Home › Feed aggregator › Sources ›

Horse Racing News

Syndicate content
Independent.ie - Horse Racing RSS Feed
URL: https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/
Updated: 31 min 3 sec ago

Doctor Bravo can deliver the goods

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 02:30
TUESDAY
Categories: Horse Racing News

‘I’ve been dreaming of this my whole life. Every kid watching Cheltenham on TV wants to go,’ says jockey Jody Townend

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

‘Percy’ primed for first win over fences for Henry de Bromhead

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Salsada looks to have tasty value in the Imperial Cup at Sandown for Brian Ellison

Sat, 11/03/2023 - 02:30
This column suffered a poor run of form lately, where decent-priced winners were hard to come by.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Mixed fortunes on weather front for UK race meetings

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

‘Ha’ can have last laugh while Elliott eyes Dubai sprint contest

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Lee’s ‘Lion’ can roar to success in Kelso contest

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Businessman John Reddington, who cheated death falling from his horse, hopes to ride at Cheltenham at the age of 50

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Jack Kennedy ruled out of Cheltenham with Davy Russell primed to lead Gordon Elliott’s Festival team

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Flooring Porter ‘on target’ for Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle hat-trick bid

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

'We mightn’t have enough jockeys to ride in the English National' – Gordon Elliott slams controversial UK whip rules

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Jack Kennedy still '50-50' to make Cheltenham as he learns his Festival fate this week

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Photos, a video and a chronically lame horse: Why do the IHRB appear to be applying rules differently?

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Kemboy to show class and end long losing run at Fairyhouse

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Former jockey Robbie Power blasts BHA over ‘ridiculous’ timing of new whip rules ahead of Cheltenham

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

20 riding suspensions incurred during first week of new whip rules

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Delta Work is main fancy in Gordon Elliott’s attempt at fourth Aintree Grand National victory

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Ted Walsh left ‘absolutely shocked’ as Any Second Now given joint top weight for Aintree 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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Cheltenham contender Brandy Love back in action for Willie Mullins at Punchestown

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News

Rachael Blackmore hails Minella Times after Aintree Grand National history-maker is retired following setback

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.
Categories: Horse Racing News