Curragh’s new chief emphasises need for local backing

Future success hinges on venue being ‘racecourse of the community’, says Pat Keogh

Colin Keane has potential first classic victory in his sights on Oaks ‘spare’

Eight Irish Oaks winners in last decade have been trained overseas

Pat Smullen: ‘The hope is to ride again. I’d love to do that’

Former champion jockey now on the road to recovery after cancer treatment

Frankie Dettori will ride Hazapour in Investec Derby

Hazapour is a general 14-1 shot for racing’s ‘Blue Riband’ won by Dermot Weld in 2016

Davy Russell shows no signs of stopping as golden run continues

Irish jockey claimed his first Grand National after a difficult few months off the track

Weld adopts ‘best available’ policy in Smullen’s enforced absence

Aidan O’Brien saddles seven on prestigious Dubai World Cup card

Pat Smullen ‘fully focused’ on recovery after tumour diagnosis

‘A tumour was discovered and consequently I won’t be riding for the foreseeable future’

On The Go Again justifies Irish Lincolnshire favouritism

Gordon Elliott sets new record of 194 winners for Irish jumps campaign

New champion jockey Colin Keane reaches 100 winners at Naas

New champion rides double on final day of the flat season

Our Duke returns to action in first Grade One of season at Down Royal

Michael O’Leary chasing five-in-a-row in steeplechase feature with four of eight runners

Colin Keane wraps up first Flat jockeys’ title with Dundalk win

‘It was a big team effort and, to be honest, I’m glad it’s over’

Aidan O’Brien prepares biggest Breeders Cup team for Del Mar

Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown Stud aiming for five in a row in Grade One at Down Royal

Elliott turns to Joel Rosario for Beckford’s Breeders’ Cup attempt

Kentucky Derby winning jockey has won five Breeders’ Cup races and Dubai World Cup

New Irish horse racing regulatory board to start in 2018

Derby winner Pádraig Beggy can land Eyrefield Stakes on Flag Of Honour

Keane can secure potentially decisive edge over Smullen at Fairyhouse

Title challenger is 2-9 favourite to lift title with less than two weeks to end of season

Smullen narrows championship gap to four after Leopardstown success

Contingent forecast to be classic contender for 2018 after impressive debut

Keane surges into control in the jockeys’ championship race

Last-gasp victory on Elegant Pose helps young jockey complete a Naas hat-trick

O’Brien’s Group One record quest spans the globe this weekend

Idaho and Rain Goddess line up for champion trainer in Canada on Sunday

Weld reckons Keane holds the edge in jockeys’ title race

‘I don’t have a huge supply for Pat [Smullen] and I imagine he may find it difficult’

Colin Keane edges one ahead of Pat Smullen in jockeys’ title race

Total Recall lands Munster National in a canter for Willie Mullins

Pat Smullen interrupts championship battle to ride Zhukova in New York

English raider Nietzsche can go close in Irish Cesarewitch at Navan

Aidan O’Brien odds-on to reach 30 Group One winners in 2017

Roly Poly is set to tackle Saturday’s Sun Chariot at Newmarket as second favourite

The Grey Gatsby seeks first win in New York in three years

Balko De Flos and Shaneshill clash again at Gowran in Saturday’s Champion Chase

Aidan O’Brien’s five-strong team set to take on Enable in Arc

Ryan Moore booked to ride Winter in prestigious annual highlight at Chantilly

Weld could run Zhukova and ‘Gatsby’ in Turf Classic at Belmont

Zhukova has alternative Flower Bowl option the following weekend

O’Brien indicates Winter right in Arc mix if ground conditions dry

Saxon Warrior the new Derby favourite after impressive Beresford Stakes victory

Churchill difficult to oppose in Irish Champion Stakes

Aidan O’Brien 4-1 to record a Group One five-timer on ‘Irish Champions Weekend’

Odds cut on O’Brien delivering clean sweep in ‘Champions Weekend’

Churchill odds-on for Irish Champion Stakes; O’Brien is 25-1 to win all Group One races

O’Brien odds on to bridge six year gap in Irish Champion Stakes

Pat Smullen v Colin Keane jockey championship tussle moves to Bellewstown

Max Dynamite primed to get back to winning ways

Willie Mullins secures a good opportunity at Killarney for ex-Melbourne Cup winner

Jockeys’ body wants review of ‘non-trier’ rule introduced in January

Pat Smullen aiming to close gap on leader Colin Keane in race for jockeys’ title

Curragh on course to host Irish Derby again next year

Busy Bank Holiday schedule for Pat Smullen at headquarters

Barry Geraghty lands first Galway Hurdle on Tigris River

Joseph O’Brien followed in the footsteps of his father who won the race 20 years ago

Galway Races: Swamp Fox on track to join exclusive company

Only four horses have won big opening day amateur prize and ‘Ladies Day’ highlight

Gold Spinner can maintain Colin Keane’s surge to the top

Trainer Ger Lyons says he will back Meath jockey’s title bid ‘a million per cent’

De Sousa to partner Eminent at Sandown

Only Barney Roy and Cliffs Of Moher are ahead of the Frankel colt in the betting

Capri secures 12th Irish Derby success for Aidan O’Brien

John Magnier defends decision to keep the premier home Classic at the Curragh

Public deemed surplus to requirements at this Irish Derby

Cracksman can clip Wings of Eagles and get best of tripartite international contest

Epsom hero Wings Of Eagles faces eight rivals in Irish Derby

Derby winner will line up against John Gosden’s raider Cracksman at the Curragh

Andre Fabre targeting Irish Derby glory with Waldgeist

Renowned French trainer seeking a third win in Irish classic at the Curragh

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