Clock ticking on Aidan O’Brien’s pursuit of new Group One world record
Chelmsford set to resume hosting racing next month after ARC secures multiyear lease on track
Horse racing
Macarons and Mounjaro as Daryz turns beauty into destruction in Paris
Harry Kane shows his goalscoring pedigree as England show the kids how it’s done
Increasing irrelevance of betting shops a growing problem for racing’s finances
Boss of one bookmaker has even predicted there will be no High Street betting shops by 2030
Uncertain weather outlook has Aidan O’Brien Arc plans ‘up in the air’
Joseph O’Brien’s Thundering On and Ballydoyle trio remain in €5m Paris highlight
Million success on Traen helps Billy Lee put one hand on the jockeys’ title
French star Goliath returns to Group One winning ways with all the way victory in Germany
Irish team yet to be finalised to take on defending champion Daryz in the Arc
Despite 13 runners Joseph O’Brien has to settle for third in Irish Cesarewitch won by topweight Chally Chute
Aidan O’Brien hopes Sun Goddess can continue to shine in latest Group One target
Michael O’Callaghan aims for first top-flight success with Push The Boat Out
Orby sales topper Be In Love in mix for Europe’s richest two-year-old race
Friends of the Curragh Irish Cesarewitch drops in value to €500,000
Busy filly Meriden aiming to make it lucky 13th start of season in Listowel feature
Death announced of owner Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, who raced stars such as Almaqam and Mtoto
Fozzy Stack aiming to get whole of Ayr Gold Cup pie this time through Bodhi Bear
Aidan O’Brien thinking Triple Crown in 2027 for exciting Group One winner Darkness Falls
Curragh officials plan to ‘take stock’ of Comer Group’s Irish St Leger sponsorship
IHRB confirms it is still pursuing High Court action to secure €1.3 million in arrears owed by businessman Luke Comer
Shane Foley insists his Champion Stakes-winning ride not ‘as bad as they are making out’
Jockey got 11-day suspension for his riding on board Hotazhell in Leopardstown highlight
Paddy Power’s long goodbye from betting shops accelerates
Bookmaker weighs closing another 100 shops in UK and Ireland
Supreme delight for Diego Dias at the Curragh
Fighting Tears makes winning debut for trainer Andy Oliver
Galway Races aiming to ‘get ahead of the game’ when trying to curb underage drinking
Official Ballybrit attendance of 124,745 only slightly down on last year’s tally
Galway Races Ladies’ Day: ‘Colour and style just adds to everything that’s happening on the track’
The judges set to work not long after the gates opened with hundreds having registered for the Best Dressed competition
Charles Byrnes could make headlines for right reasons with Reverend Hubert in Galway Plate
Gordon Elliott has won €270,000 festival feature five times in 10 years
Veteran jockey Derek O’Connor finds his Comfort Zone to land ‘amateur Derby’ at Galway
Joseph O’Brien takes opening Galway festival feature with JP McManus-owned 18-1 shot
An international King George shapes up to be among best races of the year
Benvenuto Cellini tops Aidan O’Brien quartet against top French and Japanese opposition
Joseph O’Brien emulates elites in completing Oaks double with different fillies
Johanna Walsh lands Curragh classic after Epsom heroine Thundering On ruled out
Aidan O’Brien aiming to bridge 10-year gap in Ascot’s King George
Top French stars Calandagan and Goliath on course to try land midsummer highlight again
A hard sell to the public if it looks like British racing is fighting the bookies’ battle
Bitterness at affordability checks for gamblers clashes with popular support for putting manners on gaming corporations
Jim Bolger aiming for more Classic glory as Sparan Nua added to Irish Oaks
Trio of fillies supplemented into Saturday’s Curragh Classic at cost of €50,000 each
Stack turns to Soumillon as trainer chases first European Group One success at Deauville
Cheltenham festival-winning trainer Pat Kelly’s licence suspended with immediate effect by IHRB
Three sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on television
Choose from the World Cup, the Women’s PGA Championship, the Irish Derby and more
Ryan Moore hoping to get it Precisely right in Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot
Commonwealth Cup will test theories about Albert Einstein’s relative greatness
Aidan O’Brien denied by Bow Echo, but reaches 98 Royal Ascot winners
Mission Central completes Royal Ascot Group One haul for Irish trainer in big sprint
Ascot Stakes could be a very Irish contest as Joseph O’Brien has seven runners
Francis-Henri Graffard aiming for rare French success in top sprint with Rayevka
Siobhán Rutledge named sportswoman of the month for May
Loss of Meath jockey’s dad at an early age made her all the more determined to put racing at the centre of her life
Stewards decision to declare Benvenuto Cellini a Derby non-runner opens potential can of worms
Christmas Day wins O’Brien a 12th Epsom Derby but aftermath dominated by ‘extraordinary act of self-sabotage’
Aidan O’Brien’s Amelia Earhart could fly past finishing post at Epsom Oaks
Filly has topped betting lists for race since winning Cheshire Oaks in hood and blinkers last month
Actions speak louder than words about Epsom Derby’s modern status
Sounding off about the Derby being the same now as in the past does no one any good
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
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
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