkan test Grade One winners Inothewayurthinkin and Spillane’s Tower also set to ‘tog out’ for Sunday’s €150,000 Punchestown featureMon Nov 18 2024 - 19:00
Top amateur Derek O’Connor to team up with Fastorslow for John Durkan Chase at PunchestownRegular jockey JJ Slevin aiming to return from foot injury before Christmas action beginsMon Nov 18 2024 - 14:21
Stuzzikini puts seal on Gordon Elliott dominance with 20-1 Troytown success Co Meath trainer ends Navan Racing Festival winning half of the weekend’s 16 racesSun Nov 17 2024 - 16:21
Charyn defeat underlines scale of task facing Auguste Rodin against best of Japan Aidan O’Brien star gearing up for next Sunday’s Japan Cup after marathon 27½ hour trip to Far EastSun Nov 17 2024 - 14:57
Gordon Elliott aiming to maintain Troytown dominance with strong team topped by American Mike Bob Olinger back to defend Lismullen Hurdle on day one of Navan Racing FestivalSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Paddy Power urges British owners body to ‘see the bigger picture’ of new competition for jockeysDavid Power Jockeys’ Cup based on points won in races covered by ITV and to run until day two of Aintree festivalFri Nov 15 2024 - 17:14
Irish racing going all ‘béal bocht’ about prizemoney a hard sell ... and even harder listenHorse Racing Ireland’s dismissal of plan for ex-racehorses rooted in free-market instincts at odds with sport’s State supportFri Nov 15 2024 - 06:00
Irish horse Alphonse Le Grande reinstated as Newmarket Cesarewitch winner a month laterBHA appeals panel judged that jockey Jamie Powell struck horse nine times rather than 10Thu Nov 14 2024 - 16:57
Ex-trainer says Horse Racing Ireland response to plan for retired racehorses is ‘discouraging’Ger Hussey calls on high-profile names within racing to publicly back his plan for centralised hub to tackle problemTue Nov 12 2024 - 06:00
Consolidation of Irish racing’s charity sector urged by injured jockeys’ body Irish Injured Jockeys says Mazars report into €350k transfer underlines how there are too many separate fundsSun Nov 10 2024 - 16:08
Marine Nationale returns to action in Grade Three Naas highlight Former dual-Stayers Hurdle champion Flooring Porter out for rest of season after injury setbackSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
Ryan Moore confident Japan Cup hope Auguste Rodin can be competitive in final career startAidan O’Brien’s 2023 Derby hero set to be joined in Tokyo by French star Goliath and Germany’s Fantastic MoonSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
IHRB left to tot up reputational damage after charity fund raided to pay staffRacing’s administration portrayed as bloated and dysfunctional by report into controversial €350,000 transferFri Nov 08 2024 - 06:00
Report into IHRB financial matter of ‘grave concern’ concludes €350k transfer breached Charities ActLong awaited independent report into financial issue of ‘grave concern’ comes 15 months after being commissionedTue Nov 05 2024 - 18:08
