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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 02:30
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Sat, 11/03/2023 - 02:30
“It was quite a big knock-out,” is how jockey Jody Townend describes the horrific fall in 2018 in which she broke her back and endured nine months away from what she loves to do best.
Sat, 11/03/2023 - 02:30
We’ve a few decent races in Ireland this weekend before the big guns are sent across the water to the Cheltenham Festival.
Sat, 11/03/2023 - 02:30
This column suffered a poor run of form lately, where decent-priced winners were hard to come by.
Wed, 08/03/2023 - 10:45
Freezing temperatures overnight forced Catterick officials to abandon Wednesday's card but there was better news for Fontwell, Lingfield, and eventually, Kempton.
Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:30
Goedon Elliott will be gunning for glory at the Cheltenham Festival in the coming weeks, but the Meath trainer will spend this weekend in Dubai as he eyes a piece of the sizeable Meydan pie.
Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:30
It seems bizarre in today’s modern world, but until the 1960s, women were not allowed to train racehorses, at least officially.
Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:30
There’s more than one kind of fairytale at Cheltenham – and it doesn’t get any better than an Irish jockey making his debut at the grand age of half-a-century.
Fri, 03/03/2023 - 13:28
Injury has ruled Jack Kennedy out of this year's Cheltenham Festival after the Kerry jockey lost his race against time to be fit for the Cotswolds.
Tue, 28/02/2023 - 18:12
Flooring Porter is "on target" for a Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle hat-trick bid, according to trainer Gavin Cromwell.
Mon, 27/02/2023 - 14:58
Gordon Elliott reckons that “we mightn’t have enough jockeys to ride in the English National" in the wake of the "scary" whip rules which came into effect in England earlier this month.
Mon, 27/02/2023 - 13:47
Jack Kennedy is still "50-50" to make next month's Cheltenham Festival with trainer Gordon Elliott still unsure of what riders he will have available to him at the Cotswolds.
Sun, 26/02/2023 - 02:30
The meeting (Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine) lasts over three hours. I’m the only person in the room who can’t ask a question and watch from the gallery with a growing sense of frustration.
Sat, 25/02/2023 - 02:30
It is very rare that a field resembling the class of the Tote Fantasy Bobbyjo Chase (3.55) goes to post on these shores, let alone in a Grade Three, but that’s the case at Fairyhouse today.
Fri, 24/02/2023 - 20:24
Robbie Power has blasted the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) for the "ridiculous" timing of their controversial new whip rules on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival.
Wed, 22/02/2023 - 12:32
A total of 20 riding suspensions were incurred during the first week under the British Horseracing Authority's revised whip regulations, with one serious breach resulting in disqualification.
Tue, 21/02/2023 - 15:02
Delta Work - the horse who foiled Tiger Roll's fairytale farewell at Cheltenham last season - appears to be Gordon Elliott's main fancy as the trainer seeks a fourth success in the Randox Grand National.
Tue, 21/02/2023 - 15:00
Trainer Ted Walsh was left "absolutely shocked" after Any Second Now was given joint top-weight for this year's Randox Grand National.
Tue, 21/02/2023 - 13:02
Leading Cheltenham Festival contender Brandy Love will return from 10 months off the track in the Quevega Mares Hurdle at Punchestown on Wednesday.
Tue, 21/02/2023 - 10:57
Minella Times, the horse Rachael Blackmore created history with when becoming the first woman to ride the winner of the Aintree Grand National, has been retired following a setback.