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Updated: 1 year 34 weeks ago
Tue, 25/04/2023 - 01:00
With just three winners from 35 runners, Emmet Mullins has had a relatively tough time in 2023 compared to other years – although, if you ask me, his poor run of form can be mostly put down to bad luck.
Tue, 25/04/2023 - 01:00
Be it bread and butter, Bonnie and Clyde or Mills and Boon, certain things are synonymous with one another and that is definitely the way to view Willie Mullins’ relationship with the Punchestown Festival.
Mon, 24/04/2023 - 22:05
So, this is the beginning of the end of the season. Come Sunday morning, everyone will be back to zero and then we start again on Monday. But there’s plenty to do before the meter is reset.
Mon, 24/04/2023 - 10:17
Australian jockey Dean Holland has died as a result of injuries sustained after falling during a race at the Donald Racecourse in Victoria today Racing Victoria said.
Sun, 23/04/2023 - 02:30
Willie Mullins has been the dominant figure in National Hunt racing circles for some time and that has been accentuated at the Punchestown Festival when the depth of his squad becomes even more significant.
Sat, 22/04/2023 - 16:52
Wales beat Scotland in the Coral Scottish Grand National with last year's runner-up Kitty's Light getting the better of Cooper's Cross in a thrilling encounter.
Sat, 22/04/2023 - 02:30
Hunter S. Thompson once wrote: “One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler, is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.”
Sat, 22/04/2023 - 02:30
The absence of staying king Kyprios until the second half of this season due to injury leaves Aidan O’Brien in a bit of a quandary, so he is on a fact-finding mission at Navan today to source a suitable replacement.
Wed, 19/04/2023 - 17:09
A racecourse bookmaker who claimed that being barred from taking bets indoors in wet weather was “apartheid, Irish style” has been told he is “mistaken” in a discrimination claim against a racecourse trade body.
Wed, 19/04/2023 - 14:58
Jessica Harrington is remaining positive in the face of adversity as she continues to receive treatment for breast cancer.
Wed, 19/04/2023 - 11:35
Filling the shoes of legendary jockey Ruby Walsh was never going to be an easy task, but Paul Townend has done so with aplomb and has earned the highest of praise from his boss Willie Mullins.
Mon, 17/04/2023 - 18:12
The trainer of a horse that died in Saturday's Grand National has blamed animal rights activists and accused them of disrupting the race for publicity purposes.
Mon, 17/04/2023 - 02:30
Saturday’s Grand National was run 30 years after the race was declared void for the one and only time during its history; an unhappy anniversary as it turns out.
Sun, 16/04/2023 - 10:24
Police arrested 118 people at Aintree Racecourse as large numbers of protesters attempted to gain entry to the track – delaying the start of the flagship Grand National.
Sat, 15/04/2023 - 17:21
Corach Rambler gave trainer Lucinda Russell a second victory in the Randox Grand National at Aintree.
Sat, 15/04/2023 - 09:20
THE Aintree Grand National - the world's most famous steeplechase. Forty runners. Thirty fences over a gruelling four-and-a-quarter miles.
Sat, 15/04/2023 - 02:30
The Grand National is a bit like Rome. We don’t love it because it is great, it is great because we love it.
Fri, 14/04/2023 - 18:28
The Grand National (5.15 Aintree, Saturday) is the race that attracts the most each-way bets all year, so before looking at this year’s renewal, let me briefly mention one of last week’s selections, Giulietta, which I tipped each-way in a novice hurdle at Newton Abbot.
Fri, 14/04/2023 - 16:34
Rachael Blackmore steered Inthepocket to a first Grade One success in the Poundland Top Novices' Hurdle at Aintree.
Thu, 13/04/2023 - 16:45
Constitution Hill put the seal on a flawless campaign with a dominant performance in the William Hill Aintree Hurdle.