Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Racing Correspondent

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column.

Gordon Elliott does not think he has ‘any chance’ of dethroning Willie Mullins as champion trainer

Meathman holds a lead of about €400,000 in the trainer’s championship

Aidan O’Brien not ruling out 2,000 Guineas favourite Albert Einstein appearing at the Curragh

Champion trainer said horse fastest he has had in 30 years at Ballydoyle

Fact To File could face Gaelic Warrior in mouthwatering Punchestown Gold Cup

‘They do a great job with the ground in Punchestown’ says JP McManus’s racing manager Frank Berry

Irish racing authorities trial flag starts without starting tape following Cheltenham chaos

Irish stars arrive in Dubai ahead of weekend World Cup programme in Meydan

Willie Mullins and Joseph O’Brien set to fly Irish flag at World Cup meeting in Dubai

Causeway gets chance to prove himself a potential ‘Paddington’ when lining up at Naas on Sunday

Willie Mullins admits hat-trick of British trainers’ titles all but ‘impossible’

Irishman trails Dan Skelton by more than €2.2m in cross-channel championship tables

You don’t have to be Albert Einstein to reckon he’s O’Brien’s top hope for Classic success

Pierre Bonnard leading Ballydoyle hope for further Epsom glory as Aidan O’Brien says Derby still the ultimate prize

Cheltenham festival’s unusually narky vibe reflects the age

Willie Mullins and JP McManus delivered a one-two hit to the Cheltenham authorities

Aidan O’Brien starts 30th season at Ballydoyle as flat campaign kicks off

Brazilian trainer Robson de Aguiar hoping to make an immediate impression at the Curragh

Ireland edges festival tally 15-13 but Cheltenham rivalry rejuvenated

Willie Mullins saddles record-equalling seventh Triumph Hurdle winner with 50/1 shot

Paul Townend makes it a record fifth Cheltenham Gold Cup on Gaelic Warrior

Occasion marred as veteran Envoi Allen collapses and dies after finishing his final race

Harry Redknapp aiming for Cheltenham Gold Cup glory with The Jukebox Man

Friday 13th ‘Blue Riband’ success would be lucky for more than the former Spurs and West Ham manager

Rebecca Curtis plotting Gold Cup heist for Haiti Couleurs from west Wales racing outpost

Trainer and jockey Sean Bowen looking to end 36-year wait for a Welsh-trained winner of steeplechasing’s most coveted prize

Ask Brewster’s Cheltenham win brings happy end to tumultuous week for training team

Teenage Irish jockey Shane Cotter wins Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival: Fifth-time lucky for ‘superstar’ Home By The Lee in Stayers’ Hurdle

Willie Mullins and JP McManus critical of ground conditions after Fact To File defection from Ryanair Chase

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