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
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
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
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
Gerri Colombe set to top small but select field for Down Royal’s rescheduled Grade One feature Same half-dozen entries as last week left in the €150,000 Ladbrokes Champion ChaseTue Nov 07 2023 - 16:19
Good outcome for Melbourne Cup with no fatality in race for third year in a row Irish favourite Vauban only 14th behind Mark Zahra ridden winner Without A FightTue Nov 07 2023 - 16:12
Willie Mullins hopes Vauban can finally fulfill his Melbourne Cup dream Absurde also lines up for Mullins in $8 million highlight while Okita Soushi represents Joseph O’BrienMon Nov 06 2023 - 06:00
Falcon Eight lands Curragh feature as 2023 Irish flat season officially ends Curragh boss reports 19 per cent increase in overall attendances at HQ in 2023Sun Nov 05 2023 - 17:55
Auguste Rodin puts perfect seal on another Breeders’ Cup success for Aidan O’BrienIrishman brings his Breeders’ Cup career haul to 18 winnersSun Nov 05 2023 - 17:54
Derby hero Auguste Rodin aiming to bring career to a winning end at Breeders’ Cup Aidan O’Brien’s horse set to be retired to stud following the $4m Turf at Santa Anita in CaliforniaSat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00
Unclear if referrals panel will still convene after IHRB drop Yuften case Trainer Denis Hogan describes regulator’s statement on long-running investigation as ‘self serving’Fri Nov 03 2023 - 16:46
Brian O’Connor: US racing is still struggling in a reputational quagmireFor over a century, the Melbourne Cup, perhaps Australia’s most coveted sporting prize and the race that famously stops a nation, was a domestic affairFri Nov 03 2023 - 06:00
IHRB will not offer evidence on controversial Yuften race at Dundalk in March 2020Referrals hearing was anticipated into race involving pair of Denis Hogan-trained runnersThu Nov 02 2023 - 18:49
Testing ground conditions could turn Down Royal feature into Gordon Elliott solo show Henry De Bromhead is only other trainer with entries for €150,000 Ladbrokes Champion ChaseWed Nov 01 2023 - 06:00
Dylan Browne McMonagle has chance to shine on Breeders’ Cup stageDylan Browne McMonagle teams up with Lumiere Rock in $2 million Filly & Mare TurfWed Nov 01 2023 - 06:00
Racing braced for impact of Storm Ciaran ahead of Grade One action at Down Royal on SaturdayHopes rise the Curragh racecourse an pass 7.00 morning inspection on TuesdayMon Oct 30 2023 - 16:18
Auguste Rodin tops Irish team gearing up for Breeders’ Cup in CaliforniaWorld’s highest rated horse Equinox impresses once again by breaking track record in TokyoSun Oct 29 2023 - 15:20
Victoria Road will try to mark Aidan O’Brien’s return to Australia with Cox Plate gloryDoncaster has to pass 7.30 morning inspection ahead of Diego Velazquez lining up in FuturitySat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Flooring Porter begins career over fences at CheltenhamGrand National winner Corach Rambler returns to action at Kelso as National Hunt season goes up a gearSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
