The Irish Times

Insurance cover challenges could stop amateur horse racing in tracks

UK-based subsidiary of Liberty Mutual not renewing policies partly due to claims costs

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 01:00

Amateur horse racing may halt as organisers fail to secure insurance cover

Without it point-to-point race meetings simply cannot proceed, says Derek O’Connor

Sun Nov 28 2021 - 17:31

McCurtin gets early wedding present after successful appeal of ‘non-trier’ charge

Jockey’s 14-day ban and fine overturned from race at Listowel festival

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 15:18

Clan Des Obeaux completes daring raid to take Punchestown Gold Cup

Paul Nicholls’s gamble in supplementing two-time King George winner pays off

Wed Apr 28 2021 - 21:11

Kemboy could cap another big day out for Willie Mullins at Punchestown

Decision to supplement Clan Des Obeaux into Ladbrokes Gold Cup is telling

Wed Apr 28 2021 - 06:00

Tiger Roll ready for a brand new adventure at Aintree

Two-times Grand National winner takes on Thursday’s Betway Bowl

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 16:07

Linley Hamilton Quintet: For The Record review – a hard-bop jazz record

Belfast trumpeter collaborates with US heavyweights of the genre

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00

IHRB ‘late coming to the party’ on sponsorship issue, says Mullins

Andy Dufresne gets the better of Captain Guinness in Punchestown feature

Sun Jan 12 2020 - 18:20

Dylan Robinson makes return at Fairyhouse on Ornua after cocaine ban

Gordon Elliott hoping Andy Dufresne can bounce back to winning form at Punchestown

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

A Plus Tard presents De Bromhead with Cheltenham dilemma

Rachael Blackmore steered her mount to the Paddy Power Rewards Club Chase on Friday

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 17:28

Fortune favours Russell as he snaps up chance to guide Buveur d’Air to glory

Jockey steps up to replace unfortunate peer Walsh who suffered a broken leg

Fri May 03 2019 - 21:19

Ruby Walsh seeks more Grade One Punchestown glory

Klassical Dream bids to become fourth since 1990 to complete festival double

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 06:00

Ted Walsh’s Any Second Now completes JP McManus hat-trick

Noel Fehily rides 50-1 winner and announces his imminent retirement after festival

Thu Mar 14 2019 - 19:31

Mystique Heights gets 2019 off to a flying start for Luke Comer

Willie Mullins undecided about whether to race top mare Laurina before Cheltenham

Sun Jan 06 2019 - 17:35

On a day of drama, Supasundae’s win is cruelly overlooked

Jessica Harrington’s 7-1 winner interrupted ongoing Willie Mullins-Gordon Elliott saga

Fri Apr 27 2018 - 21:42

Derek O’Connor’s splendid horsemanship belies amateur status

Top point-to-point rider aiming to beat professionals aboard Edwulf and land Gold Cup

Wed Apr 25 2018 - 06:45

Gleeson has memorable Punchestown success with Just Wait And See

Patrick Mullins completes opening day double on Kalum River

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 20:55

Stunning Un De Sceaux takes down Douvan in Champion Chase

The Storyteller claims dramatic victory as Elliott fights back on day one at Punchestown

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 18:10

Derek O’Connor will get chance to secure Gold Cup glory on Edwulf

On The Fringe back in contention for a sixth Cheltenham festival appearance

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 01:00

Joseph O’Brien’s Edwulf claims dramatic Irish Gold Cup win

Amateur jockey Derek O’Connor brings home 33-1 shot ahead of Outlander

Sun Feb 04 2018 - 16:11

Beauty and the Beast in Belfast: Bloodless, bland and banal

Undoing Disney was brave but there is no magic in this rock opera alternative

Wed Dec 20 2017 - 17:54

Edwulf to make welcome return to action at Leopardstown

Joseph O’Brien says his runner likely to line up in €150,000 Christmas Chase

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 18:05

History made at Thurles as 200-1 shot wins for first time in Ireland

Killahara Castle made storming run to beat 8-13 favourite True Self and take Listed honours

Sun Dec 17 2017 - 18:00

On The Fringe enjoying Foxhunters preparation

Trainer Enda Bolger aiming for sixth cross-country success

Mon Mar 06 2017 - 16:58

‘It was a groundbreaker’: how The X-Files changed television

The 1990s show - which returns to TV this week - was often dismissed as fodder for teenagers and conspiracy theorists, but its legacy is evident in today’s best television

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 06:00

Kid's Christmas: Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf at the Lyric

Belfast show’s spectacular opening offers a tantalising indication of things to come

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 05:45

Derek O’Connor reaches landmark 1,000 point-to-point wins

Sire de Grugy could make quick return at Chepstow

Sun Feb 15 2015 - 23:00

Children’s Christmas show review: Sleeping Beauty

A short and sweet piece of family theatre with a knowing subversive edge

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 16:27

Hurricane Fly simply brilliant in Rabobank Hurdle

Willie Mullins may now go for a Champion Hurdle hat-trick in France with his stable star

Sat Apr 27 2013 - 01:47

Quevega to make it four-in-a-row at Punchestown festival

Solwhit has big task in pulling off hat-trick

Thu Apr 25 2013 - 00:05

Pont Alexandre to seal the love affair

Mullins can also strike again in Bumper

Wed Mar 13 2013 - 06:00