Article Category: Sport of Kings

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR JAMIE CODD

April 19, 2017
AS TRAINERS Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott continue their high profile battle for the Irish trainers championship, there is another contest going on in... Read more »

MAGNIER AND SHEIKH MOHAMMED

April 5, 2017
THE LONG-RUNNING and entertaining coolness between the Coolmore and Godolphin powerhouses looks to be finally fizzling out. For many years there has been a... Read more »

PAT DOYLE’S LATE CALL

April 5, 2017
AN INTERESTING scenario was revealed at Cork races recently after the Pat Doyle-trained Kaiser Black won a five-runner maiden hurdle in effortless fashion. His... Read more »

BLUEBLOODS AT NAAS

April 5, 2017
NAAS RACECOURSE manager Tom Ryan was no doubt excited to have hosted the opening day of the flat season recently, after the curtain-raiser was... Read more »

Wayne Jordan’s Rough Ride

April 5, 2017
ON JUST his second ride for Aidan O’Brien since joining the Ballydoyle squad of jockeys, Wayne Lordon found himself in hot water with the... Read more »

KIERAN FALLON’S FUTURE

April 5, 2017
FORMER MULTIPLE champion jockey and all round troubled soul, Kieran Fallon, is seriously considering a training career. Fallon has spent the winter in Dubai... Read more »

CHASING THE IRISH NATIONAL

March 23, 2017
WITH AN increased prize-fund of a cool €1/2m, the Boylesports Irish Grand National is now Ireland’s most valuable jumps race – one that will... Read more »

THE JAPANESE ARE COMING

March 23, 2017
LEOPARDSTOWN boss Pat Keogh has long made known his desire to see a Japanese-trained horse compete at the track and he has come a... Read more »

CHELTENHAM TALES

March 23, 2017
CHELTENHAM delivered the usual array of stories but it is a festival one jockey will rather forget. Barry Geraghty’s injury two weeks before the... Read more »

SARAH FORAN’S TAX BILL

March 23, 2017
Sarah Foran (Left) RACEHORSE owner, Sarah Foran may have to scale back her racing interests after she made a €114,000 settlement with the Revenue... Read more »

PHILIP’S CHELTENHAM HOPES

March 9, 2017
PHILIP REYNOLDS, son of former Taoiseach Albert, had a day to remember in March last year when he saw his own silks in the... Read more »

RACE ON FOR NEW STUD BOSS

March 9, 2017
OUTGOING Irish National Stud (INS) chief executive John Osborne certainly won’t be paying Brian Kavanagh a debt of gratitude any time soon. Meanwhile, the... Read more »

Tough Turf Club Tactics

March 9, 2017
The Turf Club’s stewards are not shy about implementing the new rules for alleged “non-triers”, particularly so when it comes to the smaller yards.... Read more »

SHEIKH FAHAD’S JUMPER

March 9, 2017
QATARI SHEIKH Fahad Al Thani has a good chance of adding a Cheltenham Festival win to his international haul of big race wins, which... Read more »

WALSH RIDING HIGH

February 23, 2017
WHEN RIDER Barry Geraghty got the nod to take over the coveted position of retained jockey to JP McManus following the retirement of Tony... Read more »

MULLINS STILL The FAVOURITE

February 23, 2017
IN RECENT years, Willie Mullins has made the Cheltenham Festival his own and bookmakers seem to think this year will be no different for... Read more »

TAMMY’S NEW ROLE

February 23, 2017
TAMMY O’BRIEN (Right) TAMMY O’BRIEN, for 20 years a star of the Coolmore and Ballydoyle operation, is moving on to take up a job... Read more »

BRYAN COOPER’S PR

February 23, 2017
IT LOOKS like Gigginstown jockey, Bryan Cooper, is preparing for a career out of the saddle. The Kerryman has launched a new public relations... Read more »

SADDLING UP AT HRI

February 9, 2017
AFTER MORE than 15 years with Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Michael O’Rourke has called it a day as director of marketing to pursue a... Read more »

NEW FACES

February 9, 2017
IT WAS surprising to see John Osborne deciding to step down from his position as chief executive of the Irish National Stud at the... Read more »

BALLYMORE BACK IN THE GAME

February 9, 2017
HOW LONG before Sean Mulryan’s silks are back on the racecourse? Not long it seems, following news that his Ballymore Properties has resumed its... Read more »

DAVID MULLINS EYES NEW PRIZE

January 25, 2017
LAST YEAR teenage jockey David Mullins became a household name

ANOTHER GOFFS DISPERSAL

January 25, 2017
GOFFS HAS landed some valuable coups in recent years by being chosen to handle not one but two major dispersals of world class bloodstock.... Read more »

Justin Carthy’s new role

January 25, 2017
JUSTIN CARTHY, best known for being a bookie to the high rollers, has branched out into the role of bloodstock agent. Carthy recently came... Read more »

TURF CLUB TINKERING

January 25, 2017
WHAT AN eventful start to the year for the Turf Club, where the rules are changing but the legal eagles still look likely to... Read more »

ONE jockey’S LOSS IS ANOTHER’S GAIN

January 12, 2017
SPARE A thought for Bryan Cooper whose rollercoaster season continued when he fractured his pelvis in a fall at Punchestown on New Year’s Eve.... Read more »

COSGRAVE PAYS UP EVENTUALLY

January 12, 2017
THOUGH JUMPS action is taking centre stage in Ireland and England at the moment, over in Dubai the annual Dubai World Cup Carnival is... Read more »

Paul Hensey’s exit

January 12, 2017
PAUL HENSEY has decided to move on from his role at The Curragh, having spent the last 14 years in charge at the home... Read more »

RICCI’S RICH VEIN OF FORM

January 12, 2017
FLAMBOYANT ex-Barclays banker Rich Ricci enjoyed the sort of Christmas results that should keep his trainer, Willie Mullins, in the good books, at least... Read more »

GORDON ELLIOTT Vs WILLIE MULLINS

December 14, 2016
WITH HALF the jumps season already completed, ‘trainer title’ chat has begun to heat up with increasing numbers convinced this is Gordon Elliott’s championship... Read more »

stud farm blues

December 14, 2016
THE YEOMANSTOWN Stud family team of Gay, Annette and their son, David O’Callaghan, have each pleaded guilty to possessing unauthorised animal remedies at their... Read more »

JOHN MCSTAY’S STUD FEES

December 14, 2016
THERE IS an interesting figure buried in the 2015 accounts that have just been filed by the Irish National Stud (INS). In a note,... Read more »

TOM TAAFFE’S COMEBACK

December 14, 2016
FORTUNES RISE and fall all the time and despite all the despondency coming from trainers’ camps these days, they can be a pretty resilient... Read more »

WILDENSTEIN SAVES THE DAY

December 1, 2016
A LOT of Irish breeders are taking a bit of a hammering at the moment. This was evident at Goffs foal and breeding stock... Read more »

BOLGER’S STRANGE STRATEGY

December 1, 2016
JIM BOLGER has generally tended to put his money where his mouth is. His early belief and investment in the stallion prowess of Galileo... Read more »

NO BRAINER FOR DESMOND

December 1, 2016
DERMOT DESMOND has never been a prolific owner of racehorses despite his staggering wealth but he seems to be dipping his toe in slightly... Read more »