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.

Ryan Moore labels Constitution River ‘a special horse’ after French Derby win

Hardy Warrior tops five Joseph O’Brien runners in €200,000 Gowran Classic on bank holiday Monday

Constitution River leads remarkable Aidan O’Brien clean sweep in French Derby

First four home in €1.5 million Prix Du Jockey Club are Irish trained as Donnacha O’Brien’s A Boy Named Susie finishes fourth

Constitution River has wide draw to overcome in Sunday’s French Derby at Chantilly

Aidan O’Brien trio in mix to give trainer a third success in €1.5m Prix Du Jockey Club

Appeal remains ‘an option’ for jockey Philip Byrnes after 21-day dangerous riding ban

Suspension picked up at Limerick on Thursday rules Byrnes out until after Galway festival

Constitution River classic call underlines how Epsom Derby is looking its age

Aidan O’Brien star going to Chantilly rather than Epsom shows how Prix Du Jockey Club is stallion making race

Jockey Philip Byrnes gets 21-day ban for dangerous riding in dramatic handicap hurdle

Sanction comes year after he rode another of father’s horses, Redwood Queen, in controversial race

Constitution River favourite to deliver O’Brien a third French Derby success

Regally-bred Daryzan could be the main home hope in €1.5 million Prix du Jockey Club

Wayne Lordan makes most of another ‘spare’ to land first Irish classic victory on Precise

Kieran Shoemark secures Group One success on Almaqam in Tattersalls Gold Cup

Gstaad sweeps to Guineas glory with Royal Ascot clash against Bow Echo in his sights

Jockey Ryan Moore lands another Irish 2000 Guineas and completes Curragh four-timer

Gstaad a heavy favourite to kick off the 2026 Curragh classic campaign successfully

Champion jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle suspended for eight days for breaching whip rules at Chester

Ryan Moore hoping Irish 1,000 Guineas history repeats itself on True Love

World’s top-rated race mare Minnie Hauk back in Group One action on Sunday at the Curragh

Time to expand ‘freebie’ experiment at horseracing tracks and see if it proves a winner

There’s no getting away, either, from how a free-entry policy contains an admission of defeat

Gstaad favourite to continue trend of Newmarket runners-up winning at Curragh

True Love and Precise in the mix to give Aidan O’Brien a clean sweep of 1,000 Guineas prizes

Joseph O’Brien’s globe-trotting Al Riffa goes to Longchamp for Group One target

Arc hero Daryz contests Group One contest named after the Aga Khan

Revitalised Godolphin team weigh up Curragh classic raid

1000 Guineas remains only Irish classic sheikh Mohammed’s powerful operation is yet to win

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