Article Category: Sport of Kings

CONDON APPEAL FAILS

October 3, 2019

Curragh trainer Ken Condon has experienced the dizzying highs of racing with his stable star, Romanised, and the Classic-winning colt has certainly delivered... Read more »

SUPREME OR NOT SUPREME

October 3, 2019

The highly successful syndicate racing club Supreme Racing has been the victim of a vengeful doppelganger, who has set up an imitation Twitter... Read more »

GOUGH’S QUEST CONTINUES

October 3, 2019

The ongoing saga involving Jimmy Gough and the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO) is the gift that keeps on giving and it seems... Read more »

JP’S POOR PUNT

September 5, 2019

WHEN COOLMORE wonder sire Galileo began his 2014 covering season, his list of mares would have resembled a who’s who of the racing... Read more »

DENIS HOGAN’S TOUGH BREAK

September 5, 2019

THE UPWARDLY mobile Tipperary trainer Denis Hogan has become the first trainer for many years to have a horse disqualified due to anabolic... Read more »

AND THEY’RE OFF… ALREADY?

September 5, 2019

AFTER AN unexplained weighing scales incident in early August, which saw the winner of a race disqualified over a matter of ounces, Sligo... Read more »

ELLIOTT’S TICKING CLOCK

September 5, 2019

IT IS that time of year when the Gordon Elliott versus Willie Mullins narrative starts to get an airing. Time could be running... Read more »

BARRY CONNELL’S NEW ROLE

August 22, 2019

BARRY CONNELL has decided to take matters into his own hands and take out a training licence. The former stockbroker has tried his... Read more »

HERE COMES ANOTHER O’BRIEN

August 8, 2019

AS If Irish trainers hadn’t enough on their plates competing with the might of both Aidan and Joseph O’Brien on a weekly basis,... Read more »

CRISTINA PATINO’S WINNING STRATEGY

July 25, 2019

FANS OF Goldhawk may not have been too surprised by the debut victory of the Ger Lyons-trained Brunelle in a maiden at Leopardstown... Read more »

RICH GETTING RICHER

July 25, 2019

FLAMBOYANT OWNER Rich Ricci had an up-and-down year last year and there were times when people were predicting his days as a free-spending... Read more »

VINDICATION FOR BEEBY

July 25, 2019

GOFFS CHIEF executive Henry Beeby has finally managed to dispense with online pest Jim Carney, but he had to head to the High... Read more »

O’LEARY’S FLAT AMBITIONS

July 11, 2019

WHILE MONEYBAGS Mick O’Leary begins winding down his extensive portfolio of national hunt horses, he is taking the opposite approach to his nascent... Read more »

SOVEREIGN’S COOLMORE SETBACK

July 11, 2019

THERE WAS some top notch racing over Derby weekend at the Curragh, but what to make of the Derby result? While observers might... Read more »

MORE HEAVY GOING FOR JOOSTE

July 11, 2019

FORMER COOLMORE bedfellow Markus Jooste is being pursued in the South African courts by his former employer, Steinhoff International, for almost £50m. Jooste... Read more »

GIGGINSTOWN WHO?

June 27, 2019

THE FIRST barometer of how the national hunt sales market is to cope with life after Gigginstown House Stud was measured at Henry... Read more »

KEEPING TABS ON BYRNES

June 27, 2019

CHARLES BYRNES showed recently that he hadn’t lost the Midas touch when it comes to pulling off a gamble, with his Mr Smith... Read more »

RONAN WHELAN’S WHIP

June 27, 2019

THE LATEST high-profile jockey to fall foul of the new whip rules is Ronan Whelan after three consecutive breaches led to a referral... Read more »

HANNON’S VACCINE PROBLEM

June 27, 2019

LEADING UK trainer Richard Hannon felt the full wrath of the stringent Irish passport and vaccination regulations recently. Hannon sent two runners over... Read more »

ALEXANDER’S ASSETS

June 12, 2019

IT’S LITTLE wonder that Kenny Alexander, the chief executive of GVC Holdings, has been happy to splash the cash over the last 18... Read more »

MICHAEL O’FLYNN’S COOLMORE CONNECTION

June 12, 2019

AN INTERESTING ownership alliance has emerged involving a little-known horse named Piece of Paradise. The two-year-old filly was bred by property developer Michael... Read more »

LYNN HILLYER’S CONCERNS

June 12, 2019

DESPITE INCREASED penalties, random stable inspections, educational seminars and more frequent out-of-competition testing, Irish racing still has a major issue on its hands... Read more »

OXX EXPERIMENT FAILS TO DELIVER

June 12, 2019

BIG THINGS were expected this season when John Oxx and Patrick Prendergast combined their racing strings, which gave a much-needed shot in the... Read more »

GOOD NEWS FOR HENRY BEEBY

May 29, 2019

NOEL HAYES must be one of the luckiest owners in the game and has struck gold again through his Sunday Racing Club with... Read more »

CURRAGH GOLD CUP LOSING ITS GLITTER

May 29, 2019

WITH THREE Group 1 races on the card, the Irish Guineas Festival is of the highest class, but the newly refurbished Curragh is... Read more »

LUKE COMER CASHES IN

May 29, 2019

MONEYBAGS Luke Comer enjoyed probably his finest moment as a trainer when Raa Atoll pulled off a well-executed plan in winning a Group... Read more »