Article Category: Sport of Kings

McNAMARA’S PAPER PROBLEM

November 30, 2017

FANS OF Goldhawk will know of the Turf Club’s handy earner of fining trainers U350 for administrative infringements on recording of vaccinations in... Read more »

DRUG TALK

November 30, 2017

IRISH Grand National winning jockey Ger Fox recently took up the position of assistant trainer to Gavin Cromwell and Goldhawk wonders if the... Read more »

ELLIOTT OUTPACES MULLINS

November 2, 2017

WILLIE MULLINS is going through a rare quiet spell at the moment and his chief rival, Gordon Elliott, is certainly taking full advantage... Read more »

BRENDAN DUKE’S BAD NEWS

November 2, 2017

AFTER a few turbulent years, things had been going swimmingly in recent months for Curragh trainer Brendan Duke but all of sudden he... Read more »

Sean Mulryan’s partner

November 2, 2017

AS SEAN MULRYAN gradually increases his re-involvement in racing, it is interesting to note that he is helping to boost Horse Racing Ireland’s... Read more »

FRANCES CROWLEY’S COMEBACK

October 19, 2017

WITH AIDAN O’Brien and his son, Joseph, winning more than their fair share these days, it looks like another branch of the clan... Read more »

DE BROMHEAD’S BOO BOO

October 19, 2017

HENRY DE BROMHEAD runs a tight ship and is one of the most respected trainers in the country. However, even the best are... Read more »

GOOD NEWS FOR THE COOPERS

October 19, 2017

BRYAN COOPER has wasted little time in establishing links with other powerful owners, following his Gigginstown demotion. The news of his alliance with... Read more »

AL THANI’S SHAKEUP

October 19, 2017

QATAR’S SHEIKH Fahad Al Thani is shaking up his racing operation in Ireland, with a few of his horses moving yards in the... Read more »

ANYONE FOR RACING?

October 5, 2017

WITH THE emphasis these days on the efforts of Brian Kavanagh et al at Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and racecourse managements around the... Read more »

MICHAEL O’HAGAN’S RETURN

October 5, 2017

MICHAEL O’Hagan was back in the limelight recently, making a splash at Tattersalls Ireland’s Yearling Sale when he purchased the top lot for... Read more »

MULLINS MAKES HAY

October 5, 2017

SPARE A thought for Harry Kelly and Philip Rothwell, who are the latest trainers to fall victim to the particular skills of Willie... Read more »

More millions for Ballylinch’s John Malone

October 5, 2017

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, the decade-long standoff between the two superpowers, Coolmore and Godolphin, looks like ancient history and, as predicted,... Read more »

CURRAGH DEBATE KEEPS RUMBLING

September 21, 2017

FOR A media savvy, ex-RTÉ employee Jonathan Mullin has certainly made a quiet start to his new role as Director of Communications and... Read more »

PEACE IN OUR TIME?

September 21, 2017

THE TRADE embargo between Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin racing stable and Coolmore appears well and truly put to bed and it seems the removal... Read more »

KEVIN BLAKE’S NEW ROLE

September 21, 2017

PROFESSIONAL punter, author, journalist and general racing pundit Kevin Blake may have to scale back on his At The Races TV appearances now... Read more »

O’LEARY THE TOP SELLER

September 21, 2017

MICHAEL O’LEARY’s Gigginstown House Stud is no stranger to making headlines at bloodstock auctions by splashing out on the top lots but the... Read more »

SEAN MULRYAN’S SECOND ROUND

September 7, 2017

SEAN MULRYAN’S tentative move back into racehorse ownership has got off to a positive start. His City Ballerina, which runs in the colours... Read more »

BALLYDOYLE’S TROJAN WORKERS

September 7, 2017

WITH ALL the media focus on those overworked hapless grooms in Ballydoyle, it is perhaps surprising that nobody has mentioned any of the... Read more »

BRYAN COOPER’S DILEMMA

September 7, 2017

BRYAN COOPER is experiencing a bad run of luck that has seen him struggling badly to pick up rides. Will he cross the... Read more »

SEAN DOYLE’S BIG SPENDING

September 7, 2017

WEXFORD TRAINER Sean “Farmer” Doyle is back in the crosshairs of the Turf Club team of inspectors following a routine inspection carried out... Read more »

Conor O’Dwyer’s Comeback

August 24, 2017

Conor O’Dwyer CONOR O’DWYER’S training career is clearly experiencing a renaissance this summer as the Curragh-based handler enjoys the most productive spell of... Read more »

O’Brien Jnr Targets Title

August 24, 2017

Joseph O’Brien LAST YEAR’S race for the title of champion jumps trainer proved riveting and went down to the very last day of... Read more »

Beckford’s Near Miss

August 24, 2017

GORDON ELLIOTT and his team came agonisingly close to gaining a brilliant Group 1 win at the Curragh recently, when Beckford just failed... Read more »

OSBORNE MAKES HIS MARK

August 10, 2017

Joe Osborne JOE OSBORNE has wasted little time in making his presence felt in his new role as chief executive of Sheikh Mohammed... Read more »

CHOOSY RUBY

August 10, 2017

Ruby Walsh JOCKEY EXTRAORDINAIRE Ruby Walsh has become highly selective when choosing his mounts these days and it may be a hint that... Read more »

Legal Jockeying

August 10, 2017

Brian Kavanagh INTERESTING to see proceedings being lodged in the High Court by one Andrew Thornton against Fairyhouse racecourse and its owner, Brian... Read more »

JUSTICE FOR BROOKHOUSE

August 10, 2017

Roger Brookhouse WHEN UK-based owner Roger Brookhouse lodged an appeal with the Turf Club over its decision to void the race in Killarney... Read more »

HOGAN’S WISHFUL WINNINGS

July 27, 2017

Denis Hogan THE APPEALS and Referrals division of the Turf Club has had a busy month as the robustness of rule 212 has... Read more »

RONNIE WOODS’S NEXT HIT?

July 27, 2017

ALL ROADS lead to Ballybrit this week as the seven-day bonanza for the Galway Races. It will be interesting to see how Dermot... Read more »

DRAMA AT KILLARNEY

July 27, 2017

Henry de Bromhead KILLARNEY’S summer festival provided its share of drama, with the penultimate race declared void after Stars Over The Sea was... Read more »

EVEREST TOO STEEP FOR ‘CARAVAGGIO’?

July 27, 2017

Caravaggio JOHN MAGNIER has gone on public record over Coolmore’s great white hope, Caravaggio, potentially serving as a much needed breeding outcross to... Read more »