Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Racing Correspondent

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column.

Minnie Hauk on track for Arc despite threat of more testing ground conditions in Paris

Irish Arc contender White Birch entered for Horses In Training Sale at end of October

Minnie Hauk set to try and join an elite group of Irish winners in Arc

Dry weather outlook for Paris over coming week encourages hopes for Irish star

Curragh taking care of business with Goffs Million topping big money weekend

Jockey Ronan Whelan anticipating lucrative day’s work aboard O’Brien filly Composing

O’Brien targeting Group One Newmarket double as he closes in on new record

Irishman just 3-1 to break his world record tally of 28 Group One wins

Racing needs to recognise less is more when it comes to bloated fixture list

Too many race meetings risks diluting the sport’s appeal to punters and fans

Danny Mullins guides Spanish Harlem to Kerry National victory

Willie Mullins-trained 16/1 shot sees off Three Card Brag and French Dynamite at Listowel

Australian media reports that Aidan O’Brien’s Scandinavia failed Melbourne Cup vet checks

Speculation suggests that the Irish trainer’s chequered relationship with Australian racing authorities continues

Meath trainer fined €2,800 after racehorse Nibiru fails drug test

Cathy O’Leary sanctioned after success in claiming race at Dundalk in October last year

Anyway could prove solution to typically competitive Kerry National

You Oughta Know leads Willie Mullins trio into €200,000 Listowel festival feature

Bloodstock world rocked by death of Coolmore Stud’s star stallion Wootton Bassett

Cheltenham announce measures to encourage people back, including a cut in the price of a pint

Ombudsman absence a lily-livered move by Godolphin that robs Champion Stakes of must-see race

Rubber match with Delacroix would have captured the imagination of the masses

Star Japanese rider warms up for Champions Festival with two rides in Cork

British racing protest leaves Cork with the spotlight to itself

Aidan O’Brien horses fail to fire in Arc Trials at Longchamp as Byzantine Dream boosts Japanese hopes

Last year’s Arc runner-up Aventure lands Vermeille as Whirl fades to last

Mercurial Soumillon steps into the Ballydoyle hot seat as Whirl heads Arc-Trials raid

Henri Matisse leads Aidan O’Brien trio into Group One Prix Du Moulin

Mikey O’Connor, veteran point-point rider and trainer, dies aged 44

Cork man fell ill while working at his yard on Thursday

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