Homeless Songs secures a 20th Curragh Classic for Dermot Weld
Daughter of Frankel impresses to hand veteran trainer a fifth Irish 1,000 Guineas win
Weld hoping Homeless Songs can deliver a landmark Classic success
Famed Curragh trainer’s charge favourite for Sunday’s Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas
Closed for Cheltenham: Local pubs miss out on celebrating Rachael Blackmore win
‘With Paddy’s Day around the same week, it has to be one of our major times of the year’
Maradona and Jack Charlton among the sporting greats we lost in 2020
Pat Smullen, Kobe Bryant, Úna O’Connor, Harry Gregg, Kieran O’Connor all passed
Colin Keane takes his place on world stage with Breeders’ Cup success
Ireland’s champion jockey was more than assured in guiding Tarnawa home at Keeneland
Etneya win at Gowran would prove a fitting tribute to Smullen
Race was won by much-mourned jockey in 2014 as he completed his first century of winners
Pat Smullen was as a ‘fighter’ who always did his best, funeral service told
Jockey, who died from cancer aged 43, laid to rest in his local cemetery in Offaly
Jockey Pat Smullen dies aged 43 after cancer battle
Nine-times champion jockey claimed Epsom-Irish Derby double during brilliant career
The sporting decade that was: Harzand earns place in history for team of true champions
‘I had won 22 classics but not an Epsom Derby. It had to be done. It was important to me.’
Curragh could employ free admission strategy again in 2020
Track officials delighted with ‘community day’ attendance
Pinatubo rated best two year old in a quarter of a century
Official ratings gives prestige boost to Champions Weekend
Get with the programme: collecting sports memorabilia
‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or one man’s treasure is another man’s trash’
Pinatubo puts in one of the great juvenile performances
Appleby-trained colt cut to 6-4 for the Guineas after thrilling nine-length rout
Pat Smullen’s cancer fund-raising race unites the Curragh
More than €1.3m raised as Search for a Song gives Dermot Weld an eighth Irish Leger win
Curragh’s new chief emphasises need for local backing
Future success hinges on venue being ‘racecourse of the community’, says Pat Keogh
Colin Keane has potential first classic victory in his sights on Oaks ‘spare’
Eight Irish Oaks winners in last decade have been trained overseas
Pat Smullen: ‘The hope is to ride again. I’d love to do that’
Former champion jockey now on the road to recovery after cancer treatment
Frankie Dettori will ride Hazapour in Investec Derby
Hazapour is a general 14-1 shot for racing’s ‘Blue Riband’ won by Dermot Weld in 2016
Davy Russell shows no signs of stopping as golden run continues
Irish jockey claimed his first Grand National after a difficult few months off the track
Weld adopts ‘best available’ policy in Smullen’s enforced absence
Aidan O’Brien saddles seven on prestigious Dubai World Cup card
Pat Smullen ‘fully focused’ on recovery after tumour diagnosis
‘A tumour was discovered and consequently I won’t be riding for the foreseeable future’
On The Go Again justifies Irish Lincolnshire favouritism
Gordon Elliott sets new record of 194 winners for Irish jumps campaign
New champion jockey Colin Keane reaches 100 winners at Naas
New champion rides double on final day of the flat season
Our Duke returns to action in first Grade One of season at Down Royal
Michael O’Leary chasing five-in-a-row in steeplechase feature with four of eight runners
Colin Keane wraps up first Flat jockeys’ title with Dundalk win
‘It was a big team effort and, to be honest, I’m glad it’s over’
Aidan O’Brien prepares biggest Breeders Cup team for Del Mar
Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown Stud aiming for five in a row in Grade One at Down Royal
Elliott turns to Joel Rosario for Beckford’s Breeders’ Cup attempt
Kentucky Derby winning jockey has won five Breeders’ Cup races and Dubai World Cup
New Irish horse racing regulatory board to start in 2018
Derby winner Pádraig Beggy can land Eyrefield Stakes on Flag Of Honour
Keane can secure potentially decisive edge over Smullen at Fairyhouse
Title challenger is 2-9 favourite to lift title with less than two weeks to end of season
Smullen narrows championship gap to four after Leopardstown success
Contingent forecast to be classic contender for 2018 after impressive debut
Keane surges into control in the jockeys’ championship race
Last-gasp victory on Elegant Pose helps young jockey complete a Naas hat-trick
O’Brien’s Group One record quest spans the globe this weekend
Idaho and Rain Goddess line up for champion trainer in Canada on Sunday
Weld reckons Keane holds the edge in jockeys’ title race
‘I don’t have a huge supply for Pat [Smullen] and I imagine he may find it difficult’
Colin Keane edges one ahead of Pat Smullen in jockeys’ title race
Total Recall lands Munster National in a canter for Willie Mullins
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