The Irish Times

Tom Taaffe’s Straffan estate’s a winner all right for €2.3m

The home of Gold Cup-winning racehorse trainer sits on 43 rolling acres in Co Kildare

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 06:00

Punchestown Festival: Jumps jockey greats turn 40 but look far from done

Walsh, Russell and Geraghty can continue for years with advances in conditioning

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00

Reasons to be cheerful at Cheltenham? Here are 28

There is simply no week in sport that offers richer soil in which to dig for gripping yarns

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 05:30

‘Pimpernel’ Percy undergoing unorthodox preparation for Gold Cup date

Trainer Kelly schooling his star over fences the ‘wrong’ way round at Galway

Wed Mar 06 2019 - 06:00

Gordon Elliott records a hat-trick of winners at Navan

Trainer says he could have 100 runners in action over the hectic festive period

Sun Dec 17 2017 - 18:39

Frank Berry the vital but invisible hand guiding McManus racing empire

Racing manager is man of few words but the reputation he has earned speak volumes

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 06:00

People’s Park can halt Elliott’s handicap streak at Fairyhouse

Willie Mullins aiming to land Saturday feature at Punchestown with Crack Mome

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 01:20

Nichols Canyon poised to defend his Ryanair Hurdle crown

Locally based owner Barry Connell bids for success in novice chase with Martello Tower

Wed Dec 28 2016 - 22:30

Tom Taaffe back in stride for Paddy Power Chase

Win for Rogue Trader or People’s Park could cement Gold Cup victor’s return to form

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 07:30

It Came To Pass can strike egalitarian blow in Paddy Power

Douvan should enjoy lucrative lap of honour on day two of Leopardstown festival

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 07:00

Vautour and Don Cossack backed to make King George Irish affair

Kempton preview: Faugheen expected to return to winning ways in Christmas Hurdle

Thu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00

Willie Mullins thrilled with Min’s merciless display

Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite impresses on Irish debut at Punchestown

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 15:58

Cheltenham braced for the arrival of the Willie Mullins battalion

No other trainer has ever brought as powerful a team to National Hunt’s top festival

Fri Mar 06 2015 - 01:00

Quiet man Mark Walsh doing all his talking in the saddle

Galway has been good to the low-profile Clane man in the past

Mon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00

Argocat to land Punchestown Gold Cup pot for local trainer Tom Taaffe

Ruby Walsh rides Boston Bob in favour of Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up On His Own

Wed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00

Horse racing fraternity mourns Marguerite Weld and Johnny Harrington

Mourners remember an ‘amazing woman’ and one of ‘nature’s gentlemen’

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00

O’Brien ponders quick return for War Command in Futurity

Dabadiyan goes on Leger trial

Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00