Dream Well cruises to impressive winDream Well followed in the footsteps of Assert (1982) and Old Vic (1989) and smoothly negotiated the rain-soaked Curragh ground…Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Alborada proves too strongAlborada maintained the upswing in fortunes of Newmarket trainer Mark Prescott when landing Saturday's Independent Pretty Polly…Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Second Empire outSecond Empire will miss next Saturday's Coral Eclipse Stakes at SandownMon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Dream Well on topThe French trained colt Dream Well and his American rider Cash Asmussen won yesterday's Budweiser Irish Derby and sent those …Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Way open for Nicola Bella to open accountHow soft the Curragh ground is at the moment can be gauged by the non-appearance of the Aidan O'Brien trained fillies in the …Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:00
Ground to suit Sadian okay for lengthTomorrow's 133rd running of the £750,000 Budweiser Irish Derby had been billed as a clash between the winners of the English …Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:00
Rolo Tomasi proves impossible to catchRolo Tomasi put up an immensely impressive performance to win last night's Goffs £100,000 Challenge and set himself up for a …Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:00
Rolo Tomasi will elude chasing packThe £100,000 Goffs Challenge gets Derby weekend under way at the Curragh this evening, and this race, confined to horses bought…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
Roche opts to avoid RiskSeamus Heffernan has picked up the ride on Risk Material in Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby after Christy Roche's surprise decision…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
Hughes steps inRichard Hughes will be reunited with Sunshine Street in Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby at the CurraghThu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Rainswept nappedThe Tipperary track, purportedly the focus of IHA closure plans, may not be the apple of authority's eye, but with 113 horses…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
High-Rise misses DerbyCity Honours is the new favourite for Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby after the shock defection of his Epsom conqueror, High-Rise…Wed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
Jimmy Swift is napped to record first victoryFollowing the abandonment of Dundalk's May 22nd fixture because of the state of the track, there will be some interest in how…Wed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
Swinburn to ride Saratoga SpringsWalter Swinburn will attempt to win his third Irish Derby on Saratoga Springs at the Curragh on Sunday.Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Grassick stable to land doubleThe run-up to Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby begins at Sligo this evening where Michael Grassick and Eddie Ahern can continue…Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
O'Brien runs two in DerbyAidan O'Brien will run both Risk Material and Saratoga Springs in Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby, although he hasn't finalised…Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Ban rules Kinane out of Irish DerbyMichael Kinane's Irish Derby hoodoo continues after the Royal Ascot stewards yesterday slapped a four-day ban on him, thus ruling…Sat Jun 20 1998 - 01:00
Kayf Tara another for DettoriFrankie Dettori briefly lit up a gloomy Royal Ascot with an inspirational Gold Cup victory on Kayf Tara yesterday but as the …Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Swain looks outstandingTrying to work out the peculiarities of ground and distance have been the focus of many minds at Ascot this week and while it…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Swinburn steals the royal showWalter Swinburn made a triumphant return to Royal Ascot's centre stage with a superb 419 to 1 treble yesterday, setting him up…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Classy Zalaiyka looks steering job for MosseOlivier Peslier restored the credibility of French jockeys around Epsom by winning the Derby on HighRise but when Gerald Mosse…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Ahern celebrates San Sebastian winKieren Fallon did what is almost routinely expected of him these days with yet another power-packed finish to win the St James…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Ground and draw favour African SkimmerWhile some of Royal Ascot's excesses may indeed be excessive, there can be no complaining about the actual racing, which again…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Irish Reef fancied to foil BoulaballyThe abandonment of yesterday's Gowran Park card may have deprived Boulabally of a good opportunity in the Bagenalstown Handicap…Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Tests confirm doping scandalIrish Racing was yesterday hit with a doping controversy of its own when it was confirmed that the John Joe Walsh-rained Tobar…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Hamouse should win for KinaneIt's yet another busy domestic Saturday, with meetings at Cork and Navan, and it's at Navan where Hamouse and Michael Kinane …Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
One More Spin to pay dividendsGowran Park has the stage all to itself tomorrow, and while nothing is likely to finish the 16-runner Borris Handicap in such…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Ballerina for Gold CupPat Flynn confirmed yesterday that the star novice hurdler, French Ballerina, will take her chance in next Wednesday's Ascot …Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
Meehan scores with Tumbleweed RidgeThe Limerick-born and Lambourn-based trainer Brian Meehan saddled his first winner in Ireland when the enterprisingly ridden …Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
Second Empire for EclipseThe Epsom Derby flop Second Empire is set to run next in the Coral Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 4thThu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
Burden Of Proof has a strong case for defenceLeopardstown is the first track faced with the test of what to do when competing against a month of World Cup footballWed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Gordi goes for Gold CupGordi has been given the go-ahead to run in next week's Ascot Gold Cup by Dermot WeldWed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Ahern again takes the honours with doubleTo quote the immortal phrase, it was deja vu all over again at Laytown last night when the champion apprentice Eddie Ahern made…Wed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Dabaya is Ascot hopefulAfter the dramatics of Epsom, the focus now switches to next week's Royal Ascot festival, where a strong Irish raiding party …Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Ahern for more successThe unique experience of Laytown gets its 1998 go-ahead this evening when the tide recedes enough to allow a six-race card on…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
King of Kings may retireThe brilliant career of the 2,000 Guineas winner King Of Kings appears to be overMon Jun 08 1998 - 01:00
Punters left to rue low rating of High RiseIn many ways, Saturday's Vodafone Epsom Derby revolved around the only colt never to have been beaten and the only colt never…Mon Jun 08 1998 - 01:00
Greek Dance to deny O'Brien and ruin Irish partyWith four Irish-trained colts going to post for this afternoon's Vodafone Epsom Derby, there has rarely been a numerically stronger…Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Shahtoush in styleShahtoush set the stage up perfectly for her stable companions in today's Derby when producing an exhilarating Oaks winning performance…Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Eddery has thirst for first on kingly coltOne would think Pat Eddery would agree with an American horseplayer's recent assertion that "second sucks"Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Risk Material has the grit and talent to winMichael Kinane dashes back from Epsom to ride at the Curragh this evening, principally to partner Two-Twenty-Two in the Group…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Oaks centre stage despite absence of Cape VerdiWith the blanket coverage given to the various permutations of Ballydoyle's Derby plans, the run up to today's Oaks and Coronation…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Eddery teams up with Derby mountPat Eddery will get on the back of King Of Kings for the first time this morning when he takes his intended Epsom Derby mount…Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00
Multeen Jet looks partOne of those increasingly rare visitors, a six-race card, touches down at Tipperary this evening, and Multeen Jet looks the horse…Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00
Threat of soft ground a worry for O'BrienThe Vodafone Epsom Derby took yet another twist yesterday when Aidan O'Brien announced that Second Empire and King Of Kings will…Wed Jun 03 1998 - 01:00
Riszard is nappedA newly laid track extension gets its premiere at Tramore this evening when the feature of the seven-race card is the £10,000…Tue Jun 02 1998 - 01:00
Lidanna swoops late to take sprintMichael Kinane got into Group-winning form in Epsom Derby week when he pounced late on Lidanna to land yesterday's Group Three…Tue Jun 02 1998 - 01:00
Saratoga Springs fails to sparkleMinutes after Saratoga Springs had finished fourth in yesterday's French Derby to Dream Well, Aidan O'Brien found himself sitting…Mon Jun 01 1998 - 01:00
Cool Saratoga Springs can do the necessarySaratoga Springs, the laidback colt who never puts in a full effort when half will do, can become the third Irish-trained horse…Sat May 30 1998 - 01:00
