The Irish Times

Money to install CCTV at Irish racecourse stable-yards in 2018 spent elsewhere

Absence of CCTV in some stable-yards highlighted by Charles Byrne-Viking Hoard case

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 17:49

‘Smooth’ transition from Turf Club to new regulatory authority

Racing’s anti-doping task force expected to meet before end of month

Sat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00

Turf Club signals stiffer penalties likely for failed drug tests

Positive response to prospect of longer suspensions for jockeys testing positive for drugs

Tue Dec 12 2017 - 16:53

Mick Winters hopes ‘common sense’ previals in non-trier appeal

Trainer is appealing after being fined €6,000 for the running of Churchtown Glen in Cork

Tue Nov 21 2017 - 19:03

Turf Club impose four-day suspension on Davy Russell

Furore over split-second punch to neck of Kings Dolly at Tramore may finally be over

Wed Sept 06 2017 - 06:00

Davy Russell gets four day ban for striking a horse

Ban begins in 14 days which leaves Russell free to ride at next week’s Listowel festival

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 13:16

Curragh redevelopment now budgeted to cost €70 million

Ryan Moore draws a blank from his dozen Ballydoyle rides over weekend meetings

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37

Irish racing leads world but its financial model is badly flawed

Policing billion-euro sport an urgent issue for bloodstock industry’s long-term health

Mon Apr 11 2016 - 06:33

Report calls for lifetime bans for doped horses

Anti-Doping Task Force report expected to be released by Horse Racing Ireland on Monday

Sat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00

Turf Club investigating Mikey O’Connor’s claim he was denied injury allowance

Mikey O’Connor said he was unfairly refused payment from the Qualified Riders Accident Fund

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 20:59

Trainer and jockey lose their Supreme Court appeal over horseracing rules

Court also rejected an appeal by the Turf Club

Fri Jun 26 2015 - 01:00

Trainer Ger Lynch has licence taken away for three months

Turf Club investigation established he had falsified vaccination paperwork

Sat May 16 2015 - 01:00

Adrian Heskin handed six-day ban under the Turf Club’s ‘non-trier’ rules

Penalty comes over five months after riding Foxrock at Punchestown

Fri May 15 2015 - 18:32

Turf Club defends its handling of Ted Walsh Foxrock case

Trainer cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to race at Punchestown

Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00

Turf Club plans legal challenge to HRI Amendment Bill

Regulatory body informs department sections on point-to-point will be challenged

Thu Feb 19 2015 - 01:45

Fixture at Down Royal cancelled due to frost

Turf Club announced the cancellation this morning later rescheduling for following Wednesday

Tue Feb 03 2015 - 10:06

Turf Club welcomes HRI funding for enhanced drug testing facilities

HRI’s 2015 budget includes provision of €7.1 million for integrity services, which includes capital provision for new lab equipment

Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00

HRI and Turf Club establish drug testing taskforce

Body to ensure drug testing within racing and breeding industries is of the highest standard

Sat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00

Philip Fenton to appeal three-year ban

Trainer guilty on eight charges of possessing banned animal medicines, including anabolic steroids

Tue Nov 25 2014 - 17:32

Racing trainer convicted over animal remedies

Case taken by Department of Agriculture following unannounced inspection

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00

Trainer ‘accepts’ he was in breach of law over animal remedies, court hears

Judgment due next Tuesday on legal issues in unlicensed animal remedies case

Fri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00

Turf Club set to consider watering tracks to maintain ground consistency

Option is part of an overall investigation into how five horses were killed at Friday night’s Clonmel meeting

Mon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00

Australia remains firmly in mix for Irish Derby

But Irish handicapper Garry O’Gorman thinks superstar colt’s best trip may be less than a mile and a half

Wed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00