Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, Canelo and Co - make way for Rachael Blackmore

Jockey’s stunning success in 2021 a ray of light for racing in sport’s annus horribilis

O’Brien’s Mogul hoping to retain his crown in the Hong Kong Vase

1,000 Guineas heroine Mother Earth takes on local superstar Golden Sixty in the mile at Sha Tin

Mac Swiney looks to end 2021 in style in Hong Kong for trainer Jim Bolger

The home-bred colt finally broke Bolger’s duck in the Irish 2,000 Guineas in May

Irish racing has itself to blame for negative stereotypes

Reform was urgently required but Irish racing more plodder than sprinter

IHRB still waiting on results of samples taken from raided yard

Calls increasing for results of all tests on horses in the yard to be made public

Uncertainty lingers around timeline for details on drugs seized from Kildare

Equine therapist John Warwick admits he broke rules with possession of unlicensed medicines

Luxembourg a warm order to deliver Futurity success for O’Brien

Unbeaten colt hot favourite to give Ballydoyle handler record-equalling 10th success in renewal

Aidan O’Brien’s Epsom Derby favourite Luxembourg heads Futurity field

Trainer has won the race nine times including with Derby winners High Chaparral and Camelot

Ballydoyle eye Futurity stakes success with Luxembourg

Prolific Irish stable yet to secure Group One victory with a juvenile colt this season

Aidan O’Brien aims Luxembourg at Doncaster’s Vertem Futurity

Son of Camelot made a huge impression when landing the Beresford Stakes

British Champions Day could live up to billing if Adayar and Mishriff clash

One-two from July’s King George could meet again at Ascot to decide world leader

Aidan O’Brien: Claims about doping in racing ‘very damaging and unnecessary’

Ballydoyle trainer tells the Racing Post people are ‘talking out the side of their mouths’

New HRI chief Suzanne Eade aims to bring clean slate to racing body

Dubliner had no background in racing before joining semi-State body in 2015 as CFO

Hunger for success keeps Kevin Manning at the top of toughest game of them all

Having rode his first winner in 1983, Ireland’s senior jockey shows no signs of letting up

Welcome return of crowd of 4,000 for Champions Weekend action

St Mark’s Basilica looks poised to deliver a 10th Champion Stakes for O’Brien

St Mark’s Basilica and Tarnawa on course for Leopardstown clash

Weld and Aidan O’Brien stars among 13 left in for Saturday’s Irish Champion Stakes

Poetic Flare to skip Paris as Bolger’s focus turns to ‘race of season’ at Leopardstown

Trainer believes horse has stamina to go the distance in €1m Irish Champion Stakes

Leopardstown and Longchamp both options for Poetic Flare

Jim Bolger to wait until Friday and assess the ground before making a decision on colt

Point Lonsdale out to lay down future Classic credentials at the Curragh

Full brother to Broome has a perfect three from three on his CV so far

Point Lonsdale on course to put unbeaten record on line at Curragh

O’Brien-trained colt already general 10-1 market leader for 2022 colts classics

Aidan O’Brien hoping Love is all he needs to claim a record seventh Juddmonte

St Mark’s Basilica ruled out of Wednesday’s feature at York with leg injury

Irish racing can’t afford to keep shutting the stable door when the horse has bolted

Sport continually finding itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons

Alcohol Free beats the boys to take Sussex Stakes at Goodwood

Oisin Murphy times it to perfection to reel in Jim Bolger’s favourite Poetic Flare

Willie Mullins looking to bridge 10-year gap with Galway Plate success

Paul Townend has decided to ride last year’s runner-up Royal Rendezvous

Galway Festival gets under way as Irish racing industry continues to feel the pressure

A crowd of 1,000 will attend each day at Ballybrit but mood set to be introspective

IHRB to advertise ‘shortly’ for new chief executive

Denis Egan to take early retirement in September after almost 20 years in the post

Poetic Flare odds-on to land Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood

Withdrawal of Palace Pier sees Jim Bolger’s Classic star slashed in the betting

Brian O’Connor: Panorama’s look at euthanasia is horse racing’s latest wake-up call

If figures about euthanasia in Ireland are correct it leaves sport with an urgent challenge

Trainers’ body disassociates itself from Bolger’s doping claims

IRTA chairman Halford tells Oireachtas committee good name of Irish racing has been ‘maligned’

Horse Racing Ireland decline to comment on upcoming Panorama programme

Investigation looks at what happens to racehorses when their racing careers are over

No steroids found in 2,500 samples this year – chief vet of Horseracing Regulatory Board

Dr Lynn Bolger tells Oireachtas Committee doping allegations treated in confidence

Horse Racing Ireland hoping for increased capacity pilot events

Galway Festival and Irish Oaks among fixtures which could see more fans in attendance

Racing authorities in Ireland and Britain dismiss doping claims

IHRB and BHA say samples carried out did not support allegations of steroid use

Horseracing regulatory body insists it acts on all doping claims

Under-fire IHRB to appear before Oireachtas agriculture committee this week

Irish Derby marks racegoers’ return to tracks for first time since pandemic

Aidan O’Brien eyes 15th victory as Ryan Moore rides favourite High Definition

Oireachtas Committee looking into doping claims in racing set to be virtual event

Leading Irish trainer Jim Bolger has been invited by Committee to July 8th hearing

O’Brien’s High Definition facing strong foreign opposition in Irish Derby

Mojo Star and Godolphin’s Hurricane Lane among 17 entries left in €1m classic

High Definition bids to make up for lost time in Irish Derby

Aidan O’Brien pulled favourite from Epsom Derby but now he aims to land at the Curragh

Drug cheats in horseracing: If Jim Bolger is right it makes watchdog’s role all but untenable

Whether the IHRB as it stands is the body to regulate in the long term is debatable

Irish racing regulator reiterates ‘zero tolerance’ stance on doping

Leading trainer Jim Bolger again questions how rigorous testing is in this country

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