Article Category: Sport of Kings

PHILIP BYRNES’S APPEAL

June 27, 2024

HAVING HAD a recent four-day Navan ban for careless riding overturned on appeal, jockey Philip Byrnes again returned to the IHRB to appeal... Read more »

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ABANDONING ADO

June 27, 2024

LUSK TRAINER Ado McGuinness, who has been having a quiet season, delivering a 6% strike rate, was dealt a further blow with the... Read more »

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DENIS HOGAN HITS OUT

June 13, 2024

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, trainer Denis Hogan is no stranger to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) stewards and he made... Read more »

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EOIN O’BRIEN’S DOUBLE TROUBLE

June 13, 2024

ANOTHER POOR reflection on the regulatory standards in Irish racing was evident when the same appeals body subsequently sat to consider the case... Read more »

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KIA’S CHANGING ROSTER

May 30, 2024

OWNED IN partnership by Amo Racing and Giselle De Aguiar, Bucanero Fuerto galloped to success in the Naas Group 3 Goffs Lacken Stakes... Read more »

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MICHAEL H BURKE’S BLOODSTOCK

May 30, 2024

MICHAEL JAMES Burke, son of Chanelle Pharma founder Michael Hilary Burke and brother-in-law of Tony (Sir Anthony) McCoy, has been accused, in an... Read more »

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COOLMORE BOYS’ BLUES

May 16, 2024

BALLYDOYLE’S WONDER horse, City of Troy, went off odds-on favourite for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but failed to justify his starting... Read more »

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AINE O’CONNOR’S WHIP HAND

May 16, 2024

BOOKMAKERS AND punters might have been excused for diving for cover as the wayward Familiar Dreams carted a whipless Aine O’Connor to victory... Read more »

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PADDY BRENNAN’S TIMELY DISMOUNT

May 2, 2024

THE CLUNKILY titled Weatherite Air Conditioning Handicap Chase at Cheltenham will be remembered as the race in which Paddy Brennan brought the curtain... Read more »

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DANIEL O’RAHILLY’S BIG CHEQUE

May 2, 2024

THIS YEAR’S Aintree Grand National winner, I Am Maximus (trained by newly crowned British champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins), and the 2021 winner,... Read more »

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TONY’S FAILED APPEAL

April 18, 2024

THE RECENT overturning by the IHRB appeals panel of the referral committee’s findings on trainer Tony Martin is not the first significant setback... Read more »

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O’BRIEN’S OBSTACLES

April 18, 2024

While trainer Aidan O’Brien supplied three of the five runners in Leopardstown’s Group 3 PW McGrath Ballysax Stakes, it was Adrian Murray who... Read more »

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APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

April 4, 2024

THE REVELATION last month that the IHRB had been described by consultants in 2021 as “not fit for purpose” was dismissed by the... Read more »

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SEAMIE HEFFERNAN DISMOUNTS

April 4, 2024

MEYDAN RACECOURSE Dubai was the location on Saturday afternoon where the spotlight really shone on Rebels Romance. Ballydoyle’s champion, Auguste Rodin, who had... Read more »

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MULLINS’S ROUGH DIAMOND

March 21, 2024

While Patrick Mullins’s victory aboard Jasmine De Vaux provided his father, Willie, with his 100th Cheltenham success, his faith in Ashroe Diamond in... Read more »

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WRECKING BALLS-UP

March 21, 2024

BARRY CONNELL’S short-priced ante-post favourite for Cheltenham’s Arkle Chase, Marine Nationale, was ruled out of Cheltenham following his flop at the Dublin Racing... Read more »

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ANTI-DOPING INITIATIVE

March 21, 2024

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) recently joined forces in an anti-doping initiative. Citing “out-of-competition testing” as a... Read more »

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JP McMANUS’S BAD DREAM

March 7, 2024

BRED BY Brian and Claire Gleeson’s Brucetown Farms and ridden in all his starts by their son, John, A Dream to Share was... Read more »

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CATHAL BEALE’S NEXT MOVE?

March 7, 2024

THE TENURE of Cathal Beale as boss of the Irish National Stud (INS) looks set to end in July this year, having been... Read more »

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DONOHOE’S MITIGATION

February 22, 2024

THE REFERRALS committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), chaired by legal eagle Robert Dore, recently convened to consider matters arising from... Read more »

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MOLONEY’S ADVENTURES

February 22, 2024

AN INCIDENT at Cork racecourse between well-known trainer and breeze-up consignor Thomand O’Mara and IHRB clerk of the course Paul Moloney recently went... Read more »

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RICKY DOYLE’S POST

February 8, 2024

GRAND NATIONAL-winning jockey Ricky Doyle’s X social media profile photo shows him donning the famous green and gold silks of JP McManus. Ricky... Read more »

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KEATLEY’S BUSY AGENDA

February 8, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will recall that popular Curragh trainer Brendan Duke secured a temporary ex-parte injunction against the purchasers of Fenway House in... Read more »

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JUSTICE DELAYED

February 8, 2024

RTÉ BOARD member and barrister Susan Ahern has plenty to keep here busy given events at Montrose. But she still finds time to... Read more »

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PATRICK MULLINS’S INSTRUCTIONS

January 25, 2024

THE SIGHT of Patrick Mullins wagging his finger at cousin Danny Mullins at the end of the Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick last... Read more »

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FINAL FENCE FOR HBL

January 25, 2024

THREE MONTHS after the passing of high-profile Kilkenny bookmaker Triona Harrington, her company, Harrington Bookmakers Ltd (HBL), is being removed from the companies... Read more »

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TONY MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT

January 11, 2024

WHILE TRAINER Tony Martin must have breathed a sigh of relief after avoiding having his licence suspended before Christmas, he has nevertheless lodged... Read more »

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ADVANTAGE MULLINS

December 14, 2023

IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board stewards made a decision at Punchestown that could have ramifications for trainers and jockeys, especially in light of the... Read more »

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CONNELL’S PLAN

December 14, 2023

THE RECENT ‘festivalisation’ of some of the big winter jumps meets has resulted in big crowds and great atmospheres at Irish tracks. Leopardstown... Read more »

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WEXFORD WOES

November 30, 2023

A STANDARD Wexford meeting in November wouldn’t seem like a candidate for too much drama but there was plenty on show between the... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S ENTRIES

November 30, 2023

GORDON ELLIOTT claims he is addicted to training winners and he pulled out all the stops when targeting the €100,000 Troytown Chase at... Read more »

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COOLMORE’S CASH MACHINE

November 15, 2023

AT THIS time of year, all the stallion farms announce their covering fees for the upcoming breeding season, which begins in February, and... Read more »

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EXPENSIVE TRIP FOR HARRINGTON

November 15, 2023

THERE WAS plenty of Irish interest at the Breeders’ Cup in Santa Anita, California, and while most of it centred around Aidan O’Brien... Read more »

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STREWTH!

November 15, 2023

THERE WERE some long faces in the parade ring from team Mullins after Vauban trailed home in 14th place in the Melbourne Cup... Read more »

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COLIN KEANE’S EDGE

November 15, 2023

THERE WEREN’T too many surprises among the names at the top of the tables in the leading flat categories as the season wound... Read more »

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O’LEARY TAKES OFF AGAIN

November 2, 2023

THE 2019 claim by Mick O’Leary that he was winding down his huge string of jumps horses and quitting going racing looks a... Read more »

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