Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Racing Correspondent

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column.

Willie Mullins hoping it’s second time lucky in the Ebor for Hipop De Loire

Aidan O’Brien targeting Deauville Group One double with Gstaad and Bedtime Story

Wayne Lordan eyeing up Group Two Curragh double

Cross-channel challenger Miss Attitude could prove best in Sunday’s Naas feature

Exciting juvenile Lady Iman leads powerful Irish team into York’s Nunthorpe Stakes

Trainer Ger Lyons’s star bids to become first two-year-old winner of prestigious sprint in 18 years

Minnie Hauk gives impression of even better to come after Yorkshire Oaks romp

Filly gives Aidan O’Brien a record-equalling ninth success in Day Two Ebor festival feature

Minnie Hauk short odds to add name to stellar Yorkshire Oaks roll of honour

Colin Keane bids to take advantage of Dylan Browne McMonagle’s suspension in race for jockeys’ title

Ombudsman eventually sweeps to York glory after another 150-1 pacemaker threatens upset

Dual Derby winner Lambourn can finish only fifth in Great Voltigeur Stakes on frustrating day for Aidan O’Brien

Lambourn returns to action in York’s Great Voltigeur, with St Leger looming over horizon

Godolphin and Coolmore shape up for another Acomb Stakes clash on day one of Ebor festival

Top-quality International line-up a timely morale boost for British racing

Aidan O’Brien aiming for record-extending win as Delacroix bids to back up Eclipse success

Jockeys’ body says any new watering system for Thurles not anticipated until 2026

Irish Jockeys Association expected racing to go ahead at Thurles this autumn

Smaller racetracks ‘under pressure’ from rising costs and declining income from media rights

Horse racing industry is taken aback by decision of owners of Thurles course to close track suddenly

Jel Pepper looks good enough to deny Joseph O’Brien in Naas

Henry De Bromhead’s Letiza bids to follow up her June success at Down Royal

Jessica Harrington’s Hotazhell goes for Grade One US glory in $750,000 Saratoga Derby

Galway Mile hero Dunum aiming to repeat his 2023 festival success in Sunday’s Ahonoora Handicap

Aidan O’Brien hoping to break new classic ground with Garden Of Eden in German Oaks

Champion trainer saddles Exactly and January in Group One Prix Rothschild at Deauville

‘A huge blow for Irish racing’ - Thurles racecourse closure met with shock and sadness

Thurles racecourse is first Irish track to shut its doors since Tralee in 2008

Easing ground conditions can help course winner Nans View in Galway festival feature

Neveradullmoment could underline Ballybrit credentials with Galway Blazers success

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