Star Japanese rider warms up for Champions Festival with two rides in Cork British racing protest leaves Cork with the spotlight to itselfWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
Aidan O’Brien horses fail to fire in Arc Trials at Longchamp as Byzantine Dream boosts Japanese hopes Last year’s Arc runner-up Aventure lands Vermeille as Whirl fades to last Sun Sept 07 2025 - 19:00
Mercurial Soumillon steps into the Ballydoyle hot seat as Whirl heads Arc-Trials raid Henri Matisse leads Aidan O’Brien trio into Group One Prix Du MoulinFri Sept 05 2025 - 19:00
Mikey O’Connor, veteran point-point rider and trainer, dies aged 44Cork man fell ill while working at his yard on ThursdayFri Sept 05 2025 - 15:57
My Mate Alfie to try improve dire Irish record in Group One Haydock Sprint Cup Wayne Lordan loses appeal against 10-day whip ban that rules him out of Irish Champions FestivalFri Sept 05 2025 - 15:43
Survival is the only metric for success at some of Ireland’s struggling racetracksThurles saga reflects a sector under increasing pressure Fri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Christophe Soumillon comes up trumps after Aidan O’Brien forced into jockey reshuffleDelacroix on course for another clash with Ombudsman in Irish Champion StakesMon Sept 01 2025 - 17:51
Gavin Cromwell’s In My Teens bids to live up to pedigree in Roscommon AMO team eye Prix de l’Abbaye chance with high-class sprinter Arizona Blaze Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Ryan Moore starts recovery from leg fracture and leaves Aidan O’Brien with logistical headache Former French champion Christophe Soumillon could be jockey to benefit from Moore’s absence Sun Aug 31 2025 - 16:04
Ex-rider Robson Aguiar set to join Group One trainer Adrian Murray on joint licence Ryan Moore teams up with English hope Godwinson in €100k Irish Cambridgeshire at the CurraghFri Aug 29 2025 - 19:49
Thurles’ stay of execution turns focus back on HRI’s Tipperary project Ex-US sprinter Fandom makes first start for Joseph O’Brien in Abergwaun StakesFri Aug 29 2025 - 17:03
The pacemaker is a blight on racing and it needs to be addressed urgentlyIntegrity of the sport dragged down by races run at an artificial paceFri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
Thurles racecourse to remain open until next March as HRI take on operational responsibility Track will fulfill its remaining 11 fixtures after deal struck with the owners on Tipperary trackThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:36
Marois hero Diego Velazquez has $1.25m Keeneland Mile next on his agenda Promising claimer Alex Harvey bids to continue successful momentum at Bellewstown Wed Aug 27 2025 - 06:00
Japanese star Shin Emperor set for another crack at Irish Champion Stakes successInterim racecourse chief executive Vicki Donlon to leave Leopardstown after Irish Champions FestivalTue Aug 26 2025 - 19:00
Jockey-title battle goes to Bellewstown where Colin Keane has six chances to narrow gap Dylan Browne McMonagle leads reigning champion by 67 winners to 63Tue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
They said it can’t be done, but Aidan O’Brien is on course to beat his own world record for Group One winsIreland’s champion trainer already on 15 top-flight victories for the seasonMon Aug 25 2025 - 16:24
Gstaad has to settle for second behind Venetian Sun in Deauville’s Prix Morny Wayne Lordan continues good weekend with Goodwood victory on Precise Sun Aug 24 2025 - 17:10
Wayne Lordan eyeing up Group Two Curragh double Cross-channel challenger Miss Attitude could prove best in Sunday’s Naas feature Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Willie Mullins hoping it’s second time lucky in the Ebor for Hipop De Loire Aidan O’Brien targeting Deauville Group One double with Gstaad and Bedtime Story Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Exciting juvenile Lady Iman leads powerful Irish team into York’s Nunthorpe Stakes Trainer Ger Lyons’s star bids to become first two-year-old winner of prestigious sprint in 18 yearsFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
Minnie Hauk gives impression of even better to come after Yorkshire Oaks rompFilly gives Aidan O’Brien a record-equalling ninth success in Day Two Ebor festival featureThu Aug 21 2025 - 16:57
Minnie Hauk short odds to add name to stellar Yorkshire Oaks roll of honourColin Keane bids to take advantage of Dylan Browne McMonagle’s suspension in race for jockeys’ title Thu Aug 21 2025 - 06:00
Ombudsman eventually sweeps to York glory after another 150-1 pacemaker threatens upset Dual Derby winner Lambourn can finish only fifth in Great Voltigeur Stakes on frustrating day for Aidan O’BrienWed Aug 20 2025 - 17:01
Lambourn returns to action in York’s Great Voltigeur, with St Leger looming over horizonGodolphin and Coolmore shape up for another Acomb Stakes clash on day one of Ebor festival Tue Aug 19 2025 - 17:54
Top-quality International line-up a timely morale boost for British racing Aidan O’Brien aiming for record-extending win as Delacroix bids to back up Eclipse success Tue Aug 19 2025 - 16:29
Jockeys’ body says any new watering system for Thurles not anticipated until 2026Irish Jockeys Association expected racing to go ahead at Thurles this autumn Mon Aug 04 2025 - 18:07
Jel Pepper looks good enough to deny Joseph O’Brien in Naas Henry De Bromhead’s Letiza bids to follow up her June success at Down Royal Mon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Smaller racetracks ‘under pressure’ from rising costs and declining income from media rightsHorse racing industry is taken aback by decision of owners of Thurles course to close track suddenlyMon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Aidan O’Brien hoping to break new classic ground with Garden Of Eden in German OaksChampion trainer saddles Exactly and January in Group One Prix Rothschild at Deauville Sat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
Jessica Harrington’s Hotazhell goes for Grade One US glory in $750,000 Saratoga DerbyGalway Mile hero Dunum aiming to repeat his 2023 festival success in Sunday’s Ahonoora HandicapSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
‘A huge blow for Irish racing’ - Thurles racecourse closure met with shock and sadnessThurles racecourse is first Irish track to shut its doors since Tralee in 2008Fri Aug 01 2025 - 16:53
Easing ground conditions can help course winner Nans View in Galway festival feature Neveradullmoment could underline Ballybrit credentials with Galway Blazers successFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
Ndaawi and Jack Kennedy get dramatic Galway Hurdle in the stewards room after Helvic Dream thrown outGordon Elliott becomes first trainer to complete Galway Plate-Hurdle double in same week since 1979Thu Jul 31 2025 - 18:30
Last year’s runner-up Ndaawi out to go one better in Galway Hurdle Gordon Elliott saddles four hopefuls as he pursues first success in Ballybrit’s Ladies’ Day featureThu Jul 31 2025 - 06:00
Danny Gilligan wins second Galway Plate in three years as Western Fold powers to Ballybrit gloryJack Kennedy labels race start ‘a joke’ but no action taken by stewardsWed Jul 30 2025 - 21:26
Top amateur jockey Derek O’Connor aiming for Galway Plate glory on AnywayGordon Elliott has seven runners in the Plate as he pursues a record fifth successWed Jul 30 2025 - 06:00
Natalia Lupini secures big-race Galway festival glory as Dunum holds on for Mile success Veteran jockey Seamus Heffernan lands €120,000 Ballybrit feature on Italian trainer’s 12/1 shot Tue Jul 29 2025 - 20:53
IHRB say investigation into Redwood Queen unseating ‘nearing a conclusion’Philip Byrnes was unseated from horse that was then trained by the jockey’s father at Wexford in MayTue Jul 29 2025 - 14:57
Smallest big-race field in a decade lines out for Galway festival feature Slieve Binnian targets hat-trick of big handicap victories in BMW Mile Tue Jul 29 2025 - 06:00
Poignant success in Galway festival feature for Alan O’Sullivan aboard Filey Bay JP McManus pays tribute to the late Edward O’Grady after completing double on Day One of the festivalMon Jul 28 2025 - 20:42
Leading trainer Edward O’Grady dies aged 75Family confirm death of ‘one of the most respected and successful racehorse trainers of his generation’Mon Jul 28 2025 - 12:53
Hopes high that Galway will continue trend in increased attendances for week-long festival Top trainer Gordon Elliott aiming to break duck in ‘amateur Derby’ with Familiar Dreams Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
McMonagle goes into Galway festival top of the jockeys table after Gowran hat-trickDonegal rider reaches 52 winners for the season and goes ahead of suspended Colin KeaneMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Green Impact drops to Group Two level at York but faces formidable rival in AlmaqamIrish jockey Ronan Whelan teams up with French hope Dare To Dream in Sunday’s German Group One contest Fri Jul 25 2025 - 19:00
Jan Brueghel and Calandagan promise another memorable King George head-to-head Saturday’s clash comes 50 years after ‘Race of the Century’ at Ascot between Grundy and BustinoFri Jul 25 2025 - 15:59
Racing’s failure to amend gambling Bill indicates sport is reaping betting industry’s reputational whirlwindComments by gambling authority boss suggest shifting political sands concerning the sport Fri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Racecourse attendance in Ireland up nearly 7% for first six months of 2025 Key contributory factor in rise a record-breaking Punchestown festival where number jumped 15% to almost 137,000 over five daysThu Jul 24 2025 - 19:21
Jan Brueghel and Calandagan set for round two clash in Ascot’s King George Galway festival authorities hoping for cross-channel attendance ‘bounce’ for next week’s action in BallybritMon Jul 21 2025 - 15:16
Minnie Hauk’s Irish Oaks success extends Aidan O’Brien’s stunning Group One winning streak Jan Brueghel set to head Ballydoyle team in Saturday’s King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Sun Jul 20 2025 - 15:01
