Article Category: Sport of Kings

CHELTENHAM’S GREEN GLOSS

March 8, 2018
IRISH PUNTERS will flock to Cheltenham this year high on confidence following last year’s... Read more »

AFTER AT THE RACES

February 22, 2018
THE FALLOUT following the recent shock news that At The Races will cease to... Read more »

BRYAN COOPER’S RARE RIDES

February 22, 2018
BRYAN COOPER’S latest retainer looks to have come to an end after a very... Read more »

DENIS EGAN’S LATE LATE SHOW

February 22, 2018
THE ACTING stewards at the Dublin Racing Festival came in for quite a bit... Read more »

JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S MOOLAH

February 8, 2018
SPARE A thought for the hard-up Joseph O’Brien who got fined “half a week’s... Read more »

HARD GOING AT GOWRAN

February 8, 2018
UK-BASED teenage prodigy James Bowen didn’t cover himself in glory on his first trip... Read more »

KAVANAGH’S PR EXERCISE

February 8, 2018
THE CHIEF executive of Horse Racing Ireland, Brian Kavanagh, took the opportunity to build... Read more »

AL SHAQAB’S NEXT MOVE?

February 8, 2018
FRANKIE DETTORI has had his wings clipped slightly by his retained stable, Al Shaqab... Read more »

MULLINS RUNNING OUT OF TRACK

January 25, 2018
WILLIE MULLINS finds himself in a tricky situation at the moment regarding the defence... Read more »

DONNACHA O’BRIEN’S HEAVY GOING

January 25, 2018
IT WOULD appear jockey Donnacha O’Brien is beginning to lose his battle with the... Read more »

FOGGY STYLE

January 25, 2018
IT APPEARED fairly straightforward that when Devine Star got lost in the fog at... Read more »

HUGHIE MORRISON’S SOFT HANDLING

January 25, 2018
HORSERACING’S ongoing efforts to portray the sport’s clean image and to maintain a zero... Read more »

BIG MONEY MISTAKES

January 11, 2018
GIVEN THE eye-watering sums being lashed out at auction houses in Ireland and England... Read more »

BAD NEWS FOR THE DOYLE BOYS

January 11, 2018
THE PUBLIC fall from grace of South African business tycoon Markus Jooste was bad... Read more »

SHORT ODDS AT THE TOTE

January 11, 2018
WHEN Killahara Castle popped up at 200/1 in a mares hurdle at Thurles before... Read more »

RICCI’S LEOPARDSTOWN WOES

January 11, 2018
LEOPARDSTOWN’S 2017 Christmas Festival will be remembered for many of the wrong reasons. The... Read more »

FINING MICHAEL WINTERS

December 14, 2017
WHEN THE Michael Winters trained Churchtown Glen ran at Cork last month, finishing a... Read more »

REPLACING LEXUS?

December 14, 2017
WITH THE Leopardstown Christmas Festival on the horizon, it is disappointing to learn that... Read more »

DUKE LOSES OUT

December 14, 2017
HAVING ENDURED a frustrating end to the flat season as he waved goodbye to... Read more »

DECLAN McDONAGH DOWNSIZED

November 30, 2017
JOHN OXX’S decision not to retain a jockey for next season has left Declan... Read more »

PUNTERS GET BURNED

November 30, 2017
ANTE-POST punters with an eye on the November Cheltenham meeting are unlikely to be... Read more »

McNAMARA’S PAPER PROBLEM

November 30, 2017
FANS OF Goldhawk will know of the Turf Club’s handy earner of fining trainers... Read more »

DRUG TALK

November 30, 2017
IRISH Grand National winning jockey Ger Fox recently took up the position of assistant... Read more »

ELLIOTT OUTPACES MULLINS

November 2, 2017
WILLIE MULLINS is going through a rare quiet spell at the moment and his... Read more »

BRENDAN DUKE’S BAD NEWS

November 2, 2017
AFTER a few turbulent years, things had been going swimmingly in recent months for... Read more »

Sean Mulryan’s partner

November 2, 2017
AS SEAN MULRYAN gradually increases his re-involvement in racing, it is interesting to note... Read more »

FRANCES CROWLEY’S COMEBACK

October 19, 2017
WITH AIDAN O’Brien and his son, Joseph, winning more than their fair share these... Read more »

DE BROMHEAD’S BOO BOO

October 19, 2017
HENRY DE BROMHEAD runs a tight ship and is one of the most respected... Read more »

GOOD NEWS FOR THE COOPERS

October 19, 2017
BRYAN COOPER has wasted little time in establishing links with other powerful owners, following... Read more »

AL THANI’S SHAKEUP

October 19, 2017
QATAR’S SHEIKH Fahad Al Thani is shaking up his racing operation in Ireland, with... Read more »

ANYONE FOR RACING?

October 5, 2017
WITH THE emphasis these days on the efforts of Brian Kavanagh et al at... 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... Read more »