Galway boss says mixed cards make a ‘key difference’ to festival’s popular appeal Michael Moloney argues that mix of flat and jumps races helps draw people and would work at other meetings Mon Jul 20 2026 - 15:33
Joseph O’Brien emulates elites in completing Oaks double with different filliesJohanna Walsh lands Curragh classic after Epsom heroine Thundering On ruled outSun Jul 19 2026 - 15:51
Aidan O’Brien aiming to bridge 10-year gap in Ascot’s King GeorgeTop French stars Calandagan and Goliath on course to try land midsummer highlight againSun Jul 19 2026 - 15:42
Johanna Walsh wins Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the CurraghTrainer lands first Irish Oaks success with 7/2 shot under jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle Sat Jul 18 2026 - 18:08
Bolger and Regan bid to disrupt Classic status quo with Oaks hope Sparan NuaJoseph O’Brien’s Thundering On will try to become the 17th filly to complete Epsom-Curragh Oaks doubleSat Jul 18 2026 - 06:00
A hard sell to the public if it looks like British racing is fighting the bookies’ battleBitterness at affordability checks for gamblers clashes with popular support for putting manners on gaming corporationsFri Jul 17 2026 - 06:00
Jim Bolger aiming for more Classic glory as Sparan Nua added to Irish OaksTrio of fillies supplemented into Saturday’s Curragh Classic at cost of €50,000 eachTue Jul 14 2026 - 19:00
Irish raiders hope to storm to Paris glory in Bastille Day Group One highlight British champion jockey Oisín Murphy returns home to Kerry to ride at Killarney for first time Mon Jul 13 2026 - 19:00
Irish tracks braced for potential impact of British racing’s affordability checksFozzy Stack secures first European Group One victory as Thesecretadversary lands Prix Jean PratMon Jul 13 2026 - 06:00
Stack turns to Soumillon as trainer chases first European Group One success at Deauville Cheltenham festival-winning trainer Pat Kelly’s licence suspended with immediate effect by IHRB Fri Jul 10 2026 - 19:00
O’Brien hoping for bittersweet July Cup victory with Mission Central Odds on Precise comes up short in Falmouth Stakes as Colin Keane wins on Blue Bolt Fri Jul 10 2026 - 19:00
Legitimate questions about IHRB’s governance restructuring require answersRegulator’s head of governance & legal is the latest official to leave with position scrappedFri Jul 10 2026 - 06:00
Aidan O’Brien aiming for record sixth July Cup with gelding Mission Central Top Royal Ascot sprinters in line for Group One showdown in Europe’s top sprint prizeTue Jul 07 2026 - 06:00
Dermot Weld has Group One ambitions with progressive Purview Curragh ‘cult figure’ Big Gossey secures 10th success at Irish racing’s HQ Sun Jun 28 2026 - 19:23
Benvenuto Cellini puts Epsom furore behind him to secure Irish Derby gloryAidan O’Brien saddles 1-2-3 at the Curragh to win Ireland’s premier Classic for an 18th timeSun Jun 28 2026 - 18:56
Séamus Heffernan receives 24-day ban for overuse of the whip at Royal AscotChristope Soumillon will resume his appeal against an eight-day ban for ‘team tactics’ next weekSat Jun 27 2026 - 15:43
Jockey Ronan Whelan hoping it’s Christmas again as he targets Derby doubleBenvenuto Cellini is Ballydoyle number one as Aidan O’Brien pursues an 18th Irish Derby success Sat Jun 27 2026 - 06:00
Epsom Oaks winner hoping to Thunder past older rivals in Pretty Polly Stakes Joseph O’Brien-trained Thundering On is top-rated three-year-old lining up at Curragh over Derby weekendSat Jun 27 2026 - 06:00
Racing’s written rules overlooked far too frequently in favour of unwritten onesChristophe Soumillon’s appeal against an eight-day ban for controversial Royal Ascot ride will be heard on FridayFri Jun 26 2026 - 06:00
World Pool ‘not a factor’ in stewarding decisions for nine-race Irish Derby cardHong Kong Jockey Club co-mingling pool worth close to €700k to Irish racing on Sunday Mon Jun 22 2026 - 19:19
Christmas Day and Benvenuto Cellini part of strong Aidan O’Brien team for Irish Derby Wednesday’s cross-channel racing action reduced to a single meeting due to red-weather warning conditions Mon Jun 22 2026 - 19:18
Unclear whether HRI and IHRB will meet Maurice Regan over controversial claimsNewtown Anner owner wants examination of starting procedures by both of racing’s ruling bodiesSun Jun 21 2026 - 19:00
Major Irish hopes in Hardwicke Stakes that looks Group One in all but name Ryan Moore opts for Japan’s Satono Reve in battle of top international sprinters at Royal AscotSat Jun 20 2026 - 06:00
Precise overcomes poor start to finish a Coronation winner at Royal Ascot Aidan O’Brien reaches six winners for Royal Ascot week as Causeway lands King Edward VII StakesFri Jun 19 2026 - 18:44
Ryan Moore hoping to get it Precisely right in Coronation Stakes at Royal AscotCommonwealth Cup will test theories about Albert Einstein’s relative greatnessFri Jun 19 2026 - 06:00
Scandinavia wins Gold Cup thriller to earn Aidan O’Brien his 100th Royal Ascot winner Ryan Moore and Scandinavia deny last year’s winner Trawlerman in epic renewal of famous race Thu Jun 18 2026 - 18:23
Scandinavia aiming to become Aidan O’Brien’s 10th Ascot Gold Cup successSt Leger winner joined in marathon test by other Irish hopes Al Riffa and CarmersThu Jun 18 2026 - 06:00
Ombudsman looks a world beater with decisive Prince of Wales’s Stakes victory at Royal Ascot Aidan O’Brien reaches Royal Ascot winner No. 99 through Victorious Wed Jun 17 2026 - 18:52
Ombudsman has ideal scenario for Ascot clash with Daryz and Minnie HaukArc one-two take on reigning champion in featured Prince Of Wales’s StakesWed Jun 17 2026 - 06:00
Christophe Soumillon handed eight-day ban by Royal Ascot stewards Top jockey judged to have rode Puerto Rico to assist stable companion Gstaad in St James’s Palace StakesTue Jun 16 2026 - 20:49
Aidan O’Brien denied by Bow Echo, but reaches 98 Royal Ascot winnersMission Central completes Royal Ascot Group One haul for Irish trainer in big sprintTue Jun 16 2026 - 19:34
Aidan O’Brien closing in on remarkable century of Royal Ascot winnersGstaad trying to bridge gap on Bow Echo in clash of the 2,000 Guineas winners Tue Jun 16 2026 - 06:00
Ascot Stakes could be a very Irish contest as Joseph O’Brien has seven runnersFrancis-Henri Graffard aiming for rare French success in top sprint with RayevkaTue Jun 16 2026 - 06:00
Diamond Necklace bidding to give Aidan O’Brien seven classics in six weeksRyan Moore has a chance to complete career set of French, Irish and English Classics in €1m Prix de Diane Sat Jun 13 2026 - 06:00
Jump racing open to criticism if ground conditions allowed to get too fast Perfect watering balance is impossible, but erring on the side of too much is prudentFri Jun 12 2026 - 06:00
Pierre-Charles Boudot set for imminent race-riding return after exoneration of rape chargesBilly Lee, meanwhile, hoping to take a step closer to elusive first Irish jockeys’ championshipTue Jun 09 2026 - 16:56
Diamond Necklace aiming to keep up Ballydoyle’s Classic spreeFrench 1,000 Guineas winner odds-on to follow up in Sunday’s €1m Prix de Diane at ChantillyMon Jun 08 2026 - 15:07
Stewards decision to declare Benvenuto Cellini a Derby non-runner opens potential can of wormsChristmas Day wins O’Brien a 12th Epsom Derby but aftermath dominated by ‘extraordinary act of self-sabotage’Sun Jun 07 2026 - 14:43
Christmas Day delivers jockey Ronan Whelan the ultimate Derby present Aidan O’Brien lands 12th Epsom Derby despite long-time favourite Benvenuto Cellini blowing race at the startSat Jun 06 2026 - 18:09
Christophe Soumillon waiting to pounce in Epsom Derby if Ryan Moore picks wrong againAidan O’Brien targeting 12th ‘Blue Riband’ victory with four runners while his son Joseph runs James J BraddockSat Jun 06 2026 - 06:00
Thundering On turns Epsom Oaks into rout for Dylan Browne McMonagle Champion jockey lands first English classic on Joseph O’Brien starFri Jun 05 2026 - 16:55
Aidan O’Brien’s Amelia Earhart could fly past finishing post at Epsom OaksFilly has topped betting lists for race since winning Cheshire Oaks in hood and blinkers last monthFri Jun 05 2026 - 06:00
Actions speak louder than words about Epsom Derby’s modern status Sounding off about the Derby being the same now as in the past does no one any goodFri Jun 05 2026 - 06:00
Benvenuto Cellini tops Aidan O’Brien’s hopes for 12th Epsom Derby winChampion trainer vying to become first to win four successive Blue RibandsTue Jun 02 2026 - 06:00
Ryan Moore labels Constitution River ‘a special horse’ after French Derby winHardy Warrior tops five Joseph O’Brien runners in €200,000 Gowran Classic on bank holiday MondaySun May 31 2026 - 17:24
Constitution River leads remarkable Aidan O’Brien clean sweep in French Derby First four home in €1.5 million Prix Du Jockey Club are Irish trained as Donnacha O’Brien’s A Boy Named Susie finishes fourthSun May 31 2026 - 17:10
Constitution River has wide draw to overcome in Sunday’s French Derby at Chantilly Aidan O’Brien trio in mix to give trainer a third success in €1.5m Prix Du Jockey Club Fri May 29 2026 - 19:00
Appeal remains ‘an option’ for jockey Philip Byrnes after 21-day dangerous riding ban Suspension picked up at Limerick on Thursday rules Byrnes out until after Galway festivalFri May 29 2026 - 16:40
Constitution River classic call underlines how Epsom Derby is looking its ageAidan O’Brien star going to Chantilly rather than Epsom shows how Prix Du Jockey Club is stallion making raceFri May 29 2026 - 06:00
Jockey Philip Byrnes gets 21-day ban for dangerous riding in dramatic handicap hurdleSanction comes year after he rode another of father’s horses, Redwood Queen, in controversial raceThu May 28 2026 - 22:24
