Stuzzikini puts seal on Gordon Elliott dominance with 20-1 Troytown success
Co Meath trainer ends Navan Racing Festival winning half of the weekend’s 16 races
Gordon Elliott
Gordon Elliott aiming to maintain Troytown dominance with strong team topped by American Mike
Bob Olinger back to defend Lismullen Hurdle on day one of Navan Racing Festival
Willie Mullins weighing up Galopin Des Champs’ return to action
Jack Kennedy has three rides at Fairyhouse as champion jockey makes comeback from suspension
Ground conditions may prove crucial to outcome of first Grade One of National Hunt season at Down Royal
Complimentary entry to the Curragh on Sunday for final programme of 2024 flat campaign
Gordon Elliott sends Familiar Dreams to unfamiliar territory at Kentucky Downs
Veteran former British champion trainer Michael Stoute announces he will retire at end of the season
Top trainers’ legal threat to Horse Racing Ireland hits sweet spot of reputational self-harm
HRI proposal to exclude top four jumps trainers from 60 races next year is little more than cosmetic exercise
Pinkerton rolls back the years with exciting Galway Plate success for Noel Meade
Jockey Donagh Meyler makes most of opportunity on 20-1 outsider Pinkerton to win Galway steeplechase highlight for a second time
Galway races: Pub syndicates celebrate success as punters look blue under grey Galway skies
Talk in the Park proved to be a very lovely horse winning the Tote Handicap Hurdle on Galway Plate Day
Percival Legallois could spoil Gordon Elliott’s hopes of a landmark fifth Galway Plate success
JP McManus-owned In Excelsis Deo bids to become first cross-channel trained Plate winner since 2008
Jack Kennedy claims first Irish jump jockeys’ title despite sitting out final day
Paul Townend’s two wins at Punchestown not enough to close the gap on his rival
Willie Mullins targets first British trainers’ title after Grand National triumph
Irish champion trainer a 1-2 favourite to beat Paul Nicholls and Dan Skelton when season ends on Saturday week
Numbers game ensures strong Irish challenge for Grand National glory
Topweight Conflated could be switched from National to other Aintree target if testing ground conditions prevail
Smallest Irish Grand National field in over 20 years to set out at Fairyhouse
Tony Martin aiming for Irish National success with Good Time Jonny ahead of starting three-month suspension in May
Fairyhouse aiming to extend upward attendance curve during Easter festival action
Fairyhouse officials hoping to improve on the 28,000 fans that attended the 2023 Easter Festival
Irish Grand National field could be smallest in years with just ‘23 or 24 runners’
Easter Monday's traditional Irish Grand National can have a maximum field of 30 runners but officials expect fewer to line up this year
Gordon Elliott ‘very disappointed’ in comments from Grand National-winning trainer
Dr Richard Newland proposed blanket ban on Irish-trained runners in Britain on the back of Cheltenham festival dominance
Willie Mullins gearing up for what could be another final day festival bonanza
Champion trainer Willie Mullins saddles seven runners as he pursues fourth Triumph Hurdle success in five years
Rule Britannia at Cheltenham as home team rallies with handful of winners
Team Skelton leads the way with Grade One double through Grey Dawning and Protektorat
Teahupoo earns Gordon Elliott back-to-back Stayers’ Hurdles at Cheltenham
Seven-year-old was third in last year’s race behind stablemate Sire Du Berlais
Cheltenham Day 3: Teahupoo team hope it will be successful ‘Take Two’ in Stayers Hurdle
Home By The Lee could be Stayers player in first-time blinkers
Cheltenham preview: Brighterdaysahead aiming to best several quality rivals
Progressive Capodanno potential best option in Ryanair Chase puzzle
Ultimate ‘could be’ horses Ballyburn and Fact To File put huge reputations to the test
Ballad singer Paddy Reilly's Fleur Au Fusil may be value option from nine-strong Willie Mullins team as he chases 13th Bumper success
Shark Hanlon opts for Jordan Gainford to ride Hewick in Cheltenham Gold Cup
Trainer Shark Hannon keeps faith with Wexford jockey Jordan Gainford to ride Hewick in the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Gordon Elliott rejects competitive criticism of great rival Willie Mullins
‘We’re making him hungrier and he’s making us better,’ says trainer closing in on 40 Cheltenham festival winners
Spectators voting with their feet as Cheltenham’s competitive appeal gets spread too thin
The 2023 Cheltenham Festival attracted 40,000 less fans than in 2022 – has the bloated festival menu diminished a vital competitive ingredient?
Paul Townend facing meagre weekend to team up with We’llhavewan in Punchestown feature
Champion jockey still odds-on to beat Jack Kennedy to title despite trailing by 14 winners
Genius or not, Willie Mullins has transformed the face of jump racing
Champion trainer has created the most powerful winning machine the sport has ever seen
Gordon Elliott lavishes praise on unbeaten Brighterdaysahead
Willie Mullins’s team strike at Exeter with Fun Fun Fun victorious in Listed contest
Gordon Elliott hoping for momentum ahead of taking on Willie Mullins at Cheltenham festival
Unbeaten Brighterdaysahead bids to book Cheltenham ticket in Navan Listed contest on Sunday
Mystical Power enters Cheltenham reckoning after Punchestown success
Willie Mullins back on top of trainers’ championship with prize money haul of close to €3.5m
Uncle Phil caps off Willie Mullins treble at Fairyhouse
Hunters Yarn and Miss Manzor also win as jockey Paul Townend scores hat-trick
Regally-bred Mystical Power has a lot to live up to in Punchestown feature
Power of Willie Mullins’s novice team underlined by 1-2-3 in first Grade One of 2024 at Naas
State Man puts seal on another successful Christmas festival for Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins completes a 17-2 hat-trick at Leopardstown that includes both Grade One prizes, topped by State Man’s Matheson Hurdle victory
Meetingofthewaters makes biggest Leopardstown splash with Paddy Power Chase victory
Willie Mullins rallies to saddle seven winners on Wednesday including Grade One success for Dinoblue
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