The Irish Times

Fozzy Stack looking for another long-shot success for Hermana Estrella

Trainer has entered filly in French 1,000 Guineas at Longchamp

Tue May 10 2022 - 15:40

Frankie Dettori set for first-ever Bellewstown ride on Thursday

Jockey one of 14 declared for a special race in the memory of the late Barney Curley

Tue Sept 28 2021 - 19:11

Poetic Flare to skip Paris as Bolger’s focus turns to ‘race of season’ at Leopardstown

Trainer believes horse has stamina to go the distance in €1m Irish Champion Stakes

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 01:06

Cayenne Pepper looks to make the most of classic opportunity

On her Guineas effort, Joseph O’Brien’s New York Girl is right in the mix

Sat Jul 18 2020 - 01:03

First-rate second-string makes Séamus Heffernan racing’s Mr Dependable

Jockey going for a fourth Irish Derby win and this time with the top pick of Aidan’s O’Brien’s horses

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 06:00

HRI to keep Galway Festival as seven-day meeting

Race days will be either Flat or National Hunt during this year’s event at Ballybrit

Thu May 21 2020 - 17:20

Japanese raider Lys Gracieux takes Cox Plate with Magic Wand fourth

Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore taste success in the Moonee Valley Cup with Hunting Horn

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 12:23

Gordon Elliott chasing a $500,000 prize on the flat in Kentucky

Two year old maiden Longclaw lines up in the Gainesway Juvenile Stakes

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00

Arizona primed to give O’Brien a good start to hectic Ascot week

Le Brivido has it all to do to triumph for trainer in opening Queen Anne Stakes

Tue Jun 18 2019 - 01:00

Power sidelined by back injury after fall at Ballinrobe

Trainer Charlie Hills is counting down the days until Royal Ascot with his Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Phoenix Of Spain

Tue Jun 04 2019 - 17:57

Phoenix Of Spain sluices home to take 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh

Charlie Hills’s colt proves too good for Too Darn Hot and Magna Grecia

Sat May 25 2019 - 16:27

Europeans come up short at Breeders Cup

First day not one to remember for Aidan O’Brien and European raiders

Fri Nov 02 2018 - 21:47

Breeders Cup racing will see 15 Irish-trained horses among European challenge

Aidan O’Brien’s 13 entries include Mendelssohn in Saturday night’s climax to the event, the $6m Classic on dirt

Tue Oct 30 2018 - 16:32

Emotional Nunthorpe victory for Irish jockey Graham Lee at York

40-1 Alpha Delphini gets photo finish verdict by a nose

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 18:00

Merchant Navy win caps great Royal Ascot for O’Brien and Moore

Jockey secures Diamond Jubilee Stakes on final day of the meeting

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 19:24

Record six Irish-trained horses tackle Melbourne Cup

Joseph O’Brien tries to lift the ‘race that stops a nation’ on the first time of asking

Sun Nov 05 2017 - 18:11

New Irish horse racing regulatory board to start in 2018

Derby winner Pádraig Beggy can land Eyrefield Stakes on Flag Of Honour

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 19:11

Moore aims to complete full set of British classics on Capri in St Leger

Deauville and Lancaster Bomber fly Ballydoyle flag in Ricoh Woodbine Mile in Canada

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 01:21

Gold Spinner can maintain Colin Keane’s surge to the top

Trainer Ger Lyons says he will back Meath jockey’s title bid ‘a million per cent’

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00

Melbourne Cup: Almandin beats Heartbreak City by a head

Aidan O’Brien’s Bondi Beach and Willie Mullins’s Wicklow Brave never in the race

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 08:00

Aidan O’Brien confident Bondi Beach is up for Melbourne test

Ebor winner Heartbreak City and Willie Mullins’s Wicklow Brave handed poor draws

Mon Oct 31 2016 - 12:12

Pat Smullen can Discipline opposition in Gowran

American star Tepin is headline act in the Woodbine Mile in Toronto

Sat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00

Seventh Heaven leads home Found to give Aidan O’Brien Yorkshire Oaks one-two

Colm O’Donoghue guides 100-30 shot to convincing win over stablemate and favourite

Thu Aug 18 2016 - 16:32

Precocious jockey Jack Kennedy destined for the very top

Shrewd judges agree the young Kerry man can conquer the world of National Hunt

Sat Jul 23 2016 - 07:00

Substitute Even Song on track for Oaks glory at the Curragh

2-5 favourite shows strength in depth of Aidan O’Brien’s filly team

Sun Jul 10 2016 - 18:37

Aidan O’Brien’s Air Force Blue under pressure to redeem reputation

Trainer hoping two-year-old colt can return to Group One winning form at Newmarket

Sat Jul 09 2016 - 01:02

Ryan Moore and Somehow land the Cheshire Oaks at Chester

Aidan O’Brien’s filly struggled at halfway stage but responded to take the Listed spoils by half a length from Moorside

Wed May 04 2016 - 17:54

Contemporaries pay respects at Pat Eddery’s funeral

Jockeys and trainers gather at Oxfordshire service for 11-time champion flat jockey

Tue Dec 08 2015 - 16:49

Order Of St George wins Irish St Leger at the Curragh

Clean sweep for Aidan O’Brien’s contingent in Stud Stakes - a win too in National Stakes

Sun Sept 13 2015 - 17:44

Greater global harmonisation of interference rules unlikely in near future

Horse Racing Ireland’s chief executive Brian Kavanagh points to a fundamental difference of philosophy between different jurisdictions

Tue Aug 18 2015 - 01:06

Big Orange sees off opposition in three-way finish to Qatar Goodwood Cup

Quest for More and Trip To Paris follow in four-year-old’s wake

Fri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00

Postponed pips Eagle Top to win King George stakes at Ascot

Andrea Atenzi and 6-1 shot edge out Dettori and favourite with Golden Horn absent

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 16:42

Big Orange pips rivals in Princess of Wales’s Stakes

Timely boost for trainer Michael Bell as the four-year-old claims victory by half a length

Thu Jul 09 2015 - 22:00

Golden Horn a class above at Sandown as he makes it five unbeaten

Colt pulls clear of The Grey Gatsby as Aiden O’Brien’s Cougar Mountain never threatens

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 17:19