Promising weather outlook for weekend racing action in Ireland Jack Kennedy 4-6 favourite to dethrone Paul Townend as champion jockey this seasonWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
Naas officials keeping fingers crossed they can beat frost and race on Friday IHRB confirms hearing will take place into incident involving trainer Thomond O’Mara at Cork in NovemberMon Jan 08 2024 - 16:37
Potential Grade One Christmas festival rejig to be examined in Leopardstown review Paul Townend heads to Fairyhouse for New Year’s Day date with Allegorie De VassySun Dec 31 2023 - 15:21
Bob Olinger looking to make a new year splash in Cheltenham clash with Marie’s Rock New Year’s Day action at Cheltenham kicks off British racing’s Premier Raceday promotion pushSun Dec 31 2023 - 15:12
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 victoryFri Dec 29 2023 - 17:04
Jessica Harrington ending year on high note with Jetara’s impressive Leopardstown success Michael O’Leary and Willie Mullins unite for newcomer Storm Heart at Punchestown’s New Year’s Eve programmeFri Dec 29 2023 - 15:04
Impaire Et Passe provides big race challenge to stable companion State ManThe 100-1 outsider Fils d’Oudaries is the only opposition to a Willie Mullins' trio in the €150,000 Leopardstown feature, the Matheson HurdleThu Dec 28 2023 - 19:00
Galopin Des Champs produces display for the ages with spectacular Savills success Gold Cup champion routs Gerri Colombe by massive 23 lengths as Mullins acclaims “huge performance”Thu Dec 28 2023 - 16:54
Fastorslow can underline danger of underestimating him with Savills successIreland’s top Cheltenham Gold Cup hopes clash in €175,000 Leopardstown featureThu Dec 28 2023 - 06:00
Meetingofthewaters makes biggest Leopardstown splash with Paddy Power Chase victory Willie Mullins rallies to saddle seven winners on Wednesday including Grade One success for DinoblueWed Dec 27 2023 - 16:53
Sports Review 2023: Honeysuckle’s final magnificent hurrahGreat mare Honeysuckle her racing career in fitting style for trainer Henry De Bromhead on a bittersweet day at CheltenhamWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
Amirite can answer the call in Paddy Power Chase puzzle Martin Brassil pair Panda Boy and Desertmore House prominent in betting for €200,000 handicap featureWed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
Gordon Elliott’s 53-1 Leopardstown hat-trick fuels hopes of landing trainer’s title Found A Fifty claims history as final winner of Leopardstown’s St Stephens Day feature due to be scrapped in 2024Tue Dec 26 2023 - 16:26
Gavin Cromwell’s rapid rise flies in face of elitist fears at top end of Irish racingCo Meath trainer Gavin Cromwell had a single horse a decade ago but now has ‘Old Firm’ in his sightsTue Dec 26 2023 - 06:00
Paul Townend set to ride King George favourite Allaho at Kempton Gavin Sheehan’s services snapped up by ‘Shark’ Hanlon for Hewick in the King George VI Chase at KemptonFri Dec 22 2023 - 17:38
Leopardstown’s St Stephen’s Day Grade One feature race to be scrapped in 2024Up to 60,000 race fans expected at Leopardstown for next week’s four-day Christmas festivalFri Dec 22 2023 - 17:08
Financial shadow over IHRB makes refusal to grant it extra funding no surpriseHorse Racing Ireland turn down budget request from IHRB for more money to fight anti-dopingFri Dec 22 2023 - 06:00
Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to receive no extra operational funding from HRI in 2024Horse Racing Ireland allocates €17.3m to integrity services for 2024, an increase of 7%Mon Dec 18 2023 - 20:32
Leopardstown on standby to water steeplechase chase if necessary ahead of Christmas action Leopardstown track officials ready to welcome bumper Christmas festival crowds after over 60,000 attended in 2022Sun Dec 17 2023 - 19:00
New working group with HRI part of objectives in new IHRB strategic plan No decision yet from regulator about potential appeal against Tony Martin penaltiesSat Dec 16 2023 - 06:00
JP McManus could get some racing money back at Cheltenham after €32m GAA donation Presence of McManus topweight Fakir D’oudairies leaves So Scottish on attractive position in big handicapSat Dec 16 2023 - 06:00
British racing testing the waters on trainer limits smacks of oven-ready opportunismA deeper sense of them-and-us the inevitable result of BHA pandering to domestic resentmentFri Dec 15 2023 - 06:00
Trainer Tony Martin fined €11k after IHRB complete investigationReferrals committee also hand down six-month licence suspension but suspend it for two yearsThu Dec 14 2023 - 19:31
BHA plan to limit trainers to four runners in top handicaps dismissed as ‘window dressing’Horse Racing Ireland says it has ‘no plans’ to examine similar restrictions in this countryTue Dec 12 2023 - 14:47
Fakir D’oudairies faces formidable weight carrying challenge in Cheltenham handicap feature Embassy Gardens makes chasing debut for Willie Mullins at PunchestownMon Dec 11 2023 - 17:25
Jonathan Irwin, former Goffs MD and Jack & Jill charity founder, dies aged 82 Flamboyant former bloodstock agent credited with ‘innovative and charismatic’ leadershipSun Dec 10 2023 - 17:03
Aidan O’Brien’s Luxembourg could race on in 2024 after gallant Hong Kong effort Ascot date next for El Fabiolo after successful return to action in Cork’s Hilly Way ChaseSun Dec 10 2023 - 15:37
El Fabiolo is latest Mullins ‘A-Lister’ to return to action in Cork’s Hilly Way renewalSandown’s Tingle Creek programme depends on track passing 7.30am inspectionSat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Ryan Moore aiming to make low weight for Warm Heart in Hong Kong VaseAidan O’Brien represented in all four Group One races at international carnival in Hong KongSat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Jack Kennedy underlines how jockey generation gap has been closed in styleRace riding standards still high in Ireland despite retirement of golden generationFri Dec 08 2023 - 06:00
Captain Guinness set to tackle Jonbon in bid to secure elusive Grade One victory Constitution Hill now likely to take his chance in rescheduled Fighting Fifth HurdleTue Dec 05 2023 - 06:00
Ryan Moore returns in time to partner Ballydoyle quartet at Hong Kong international carnivalAuguste Rodin named Horse Racing Ireland’s 2023 Horse of the YearMon Dec 04 2023 - 23:00
Jack Kennedy stretches championship lead with Grade One double for Gordon ElliottIrish Grand National winner I Am Maximus returns to Fairyhouse for Drinmore Novice Chase victorySun Dec 03 2023 - 17:35
Still no indication of when review into ‘grave’ financial issues at IHRB will emerge Jockey Sam Ewing withdraws appeal against five-day ban for controversial ride in Morgiana HurdleSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
Impaire Et Passe the star attraction at Sunday’s ‘Winter Festival’ action in FairyhouseOfficials hopeful freezing weather conditions won’t impact Grade One action at FairyhouseFri Dec 01 2023 - 19:00
Trends followers look off the mark when it comes to subsequent fortunes of Gold Cup winnersBending statistics to fit a fashionable theory doesn’t stack up when it comes to the Cheltenham Gold CupFri Dec 01 2023 - 06:00
Impaire Et Passe bids to establish Champion Hurdle credentials in Hatton’s Grace No weather problems anticipated for triple-Grade One ‘Winter Festival’ programme at FairyhouseWed Nov 29 2023 - 06:00
Mahler Mission among favourites to secure rare Irish victory in Newbury highlight Constitution Hill set to make seasonal debut in Fighting Fifth at NewcastleTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
Independent report into financial matters of grave concern may not be delivered until New Year Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to appear before Oireachtas Agriculture Committee on WednesdayMon Nov 27 2023 - 18:21
Gordon Elliott hot streak continues with 10 weekend winners ‘Altercation’ between trainer Thomond O’Mara and clerk of course at Cork to be investigatedSun Nov 26 2023 - 19:11
Fastorslow stakes his position at forefront of fluid Gold Cup picture with Durkan successMartin Brassil’s star breaches Willie Mullins ‘wall’ in Punchestown Grade OneSun Nov 26 2023 - 18:48
Punchestown’s Winter Festival shapes as Grade One Willie Mullins showTop handler to saddle Galopin Des Champs in six-runner field in bid to repeat 2022 Durkan successSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Flooring Porter returns to racing right-handed at Punchestown on SaturdayFormer dual-stayers hurdle champion back at Kildare track for first time in more than 2½ yearsSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Focus on Cheltenham turns too much of the season into ‘Phoney War’National hunt programme allows connections of top horses take uncompetitive route to Cheltenham festival in MarchFri Nov 24 2023 - 06:00
Gordon Elliott defends saddling record 14 runners in Navan’s Troytown Trainer says it would have been “embarrassing” if only eight or nine runners had lined up in big handicapMon Nov 20 2023 - 19:00
Gordon Elliott faces uphill battle in trainers’ championship despite purple patch Marine Nationale’s chasing debut could be delayed to Christmas due to testing ground conditionsSun Nov 12 2023 - 15:37
Corbetts Cross has chance to start repaying on JP McManus investment Sheehy targeting success with first Wincanton runner Captain ConbyFri Nov 10 2023 - 19:00
Elliott returns to happy hunting ground with high hopes for Gerri Colombe Gordon Elliott hoping stable star Gerri Colombe can embellish his Gold Cup credentials in rescheduled €150,000 Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down RoyalFri Nov 10 2023 - 19:00
Charges against trainer Denis Hogan and two others formally droppedReferrals panel rules that it can’t adjudicate in Yuften case in the absence of any evidence from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory BoardFri Nov 10 2023 - 19:00
Pace of change has to increase at IHRB if public scepticism is to ease Regulator’s failure to present evidence in marathon Denis Hogan referral case appears dispiritingly slipshodFri Nov 10 2023 - 06:00
