Smullen on Pine Dance in Breeders' Cup raceChampion jockey-elect Pat Smullen is set for a first ever Breeders' Cup mount on Pine Dance after the colt's trainer, Dermot …Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
Castanetta to enjoy favourite soft groundLate season flat racing with all its attendant dangers of gluepot ground, horses going over the top and late season improvers…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Chance for MurtaghAidan O'Brien has handed John Murtagh an outside chance to land a staggering 11th Group One prize of the season on Leopard Spot…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Carberry on PearlPaul Carberry is set to resume his partnership with Florida Pearl at Down Royal on Saturday week after Ruby Walsh confirmed to…Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
Turf Club on boardThe Turf Club have secured two extra places on the board of Irish racing's new governing body, Horseracing Ireland.Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien set to target St CloudThe Ballydoyle two-year-olds Sligo Bay and Leopard Spot remain possibles to give Aidan O'Brien a Group One farewell to the French…Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
Pine Dance attempts to earn place in ClassicThe Dermot Weld-trained Pine Dance will have a midnight trial in New York on Friday night for a Breeders' Cup series that could…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Princess Nutley wins in stylePrincess Nutley provided Curragh trainer Jim Gorman with a second Derrinstown Birdcatcher Nursery success in three years when…Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien bullish about Giant'sGiant's Causeway will be flown to Kentucky this week and his Breeders' Cup Classic chances certainly didn't take a knock after…Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Sportspeak"It is now the party line that we seriously question the spending of £1 billion on what we believe could become a white elephant…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
La Stellina may score for WeldCertain trainers develop the winning knack in certain races, and while the Derrinstown Birdcatcher Nursery has hardly been a …Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Irish racing's where the big bucks areOwning a racehorse seems to be a vocation if this week's march by racing professionals on the Curragh is anything to go bySat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
High price to pay for beautiful gameThat new pastime for the middle classes - gambling on shares - may come back to haunt the droves of people who sunk money into…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Youlneverwalkalone to fill the breachSince it was Liverpool that produced the original super-sub there can hardly be a more appropriate favourite for today's £60,…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Rare old times of Vera McWeeneyThe recent publication of a history of Maids of The Mountain Hockey Club entitled The Lilac Years contains a full chapter on …Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Hard knock life of a professionalLife for professional soccer players in the 1970s wasn't all Hello magazine and finding their feminine sides as a study by Coventry…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Government and Turf Club reach agreementAfter lengthy talks which ended last night, the Government and the Turf Club look to have resolved their differences and have…Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Walsh and stewards to meet on arbitrationThe Minister for Agriculture, Joe Walsh, and the Turf Club senior steward, Gerry Scanlan, will meet within the next 48 hours …Wed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
Rearguard tactics stay revolutionIt wasn't Belgrade's main square. In fact it wasn't even a squareWed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
Joe Cullen has a winning lookThere are doubts developing about whether Tipperary's prestige fixture scheduled for Saturday will be able to go ahead at the…Wed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien sets out stall for DoncasterHemingway looks set to put his unbeaten record on the line in Saturday's Group One Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
IHA repeats its concernsThe Irish Horseracing Authority has written to the Turf Club repeating their concerns if increased Government funding for the…Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
Turnberry off to KentuckyTurnberry Isle earned his ticket to join the small but select Aidan O'Brien Breeders Cup team by easily winning the Group Three…Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Protest march planned as Turf Club stands firmThe Turf Club, Irish racing's regulatory body, yesterday took off the gloves and described the Government's plans for doing away…Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Manning to make hayIreland's top three jockeys are in action at Newmarket today and while they are away Kevin Manning can get down to some serious…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Turnberry Isle looks too goodIt may be a bright new dawn for Limestone Lad - the latest in the line of so called people's champions - when he tackles fences…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Go for GoldHemingway may not figure among the Ballydoyle quartet for tomorrow's Dewhurst Stakes, but the highly-rated, Aidan O'Brien-trained…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Native winThe outsider of Jessica Harrington's two representatives may have won the £13,000 first prize for the National Lottery Agent …Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Enzeli to runEnzeli has been confirmed a runner in next month's Melbourne Cup - but will race for a new ownerThu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar retiresSinndar, the dual-Derby and Arc de Triomphe winner, was yesterday despatched to his new career at studThu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Montjeu may yet run in ChampionMontjeu, the beaten Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe favourite, faces a crucial work out this morning, but hopes are increasing that…Tue Oct 10 2000 - 01:00
Oxx filly may run in USThere may be no definite news about the future of the Arc winner, Sinndar, but there are more definite plans for some of his …Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Chimes At Midnight in bid for Belmont prizeChimes at midnight, trained by the Co Meath builder and permit holder Luke Comer, will make an audacious attempt at Grade One…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Pine Dance eyes another US prizeThe remarkable Pine Dance will make his fourth transatlantic trip of the year to the Meadowlands racetrack in order to earn a…Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
National coffers filled by filly's saleCongratulations to the readers of this columnThu Oct 05 2000 - 01:00
Giant's finale may be classicNewmarket's Champion Stakes is emerging as a more likely Breeders' Cup warm-up for Giant's Causeway than Belmont's Jockey Club…Thu Oct 05 2000 - 01:00
Fyfer due a bumper harvestSome of the best bred bloodstock in the world may be traipsing around the ring at Goffs today but at the Fairyhouse races it …Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
Material world in evidence at KillWelcome to the wild and wacky world of corduroyWed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
Great display by SinndarThe great Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe showdown didn't materialise, but that was hardly the fault of Sinndar, who galloped into …Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Amazing day for MurtaghSinndar entered the history books and earned himself a place among the horseracing greats when triumphing in yesterday's Prix…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Wonder horse Sinndar gallops into history with stunning Arc victorySinndar yesterday became the first Irish-trained horse in 22 years to win France's greatest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Golden Storm to relish conditionsThe international focus may be on Longchamp but there are three fixtures on the local scene, including the Cesarewitch meeting…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Montjeu's late burst may prove decisiveIt's the smallest Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe field in 54 years and there isn't a single British-trained horse in the race but …Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Raypour is setIt will be a case of never mind the quantity and just feel the quality in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as the smallest …Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Hammond expects a tough raceJohn Hammond has dismissed any concerns about the ground for Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and yesterday rated his current…Thu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway may run at BelmontAidan O'Brien has opened up the intriguing possibility of a pre-Breeders' Cup clash between Giant's Causeway and the American…Tue Sept 26 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar's ability on soft ground `unknown'John Oxx faces an anxious week waiting on ground reports from Longchamp after describing Sinndar's ability to act on heavy ground…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
Geraghty out to make hayThe champion jumps jockey Barry Geraghty can make hay in the new season's table with a double at Listowel today.Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Helen Bach in tuneHelen Bach notched her fourth and most valuable success of the season when denying the favourite Moving On Up in yesterday's £…Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Among Equals to make amendsPat Smullen can take a couple of steps closer to his first jockeys' title at Listowel today where he holds good chances in both…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
