Article Category: Sport of Kings

PAUL BYRNE’S PALE BLUE

May 7, 2026

LAST MONTH, in a Racing Post interview conducted by David Jennings, it was pointed out by Emmet Mullins: “We both get a good... Read more »

COMING FOR COMER

April 23, 2026

HAVING INITIATED legal proceedings against billionaire Monaco resident Luke Comer, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has now taken the next legal step... Read more »

DOWN AND OUT IN DUBAI

April 9, 2026

NOT A great outing for the boys in green last week at the Dubai World Cup meet, which proved about as unrewarding as... Read more »

SOFTLY DOES IT

March 26, 2026

JP McMANUS and Willie Mullins were both highly critical about ground conditions at the recent Cheltenham festival. The apparent lack of watering prompted... Read more »

MULLINS V SKELTON

March 26, 2026

WHILE TOP trainer Willie Mullins had another excellent Cheltenham, he somehow still ended the week trailing Dan Skelton in the British National Hunt... Read more »

CONNELL’S HUMBLE PIE

March 12, 2026

BARRY CONNELL, the ever-bullish stockbroker-turned-racehorse trainer, has been enjoying a diet of humble pie recently. Having seen his stable star, Marine Nationale, narrowly... Read more »

BRAMLEY’S HOT TRANSFERS

February 26, 2026

PATRICK MULLINS recently returned to Fakenham, the scene of his two January long odds-on flops, to partner the Faye Bramley-trained Stattler in the... Read more »

KEATLEY’S NEAR MISS

February 26, 2026

CLASSIC WINNING trainer Adrian Keatley narrowly failed in his recent attempt to set the outright modern-day record for nine consecutive handicap wins with... Read more »

CLEARING THE BYRNES BOYS

February 12, 2026

IT IS unclear if there are any real winners from last week’s ruling of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s (IHRB) referrals committee on... Read more »

TARGETING COBDEN

January 29, 2026

HARRY COBDEN, the newly retained jockey for JP McManus, had an inauspicious beginning to the new partnership when he missed out through injury... Read more »

TALK THE PR TALK

January 15, 2026

THE MUCH-HYPED Talk The Talk, owned by Isaac Souede and Simon Munir, has been the subject of chat and PR bluster since his... Read more »

DONNELLYS’ HOLLOW SEASON

December 11, 2025

LOADED OWNERS Joe and Marie Donnelly watched on last season as their horses suffered numerous setbacks and some bad luck. Now their focus... Read more »

SKELTON’S SQUAD DEPTH

November 27, 2025

THE PURSUIT by Willie Mullins of a third straight UK National Hunt Trainers Championship is being met with stern opposition from Dan Skelton,... Read more »

BYRNES’S ‘PORSCHE’ GAMBLE

November 27, 2025

CHARLES BYRNES is no stranger to making racing headlines and did so again when landing another sizeable gamble at Dundalk earlier this month.... Read more »

RICHARD FAHEY’S SHOCK GLORY

October 30, 2025

YORKSHIRE-BASED Richard Fahey caused the biggest shock in European Group 1 history when his 200/1 outsider, Powerful Glory, powered home under Jamie Spencer... Read more »

JP McMANUS’S COMPO

October 16, 2025

JP McMANUS and veteran light-weight jockey Niall McCullagh recently teamed up to land quite a punt in the valuable Friends of the Curragh... Read more »

MULRYAN’S FORM

October 16, 2025

BIG-SPENDING racehorse owner Sean Mulryan also happens to be a minted property developer and he recently landed the Freedom of the City of... Read more »

INTERVIEW WITH THE JOCKEY

October 2, 2025

THREE JOCKEYS – Ben Harvey, Alex Harvey and Tom Harney – were each fined €400 by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s (IHRB) referrals... Read more »