Horseracing board rejects criticism of ‘leniency’ of fine on McGuinness over horse’s missed drug testIHRB defends fine of €750 on trainer Ado McGuinness due to Laugh A Minute missing a post-race drugs testWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:00
Champion jockey Colin Keane returns to action at BellewstownColin Keane leads rival Billy Lee by two winners in race for riders’ championship in advance of Bellewstown actionWed Aug 24 2022 - 04:30
Ryan Moore travels to Saratoga for Broome raid on Sword Dancer StakesRyan Moore and Broome is on course to line up for the $750,000 Sword Dancer Stakes at SaratogaMon Aug 22 2022 - 19:00
Blackbeard secures Group One success at Deauville as O’Brien’s two-year-olds strike again Ryan Moore brings home Blackbeard to win Darley Prix Morny by half a lengthSun Aug 21 2022 - 16:12
Billy Lee in pursuit of Ebor and Group One glory this weekendWednesday return on the cards for injured Colin KeaneSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
O’Brien bids to tighten hold on betting for 2023 Classics with Prix Morny duo Star filly Meditate returns to action in Debutante Stakes at the CurraghSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
Twomey aiming to break cross-channel duck in Group One style with La Petite Coco Tuesday and Magical Lagoon also comprise strong Irish team in pursuit of Yorkshire Oaks gloryThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
‘Perfect racehorse’ Baaeed lands Juddmonte International with exceptional performanceUnbeaten star stretches splendid career record to 10 wins on first attempt beyond a mileWed Aug 17 2022 - 19:00
Baaeed primed for Ebor festival’s most coveted prizeBaaeed expected to show his undoubted class in Juddmonte International at YorkTue Aug 16 2022 - 19:00
O’Brien’s High Definition faces major York task against BaaeedWorld’s highest rated racehorse set to step up from a mile for the first time in JuddmonteTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Weld looking to Champions Weekend with exciting Tahiyra Brian Cody set for ‘Bainisteoir’ role once more at Tuesday’s Hurling For Cancer Research matchMon Aug 15 2022 - 15:42
Tipping Point: British racing embroiled in crisis over use of the whipThere’s an obvious contradiction between insisting the whip is both a valid and painless tool of the trade while restricting how it is wieldedMon Aug 01 2022 - 06:00
Billy Lee chasing big Ballyhane pot at Naas on Matilda PicotteTitle-chasing jockey at Deauville on Tuesday to ride Pearls Galore in Group One Prix RothschildMon Aug 01 2022 - 06:00
Galway festival figures reflect slide in racing attendances this year Overall Galway festival attendance of 116,720 down over nine per cent on the pre-pandemic 2019 figure of 129,058Sun Jul 31 2022 - 18:35
Luxembourg on course for return to action in Royal WhipAmbitious autumn schedule could end with October tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in ParisFri Jul 29 2022 - 16:55
Jockey Wesley Joyce remains in intensive care after ‘freakish’ Galway fall 19-year-old apprentice jockey was unseated from Red Heel when horse fly-leapt before road crossing during racing on ThursdayFri Jul 29 2022 - 16:33
Joey Sheridan tries to maintain race record on Cask Mate in Galway featureHoliday crowds set to swell attendance on what has become busiest date of festivalFri Jul 29 2022 - 06:00
McKenna makes fairytale return to action with Galway Hurdle success on Tudor City Winning jockey hadn’t ridden since breaking collarbone in Irish National at EasterThu Jul 28 2022 - 18:49
Jessica Harrington sends out Autumn Evening in pursuit of second Galway Hurdle success Ger Lyons hoping for better fortune with Affogato in Listed Flat featureThu Jul 28 2022 - 06:00
Jordan Gainford steers Hewick to Galway Plate success despite wayward loose horseSpanish international soccer star Odriozola wins at the festival with Sir AntonioWed Jul 27 2022 - 20:56
Early Doors returns to try to regain Galway Plate crownEmmet Mullins pair Cape Gentleman and The Shunter among the market leaders for biggest steeplechase of the summer at GalwayWed Jul 27 2022 - 06:00
Magic Chegaga overcomes all sorts of traffic for fairytale Mile victory Fairytale victory for Trim-based trainer Brian Duffy as Magic Chegaga claims lucrative Galway featureTue Jul 26 2022 - 21:44
Ado McGuinness chasing record four in a row in Galway featureCo Dublin trainer mob-handed in big mile handicap with eight runners — almost half the fieldTue Jul 26 2022 - 05:00
Galway races: Patrick Mullins finally breaks his amateur Derby duck on Echoes In RainOpening day festival crowd of 15,179 down over 5,000 on 2019Mon Jul 25 2022 - 21:11
Aidan O’Brien’s Kyprios aiming to prove Goodwood Cup ‘spoilsport’Ascot Gold Cup winner Kyprios could foil Stradivarius’s chances of a fairytale career finale in Goodwood CupMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:00
Galway festival gets back to normal with return of crowds Top handler Willie Mullins aiming to maintain modern-day festival dominance for week aheadSun Jul 24 2022 - 15:40
Foveros could prove value to go one better than 2021 in Galway featureWillie Mullins saddles Scandinavian star Lot Of Joy in her first Irish start at GalwaySun Jul 24 2022 - 15:29
Colin Keane aiming to break his Ascot duck in style with WestsoverIrish Derby winner Westover tries to strike rare blow for three year olds in King GeorgeFri Jul 22 2022 - 19:00
Galway track conditions proving hard to predict ahead of next week’s festival Officials hope festival bucks 2022 trend of slide in attendance figuresFri Jul 22 2022 - 19:00
Galway look to return to 2019 crowd levels for festivalGalway Racing Festival hoping to bounce back post-pandemic with bumper attendances at BallybritTue Jul 19 2022 - 15:55
Irish jockeys see no need to follow divisive new whip rules from BritainNew rules include potential disqualification and restricting riders to using whips in the backhand positionMon Jul 18 2022 - 16:57
Ballinrobe ready for heatwave conditions and has Monday evening action to itselfRacing round-up: Blackbeard leads O’Brien 1-2 in Prix Robert Papin at ChantillySun Jul 17 2022 - 15:28
Magical Lagoon holds on as Jessica Harrington takes Irish Oaks honours Curragh success gives trainer her second Classic win after Irish 1,000 Guineas in 2018Sat Jul 16 2022 - 16:21
Ireland’s racing programme unchanged despite heatwaveJessica Harrington’s Magical Lagoon presented with Irish Oaks chance after Emily Upjohn defectionFri Jul 15 2022 - 16:16
IHRB have no plans to replicate British racing’s radical whip rule changes Emily Upjohn hot favourite to land Saturday’s Irish Oaks at the CurraghTue Jul 12 2022 - 15:51
Frankie Dettori has record-equalling sixth Irish Oaks in his sights with Emily UpjohnRacing News: Donnacha O’Brien supplements Piz Badile into Thursday’s Grand Prix de ParisMon Jul 11 2022 - 14:44
Tenebrism lands Prix Jean Prat at Deauville for Aiden O’Brien Ryan Moore-ridden Coolmore filly obliges to fill rare Group One blank for top handlerSun Jul 10 2022 - 19:00
Ryan Moore clocks up the air-miles in bid to repeat Belmont Derby-Oaks double Aidan O’Brien’s Stone Age and Concert Hall both handed outside draws at New York this weekendFri Jul 08 2022 - 19:00
Ireland’s jockeys still struggling to find indemnity coverJockeys’ Association says problem is an ‘industry issue’ and not just about ridersTue Jul 05 2022 - 15:03
Racecourse association stands over distribution of media rights income Aidan O’Brien’s Grade One ambitions switch to New York on SaturdayMon Jul 04 2022 - 15:34
French star Vadeni already has Leopardstown in his sightsIHRB say Rosscarbery weights investigation will completed ‘as swift as possible’Sun Jul 03 2022 - 19:00
High Definition has chance to boost O’Brien’s Group One ‘mojo’ Ballydoyle colt tackles Hurricane Lane in Sunday’s Grand Prix De Saint-CloudFri Jul 01 2022 - 19:00
Narrowing IHRB’s credibility gap is job for racing and not just one personTipping Point: Darragh O’Loughlin takes over CEO of regulatory body on WednesdayMon Jun 27 2022 - 06:00
Weighing procedure foul-up at Curragh referred for investigation Twomey’s La Petite Coco wins Pretty Polly but trainer loses third with RosscarberySun Jun 26 2022 - 17:47
Curragh boss rejects idea that Irish Derby attendances are plateauing Brian Kavanagh insists €50 admission not an issue in relation to 11,300 Derby crowdSun Jun 26 2022 - 16:59
Colin Keane lands first Irish Derby with wide-margin winner WestoverOfficial derby day attendance of 11,300 lower than 2019 figureSat Jun 25 2022 - 17:19
Irish Derby preview: Under pressure meet includes star filly Tuesday Renewed focus on attendance for Curragh’s €1 million classic highlightSat Jun 25 2022 - 05:00
Blackbeard tries to bounce back from Ascot with Railway victoryConcert Hall could emerge on top in Pretty Polly generation clashFri Jun 24 2022 - 15:37
Paddy Twomey’s Rosscarbery supplemented into Pretty Polly for €30,000Strength of Joseph O’Brien’s fillies underlined as Grecian Slipper and Seisai line up for Oaks trial at NaasTue Jun 21 2022 - 19:19
Ryan Moore aiming to finally break Irish Derby duck on TuesdayWestover camp drop Hornby and opt for Colin Keane’s Curragh experienceTue Jun 21 2022 - 19:00
