Sheikh Mohammed’s representative sorry to see Curragh chief executive go

Osborne still optimistic about the future of beleaguered €81m facility

Benie Des Dieux can end Willie Mullins' season on another high

Aidan O’Brien targets a 10th 2,000 Guineas success at Newmarket on Saturday

Jockey Fran Berry forced to retire due to injury

38-year-old suffered spinal injuries in a fall at Wolverhampton on January 29th

John Oxx and Patrick Prendergast to join forces from the Curragh

Sea The Stars trainer will work with Prendergast’s promising filly Skitter Scatter

Mullins ponders options for Footpad’s planned return to action at Navan

English trainer Whittington planning an Irish raid with Saint Calvados

Innovation awards: Finalists tackling refugee aid, data privacy and equine health

This year’s innovation award finalists in the IT and Fintech category address major social and tech challenges

Equine Medirecord a leader in the race to simplify data management

One of three Fintech and IT finalists in the 2018 Innovation Awards, the Kildare-based firm’s web platform and phone app is backed by leading trainers

Magic Wand heads powerful Ballydoyle team in Saturday’s Irish Oaks

Aidan O’Brien aims to maintain successful run in Curragh classics

Hopes grow for protocol which permits comprehensive testing of thoroughbreds

Godolphin appears to backtrack on its initial impulse that Masar would run in Irish Derby

Romanised gatecrashes the party to claim 2,000 Guineas

Ken Condon’s 25-1 shot denies Aidan O’Brien at the Curragh

Success Days set to try and halt Winx’s winning streak in Sydney

Aidan O’Brien’s first two year old runners of 2018 in action at Dundalk

Going at Cheltenham the softest in over 20 years

John Oxx’s Tullyallen a contender in eve-of-festival mile maiden at Dundalk

Racehorse medication app clears hurdle of trainers’ wariness

Equine MediRecord enables trainers to track complex medication regimes easily

Narrow definition of agriculture an existential threat to racing industry

HRI now desperately seeking a derogation from implications of industrial relations law

John Oxx says racing is ‘astounded’ at new stable staff legislation

Legendary trainer describes regulations as ‘not practical’ and ‘not fair’

Anti-Doping Task Force meeting postponed to next week

CRH chairman Nicky Hartery may be approached to succeed Joe Keeling as HRI chairman

Former chief vet is new chairman of racing’s Anti-Doping Task Force

Task force has been reconvened to break deadlock on how to implement drug-testing procedures

Aidan O’Brien odds-on to score over 30 Group Ones before end of year

Irish trainer readying Champions Day team for Ascot next Saturday

Irish Sportswomen: Top 50 Memorable Moments Part Three - 30 to 21

Every day this week, Mary Hannigan looks at some of the highlights in women’s sport from the last 30 years. Part three looks at 30 to 21

Foot injury forces Cathy Gannon to retire from race riding

Dubliner was inaugural winner of Irish Times Sportswoman of Year award

Enable completes Oaks double with Curragh cruise

John Gosden’s filly skates home to win Classic by five and a half lengths

Dettori set to bring ‘Frankie factor’ to Curragh Oaks

Aidan O’Brien seeks to equal Stoute’s Irish Oaks record with Rain Goddess and Alluringly

John Oxx planning twin bid for Irish Oaks glory

Naughty or Nice and Bengala set to take on favourite Enable at the Curragh

Order of St George capable of defending Ascot Gold Cup crown

Ballydoyle stayer who came third in the Arc a top pattern performer with touch of class

Dermot Weld aiming to bring Titus back in Silver Stakes

Ana O’Brien teams up with Music Box in seven furlong maiden at Gowran on Tuesday

Miriam Lord: Whiff of pampered bluebloods? That’s the horses

Camilla at National Stud declares: ‘I’m coming back here every year until I drop!’

Elliott-Mullins showdown adds to Punchestown’s intrigue

Three Irish challengers among the outsiders in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr

Aga Khan’s agent said Curragh should close for building work

Bloodstock manager ‘happy to discuss’ Derby switch to Leopardstown in 2018

Moving Derby to Leopardstown in 2018 should be option, says Oxx

Trainer says it is a shame Derby and ‘Champions Weekend’ will run on ‘building site’

John Oxx should have success with Born To Be at Fairyhouse

Ground conditions expected to be a big factor for the €50,000 Blenheim Stakes

Bryan Cooper looking to be crowned in the Kingdom

Listowel Races: Folsom Blue may be the ideal choice for Guinness Kerry National

Dermot Weld believes bruised Harzand can still make Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

Trainer says double Derby hero has ‘60-40’ chance of racing at Chantilly

Strength in adversity as John Oxx returns to form at the Curragh

Sentiment to the fore as trainer scores first Group win in almost three years

JC Rouget planning a French raid on Irish Champions Weekend

Aidan O’Brien’s Intelligence Cross should prove hard to beat at the Curragh on Sunday

British raiders looking to beat favourite Even Song to Irish Oaks

Aidan O’Brien’s star odds-on for Curragh classic with Ajman Princess supplemented

John Oxx looks to continue winning ways with most attention on Affinisea

Sea The Stars sired all four of trainer’s runners at Killarney and Dundalk

Harzand finally delivers Epsom Derby win for Dermot Weld

Jockey Pat Smullen describes momentous victory as his greatest day in racing

Report calls for lifetime bans for doped horses

Anti-Doping Task Force report expected to be released by Horse Racing Ireland on Monday

Golden Horn to be added to Prix de l’Arc line-up

Derby winner will bid to deny Treve an unprecedented treble in Longchamp feature

Four-way tussle for Roscommon novice chase

Sizing Platinum has the edge on The Game Changer

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