Weld ponders Champion runBOOKMAKERS RECKON Princess Highway could be one of the leading home hopes in Saturday’s Red Mills Champion Stakes but trainer…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
It is not Trapattoni's job to manage expectationsTIPPING POINT: We are only fooling ourselves if we think the manager is to blame for the state of our national team when we …Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
McCullagh up for Aga ridesRACING : NIALL McCULLAGH steps in for three Aga Khan rides at Roscommon this evening as the legendary owner has his first runners…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Foreign raiders eye Group One featureRACING: SATURDAY’S €750,000 Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown is the centrepiece of a triple-Group 1 weekend in…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Moran sets sights on SandownRACING: JOCKEY RORY Cleary helped engineer a Group Three victory for the “little guy” at the Curragh six days ago and will hope…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Lightning to strikeJOHNNY MURTAGH is acknowledged as one of the most successful jockeys ever to emerge from Ireland but Sweet Lightning can advertise…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Snow Fairy set for returnSNOW FAIRY could be on her way back to Leopardstown for another crack at Saturday week’s Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes where…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Weld eyes Group One for FamousFAMOUS NAME has already travelled the world in pursuit of an elusive Group One success but a first trip to Italy at the end of…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Cork treble sees Geraghty reach 1,001 Irish winnersBARRY GERAGHTY is looking towards another thousand victories after notching up a 1,000th career winner in Ireland over the weekend…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Time and truth finally catch up on ArmstrongTIPPING POINT: Cycling must learn from the galling thought that that the American almost rode into the sunset with money and…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Rock for Doncaster after York 'disaster'RACING: SADDLER’S ROCK is likely to try and secure back-to-back wins in the Doncaster Cup as he attempts to return to winning…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
First Cornerstone's success good news for both Oliver and Team ValorRACING: TEAM VALOR’S ethos is to get “the most bang for our buck” and the world-renowned American racing partnership fired a…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Magnier looking for good return from trip to DownpatrickRACING: CURRAGH TRAINER Paul Magnier sends two mares to Downpatrick’s UK Bank Holiday fixture this afternoon and Neighbourly…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Hartani's ability on testing ground to prove crucialRACING: FOR HARTANI, today’s Group Three Curragh feature lives up to its Gain Feeds Irish St Leger Trial title, and then a little…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Mares' races upgradedRACING: HORSE RACING Ireland announced yesterday two new Grade One National Hunt races exclusively for mares will be run at …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
McCullagh hoping for good weekendRACING: JOCKEY NIALL McCullagh will hope Saddler’s Rock can kick-off a memorable weekend when the star Irish stayer lines up…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Dark clouds hover over bookiesTHE GALWAY festival begins in 11 days and even more focus will be on Irish racing’s biggest betting week of the yearThu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Turf Club to review Townend's three-day ban over fears of leniencyRACING: THE TURF Club has instructed its Referrals Committee to review the three-day suspension handed to former champion jockey…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Was heads six for O'BrienSTATISTICS SUGGEST Was could have a better than evens chance of completing an English-Irish Oaks double at the Curragh on Sunday…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Burn and Turn primed to deliverBARRY GERAGHTY can make his first spin on Burn And Turn a winner at Killarney this evening when the Jessica Harrington- trained…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Haydock next for Slade PowerSUNDAY’S BELGRAVE Stakes winner Slade Power will be aimed at September’s Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock next and was described…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Jacksays to make long trip pay offIT’S A long trip to Killarney from Rathcoole in Co Dublin but Whatever Jacksays can make it a rewarding one for trainer Oliver…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Twelve left in for King GeorgeST NICHOLAS Abbey remains at the top of the King George VI Queen Elizabeth Stakes market after a dozen entries were left in the…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Weld's Princess a 'definite' for the OaksGROUND CONDITIONS are likely to get worse before they get better at the Curragh ahead of Sunday’s Darley Irish Oaks but local…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien jnr on his travels againRACING : SATURDAY’S DASH from Newmarket to Paris yielded a Group One win for Joseph O’Brien on Imperial Monarch and the jockey…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Why we couldn't care less for a careless sportTIPPING POINT : Times have moved on since showjumping was part of our sporting consciousness and it’s chances of getting back…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Abbey looks to keep run goingRACING : ST NICHOLAS Abbey is ante-post favourite to continue Ireland’s recent run-of-success in Saturday’s King George VI Queen…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Perfect Arctic conditionsRACING: AFTER BEING rained off twice in a week, Fairyhouse is finally getting a break in the weather and will host tomorrow’…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien eyes Group One hat-trickRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN has a trans-Atlantic Group One triangle arranged for today, reaching from New York to Paris and Newmarket…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
French Guineas form makes After more than a thoughtNEWS ROUND-UP: IT WILL be third time lucky for the Group Three Brownstown Stakes at Naas this evening where After can provide…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Sunday's card in doubt as weather takes tollFAIRYHOUSE: LUCK HAS been absent from Fairyhouse in the last week but the track authorities feel they will need fortune on their…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien's Imperial Monarch hoping for better luck at LongchampIMPERIAL MONARCH is set to try and secure some better luck in France in Saturday’s Group One Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
After looks a ratings stand-out in Brownstown StakesAFTER HOLDS an entry in Saturday’s Darley July Cup at Newmarket but for a daughter of the mare Noah’s Ark today’s rescheduled…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien's eye-catching Group run to continueRACING: INJURY PREVENTED So You Think from getting Aidan O’Brien into double-figures for Group One wins this season in Saturday…Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Aklan may be the one to side withRACING: BETTING AGAINST Johnny Murtagh’s judgment is mostly an expensive pastime but it could pay in Roscommon’s Listed feature…Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Murtagh hopes Haydock gets the all-clearRACING: JOHNNY MURTAGH will hope Haydock passes a 7am inspection this morning as the Irish champion jockey is due to travel …Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Lordan's right up with the danceRACING/BELLEWSTOWN LIMERICK PREVIEW: WAYNE LORDAN has already won the winter jockey championship this year and aims to maintain…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Probably just 'perfect'RACING: DAVID WACHMAN was denied running his high-class filly Fire Lily when this evening’s scheduled meeting at Fairyhouse …Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Eclipse swansong for So You ThinkRACING: AIDAN O’BRIEN might like to hang on to him for longer but So You Think will have his final racecourse start in Saturday…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
So You Think set to end career on a high noteRACING: SO YOU Think has been installed a hot-favourite to finish off his racing career on a Group One high in Saturday’s Coral…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Lady Luck is not getting a look-in these daysTIPPING POINT: Only those with a sub-Nietzschian belief in the triumph of will, can claim there isn’t a whole lot of luck involved…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Izzi tops Pretty Polly rivals for Group One successRACING : IZZI TOP ended up having only three opponents to beat in yesterday’s Group 1 Barclays Bank Pretty Polly Stakes at the…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Camelot sets sights on Triple Crown after gritty triumphRACING: THE TAG “Triple Crown Winner” may contain more significance in America than on this side of the pond but the possibility…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Camelot claims Irish DerbyIt wasn’t particularly pretty but Camelot remains unbeaten and Aidan O’Brien is now the most successful trainer in this country…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Buick can hit Group One mark on IzziRACING: WILLIAM BUICK will be in Derby action this evening aboard Akeed Mofeed but the top young jockey can hit the Group One…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Unlikely defeat will have no real impactRACING: THERE IS a school of thought that Camelot has everything to lose and little or nothing to gain in this evening’s Irish…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Camelot can dispel any gathering evening gloomRACING: THERE IS a danger in presuming heavy odds-on favourites are home and hosed before a race even starts – and the Dubai…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Moyglare owner dies aged 101THE OWNER of the world-famous Moyglare Stud in Co Kildare, Walter Haefner, has died aged 101.Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
O'Brien's Camelot looking to complete classic hat-trickSPECULATION THAT Camelot will ultimately go on to become the first English Triple Crown winner since Nijinsky could gather more…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Camelot hot favourite for Derby successRACING: CAMELOT COULD provide a fitting final act to the Curragh’s plans for an American-style build-up to Saturday’s Dubai …Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
