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12 hours 29 min ago
The Clarence House Chase lived up to expectations as a soaring spectacular, but it was First Flow and David Bass who put the fizz into the Grade 1 at Ascot to leave the big three in his wake.
12 hours 29 min ago
The Viking Hoard doping case is shocking. Shocking because you don't normally see plots like this exposed in such detail, because of the crudity of the methods involved and above all because the doper had absolutely no concern for the health of either the horse or jockey, Kevin Brouder.
12 hours 29 min ago
It's six weeks since Jim Bolger declared drugs to be Irish racing's number one problem. He doesn't believe there's a level playing field. These are incendiary statements from one of the sport's grandees and should shake racing to its foundations. One of the greatest trainers in the history of the sport here believes drug cheats are getting away with it.
Sat, 23/01/2021 - 02:30
It's a fair statement of the extraordinary strength in depth which 14-time Irish champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins possesses that none of his four contenders for the Grade Two Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase (2.0) at Thurles tomorrow can be easily dismissed.
Sat, 23/01/2021 - 02:30
The late, great American trainer Bobby Frankel once said that "you get a horse ready for a race and they start coughing, they bleed, they lose a shoe. The public don't know that, they only lose their money, not their minds."
Fri, 22/01/2021 - 19:28
Trainer Charles Byrnes has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to suspend his licence for six months and fine him €1,000 after one of his horses tested positive for a banned substance.
Fri, 22/01/2021 - 16:25
WILLIE MULLINS has hailed the "instinct" which his nephew David possessed in the saddle after the Grand National-winning rider surprisingly called time on his career as a jockey aged just 24.
Thu, 21/01/2021 - 20:53
Aidan O'Brien was given a £4,000 fine following a hearing into the confusion which surrounded his runners in last year's bet365 Fillies' Mile.
Thu, 21/01/2021 - 02:30
David Mullins has shocked the racing world after the Grand National-winning jockey called time on his riding career at the age of just 24.
Thu, 21/01/2021 - 02:30
Ted Walsh is adamant that horse racing is no different to any other aspect of life when it comes to rule-breakers, with the legendary trainer insisting that "there's plenty being done" to preserve Irish racing's integrity.
Wed, 20/01/2021 - 22:06
David Mullins has shocked the racing world after the Grand National-winning jockey called time on his riding career at the age of just 24.
Wed, 20/01/2021 - 02:30
Even the dogs in the street know there are a variety of significant threats to the integrity of Irish racing. Many of them were laid bare in the high-profile case of Viking Hoard and Charles Byrnes.
Tue, 19/01/2021 - 17:17
Irish racing has been rocked after Charles Byrnes had his training licence removed for six months by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) after a runner saddled by the Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer was found to have been "nobbled" at Tramore in 2018.
Tue, 19/01/2021 - 12:29
Trainer Charles Byrnes has had his licence suspended for six months by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board after one of his horses tested positive for a banned substance.
Tue, 19/01/2021 - 02:30
The biggest day in Gowran Park's calendar will be a little different on Thursday week with no punters in attendance for the Goffs Thyestes Chase, but there's a familiar theme as Willie Mullins sends an eight-strong squad in search of a big-race hat-trick.
Tue, 19/01/2021 - 02:30
He was surrounded by jump racing royalty in the shape of Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott, Henry de Bromhead and Joseph O'Brien, but that didn't stop Ronan McNally proving that he is 'Dreal Deal' once again at Punchestown on Sunday.
Mon, 18/01/2021 - 02:30
Willie Mullins was out of luck in his Market Rasen raid on Saturday when Grangee (7/4) could only manage third in the Listed mares' bumper behind Pam Sly's impressive winner Eileendover (11/8 favourite).
Mon, 18/01/2021 - 02:30
Benjamin Franklin famously proclaimed that "nothing is certain except death and taxes", but victory for Envoi Allen (1/2 favourite) is another one of life's guarantees at present as Gordon Elliott's brilliant seven-year-old stretched his unbeaten streak to 12 victories.
Mon, 18/01/2021 - 02:30
Daly Tiger (20/1) "put a line through his last run" when roaring to success in the €75,000 Dan & Joan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse on Saturday.
Sun, 17/01/2021 - 18:00
Envoi Allen continued his unbeaten march to his third Cheltenham Festival as he posted his 11th successive rules victory in the Sky Bet Killiney Novice Chase at Punchestown.