Strong cross-channel element to weekend Galway festival action

Nicky Henderson makes rare raid on Ballybrit with Theinval

Circus Maximus crowns fine day for Aidan O’Brien at Royal Ascot

Trainer opens account for week with Arizona as number one Ryan Moore returns to form

Cantering at the speed of the economic demand for racehorses

Future Proof: Doyle Bloodstock – Peter, Anna and Ross Doyle

Irish Guineas hero Romanised will have one more race this season

Ken Condon to choose between Prix de La Foret & QEII at Ascot

Billesdon Brook could be aimed at Irish 1,000 Guineas

Hannon’s 66-1 heroine would be fourth horse to complete Newmarket-Curragh double

Patient Levey’s dream comes true with 1,000 Guineas triumph

Jockey who spent nine years at Ballydoyle delivers 66-1 winner Billesdon Brook

Billesdon Brook lands 66-1 surprise in 1000 Guineas

Aidan O’Brien’s Happily finishes third as Richard Hannon’s outsider takes Classic

Churchill among 15 confirmations for York’s Juddmonte Stakes

O’Brien’s 2,000 Guineas hero will be having his first run over ten furlongs

O’Brien’s four big Royal Ascot favourites only 9-1 to win

Order of St George odds on for Gold Cup after French Star Vazirabad’s defection

Jessica Harrington says saddling Royal Ascot winner is her ‘next ambition’

Trainer has exciting two-year-olds in Alpha Centauri and Brother Bear

Harbour Law swoops close home for historic St Leger win

Laura Mongan becomes first woman to train winner of world’s oldest Classic

Ballydoyle set for Champions Weekend bonanza at Curragh

Aidan O’Brien hotly tipped to win all six Group 1 races in Ireland and Britain

Irish Champions Weekend: O’Brien’s power poised to overwhelm rivals

Trainer only 9/1 to win all five Group One races at Leopardstown and Curragh

Aidan O’Brien could run four-strong team in Doncaster St Leger

Idaho is hot favourite for the British classic but could be joined by three stablemates

Genealogist finds Tim Kaine also has Irish roots in Cork

Woman who unveiled Obama’s ancestory finds new link in VP candidate’s family tree

Roly Poly lands Duchess of Cambridge Stakes for Aidan O’Brien

Filly follows up Grangecon Stud Stakes success less than a fortnight ago

Quality field looks assured for lucrative Irish Derby

Officials hoping first five in Epsom Derby could be reunited to clash at the Curragh

British challenger Only Mine springs surprise at Naas

Aidan O’Brien confirms Minding is on course for Oaks at Epsom despite head injury

Jim Bolger’s Moonlight Magic takes Leopardstown Derby Trial

Aidain O’Brien’s Shogun and Idaho follow 6-1 shot home but Derby picture remains fuzzy

All eyes on Tirmizi at Leopardstown

Epsom Derby attention could switch from Aidan O’Brien to Dermot Weld should the Sea The Stars colt oblige

Minding heads 16-strong field for 1000 Guineas

Daughter of Galileo one of three entries for Aidan O’Brien in Newmarket classic

Favourite Air Force Blue one of 17 entries for 2000 Guineas

Aidan O’Brien’s Minding also favourite for the 1000 Guineas At Newmarket on Sunday

Aidan O’Brien targets first flat win in Britain with Coolmore

Ballydoyle handler is second favourite to win flat trainers championship in Britain

Dermot Weld scores at Leopardstown with Harzand

Jet Setting beats Aidan O’Brien’s Alice Springs to 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes

Storm The Stars to round off long hard year with tilt at St Leger

William Haggas colt makes ninth appearance of campaign in season’s final classic

Muthmir wins Qatar King George Stakes at Goodwood

‘He’s fast and they went very fast — he’s got a turn of foot’ - William Haggas

Big Orange sees off opposition in three-way finish to Qatar Goodwood Cup

Quest for More and Trip To Paris follow in four-year-old’s wake

Richard Hughes can ‘retire a happy man’ after Goodwood win

Champion jockey guides Gibeon to tight triumph over Keble in opening race

Barry Geraghty hoping to make debut for JP McManus this weekend

New retained jockey to leading owner recovering from a kidney stone operation

Ryan Moore sets new record with ninth Royal Ascot winner

Jockey brings home Aidan O’Brien’s Aloft to win Queen’s Vase

Free Eagle to spread wings in Prince of Wales’s Stakes

Dermot Weld-trained star fancied to prevail against stellar field in Ascot feature

Gleneagles poised to join elite club if he wins St James’s Palace Stakes

Dual-Guineas hero can emulate Rock of Gibraltar and Henrythenavigator’s successes

Qatar sign up for biggest sponsorship deal in British racing history

Qatar will pump in £50 million (€69m) in prize money in deal lasting until 2024

Anthem Alexander makes impressive winning return to action at Naas

Filly now as low as 8-1 for inaugural running of Commonwealth Cup

Gleneagles ready to soar for O’Brien

Colt is prohibitive 1/3 to chalk up trainer’s 10th Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas win

Gleneagles gives Aidan O’Brien seventh 2000 Guineas win

Jamie Moore partners 4-1 favourite to a convincing win at Newmarket

Richard Hughes to retire after Flat season to become a trainer

Irish-born jockey has won British Flat title for last three years

Clonard Street set to bid for Criterium De Saint-Cloud

JP McManus and trainer Tony Martin target Group One glory in France

Aidan O’Brien enters six into Racing Post Trophy

Ballydoyle handler has won the Doncaster Group One on seven occasions

Charm Spirit bridges 21-year gap for French at Ascot

Olivier Peslier managed to find a gap had enough in hand to hold off Night Of Thunder

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