Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

Change of mindset needed to make Irish racing’s regulation fit for purpose

Putting regulation under Horse Racing Ireland banner is rearranging deckchairs on a sinking ship

Inothewayurthinkin still on track for Cheltenham but needs to impress in his work

JP McManus’s champion still a 16/1 shot to defend Gold Cup title despite three disappointing races this season

Irish racing needs to wake up and pay for professional stewarding

Fallout from Redwood Queen unseat at Wexford should be the spur that propels the sport to act

IHRB stands over process that saw no enquiry into controversial Philip Byrnes unseat

Race-day officials did not consider ‘threshold for a stewards enquiry to be met’, says regulator

Dinoblue takes tried and trusted route to Cheltenham Festival

Donnacha O’Brien has $1 million Abu Dhabi target in his sights with Comanche Brave

Concerns flagged about unusual betting patterns in Philip Byrnes incident, says British regulator

Irish jockey was cleared by IHRB panel of wrongdoing in relation to his unseat from Redwood Queen in Wexford

Philip Byrnes cleared of wrongdoing over unseat from Redwood Queen at Wexford last May

The rider had been accused of deliberately jumping off the mare, trained by his father, Charles

Officials hoping for ‘a bit of luck’ with inspection ahead of opening day of Dublin Racing Festival

Contingency plan in place to move Saturday’s card to Bank Holiday Monday if Leopardstown fails inspection

Will Gilligan response add to perceptions of light touch at IHRB? No comment

Jockey told regulatory officials he had no comment to make on JP McManus-owned runner at Fairyhouse

Slade Steel tries to change his luck and get off the mark over fences at Navan

Jockey Josh Williamson wins appeal against eight-day ban for careless riding at Leopardstown

IHRB’s top investigative and security officials have left racing’s regulatory body

Both Chris Gordon and Declan Buckley finished working at the IHRB last Sunday

Hearing into jockey’s unseating by Redwood Queen at Wexford in May set for Monday

Bumper champion Bambino Fever makes her debut hurdles at Naas

Jockey Danny Gilligan free to race over festive period after ‘non-trier’ ban lifted

Appeal panel accepted new evidence from Gordon Elliott’s vet

Horse trainer alleges billionaire Luke Comer offered him bribe to take doping blame

Former training manager made claim in High Court proceedings over alleged defamatory allegations

Ex-assistant to horse trainer Luke Comer seeks to serve legal papers on him in Monaco

Application due before High Court on Monday

Charles and Philip Byrnes to face IHRB hearing over Redwood Queen unseating at Wexford

Philip Byrnes was unshipped from the horse at the final flight when looking to have the race won back in May

Meath trainer fined €2,800 after racehorse Nibiru fails drug test

Cathy O’Leary sanctioned after success in claiming race at Dundalk in October last year

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 Curragh

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 track

Jockeys’ body says any new watering system for Thurles not anticipated until 2026

Irish Jockeys Association expected racing to go ahead at Thurles this autumn

Smaller racetracks ‘under pressure’ from rising costs and declining income from media rights

Horse racing industry is taken aback by decision of owners of Thurles course to close track suddenly

Charles Byrnes says no one hurting more than son Philip after ‘soft unseat’ at Wexford

IHRB investigating incident which generated significant comment

IHRB to review controversial Philip Byrnes unseating at Wexford

Jockey Byrnes came off race leader Redwood Queen at the final flight of the Claiming Hurdle on Wednesday

Michael O’Sullivan death attributed to ‘inherent risks’ of racing

IHRB report finds ‘no evidence of human error’ following Cork jockey’s death

Trainer ‘Shark’ Hanlon free to have runners again from this weekend after suspension lifted by IHRB

Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill enjoys much happier pre-Cheltenham workout at Kempton

Death of a jockey: ‘Michael O’Sullivan was full of ambition, full of passion ... he was just a beautiful person’

Amid increased awareness of safety requirements, jockeys know it is impossible to remove all risk from horseracing, a fact tragically underlined by the recent death of a much loved 24-year-old

BHA officials plan more out-of-competition drug testing in Ireland on Cheltenham Festival entries

Grand National hero I Am Maximus back at Fairyhouse on Saturday to try and defend Bobbyjo crown

Jockey Michael O’Sullivan (24) remembered as ‘very talented young man’ following death after fall at Thurles

Jockey had been in intensive care at Cork University Hospital for 10 days

Eric McNamara appeals non-trier penalties handed out at Clonmel

Limerick trainer fined €6,000 and jockey Conor McNamara banned for 40 days following running of Mount Ferns

IHRB to fully defend case brought to High Court by trainer Harry Rogers over claims of false positive drugs test

Nicky Henderson left with Cheltenham festival quandary over potential warm up race for Sir Gino

Absence of ‘vision thing’ results in problems not being headed off at the pass

Unprecedented achievement in Irish racing doesn’t prevent insecurity bubbling beneath the surface of the sport going into 2025

Ex-trainer says Horse Racing Ireland response to plan for retired racehorses is ‘discouraging’

Ger Hussey calls on high-profile names within racing to publicly back his plan for centralised hub to tackle problem

Consolidation of Irish racing’s charity sector urged by injured jockeys’ body

Irish Injured Jockeys says Mazars report into €350k transfer underlines how there are too many separate funds

IHRB left to tot up reputational damage after charity fund raided to pay staff

Racing’s administration portrayed as bloated and dysfunctional by report into controversial €350,000 transfer

Report into IHRB financial matter of ‘grave concern’ concludes €350k transfer breached Charities Act

Long awaited independent report into financial issue of ‘grave concern’ comes 15 months after being commissioned

Luke Comer Jnr free to continue training horses after an IHRB panel accept appeal

Original 12-month suspension of training licence reduced to three months and suspended for a year

Hewick added to €150,000 Grade One highlight at Down Royal ahead of ‘Shark’ Hanlon suspension

Aidan O’Brien turns to Frankie Dettori for some of his Breeders' Cup runners in Del Mar

IHRB conclude positive drug of Galway Hurdle ante-post favourite was for therapeutic purposes

The build-up to last summer’s big race at the Galway festival was dominated by the withdrawal of Petrol Head

Shark Hanlon has suspension of licence reduced to six months

Trainer was deemed to have damaged the sport’s reputation after footage emerged on social media of dead horse being transported in open trailer

Shrugging shoulders at Irish racing’s ‘wastage’ rate won’t cut it anymore

Ex-trainer Ger Hussey poised to deliver his proposal to authorities about system for dealing with horses after they stop racing

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