PROFILE: BRIAN POLLY September 19, 2024 MOST OBSERVERS were shocked at the revelations to the Committee for Public Accounts (PAC) by Darragh O’Loughlin, CEO of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory... Read more »
ODDS ON FOR IRTA September 5, 2024 NINE MONTHS after a devastating court of appeal ruling in a defamation case, the odds on the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA) –... Read more »
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 »
HANDICAPPING MICHAEL HALFORD January 26, 2023 GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to spot that a company called Copper Beech Racing Ltd has just collapsed into liquidation. This is the business established... Read more »
HEAVING GOING FOR TRAINERS January 12, 2023 A DEVASTATING ruling by the Court of Appeal has meant a very bad start to 2023 for the new regime at the Irish... Read more »
RYAN McELLIGOTT’S NEW JOB? September 8, 2022 AFTER 10 years as head of the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA), Michael Grassick is set to dismount. Although there has been no... Read more »
