History favours Sinndar to capture doubleThere are so many angles to tomorrow's Budweiser Irish Derby that it is easy to forget that Sinndar is likely to cause the bookmakers…Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Oxx can take opening derby with HariyaThe Budweiser Irish Derby weekend kicks off this evening with the apprentices' Derby, after which the young riders are likely…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Weld newcomer well up to speedVinnie Roe produced a remarkable burst of speed to score for his owner, the movie producer Jim Sheridan, at Leopardstown last…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
McCarron on lookoutThe top American rider Chris McCarron is on the verge of bringing an intriguing trans-Atlantic element to the Irish Derby meeting…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar warm favourite to complete the doubleThe bookmakers vary as to how warm a favourite Sinndar is for Sunday's Irish Derby but they all agree that he is indeed favourite…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Dream can come trueAidan O'Brien can warm up for an attempt at a second Budweiser Irish Derby success by taking this evening's Leopardstown feature…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Holding Court decision todayConnections of the French Derby winner, Holding Court, have until noon today to finally decide whether or not to shell out the…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Smullen likely to land doubleIn the week of the big three-day Curragh meeting, there is much less exalted fare on offer at Tramore this evening, but one of…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
King's Best takes on Derby winnersThe Newmarket 2,000 Guineas winner, King's Best, is now lined up to take on the Derby winners, Sinndar and Holding Court, in …Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Kinane warms up with doubleAn Irish Derby win is the one glaring omission from champion jockey Michael Kinane's record, but he warmed up for another tilt…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Gabby Hayes chosenTonight's Bank Of Ireland Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan may be no Grand National, but with a £14,000 prize fund it's still a very…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Murtagh taken to continue winningSome jockeys enter a red hot streak, but Johnny Murtagh's run of success in the last two weeks has sizzled to a white hot level…Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Weld in hunt for another shockerDermot Weld famously broke his Budweiser Irish Derby duck with the 20 to 1 Zagreb four years ago, and the Curragh trainer is …Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Patruel ready to deliverThere aren't too many obvious connections between today's Coronation Stakes and the Annagassen Maiden at Dundalk but Patruel …Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Oxx likely to run two others with SinndarSinndar will have two of his stable companions for company in the Irish Derby on Sunday week as the horses placed behind him …Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
Coconino is sweetThe peculiarities of the weights for purchase price system in the opener at Ballinrobe this evening means that Coconino gets …Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
It's worth the wait for OxxSinndar is the 10th Irish-trained winner of the Epsom Derby since the second World War, the first since 1984, and the only horse…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar in for doubleSinndar ended a 16-year Irish drought in Saturday's Epsom Derby and the scene is now set for a $1 million clash of the classic…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar can end Irish droughtIt's 16 years since Secreto edged out El Gran Senor in an epic Epsom Derby, but today Sinndar promises to bridge the Irish gap…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Love Divine a seventh for CecilHenry Cecil was in typically understated form after Love Divine maintained his astounding Vodafone Oaks record but jockey Richard…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Media move can pay offMedia Puzzle has bypassed a tilt at the Derby and it can pay off for the Dermot Weld-trained colt with a victory in today's Gallinule…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Melikah looks best valueIt's long odds on about today's Vodafone Oaks being won by one of the first four horses in the betting but the best bet of all…Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Right Wing heads westAristotle and Sinndar will fly the Irish flag against 14 others in tomorrow's Vodafone Epsom Derby but the former Lincoln winner…Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Puzzle to miss EpsomDermot Weld has turned down the chance to run Media Puzzle in Saturday's Vodafone Epsom Derby but the Curragh trainer can hit…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Rudi's is too goodThe pattern of the 1990s continued into the new millennium at Leopardstown yesterday when Rudi's Pet led home an English clean…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Ciro expected to miss EpsomThe French Derby flop, Ciro, is one of three Aidan O'Brien-trained horses left in Saturday's Epsom Derby, but Aristotle remains…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Ground should favour TimotePat Smullen and Dermot Weld may have had to endure finishing last with Muakaad in yesterday's French Derby, but the Curragh partnership…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Sinndar's Derby bid on trackJohn Oxx yesterday gave an upbeat bulletin on Sinndar who will be the Curragh trainer's first runner in the Epsom Derby.Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Ciro can land famous victoryIrish-trained horses enjoyed a purple patch during the early 1980s in the Emirates Airline Prix du Jockey-Club and the strongest…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
United support for Red CoralManchester United's newest recruit makes her first public appearance at Naas racecourse todaySat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Quartz is a gemTop Australian rider Damien Oliver samples his third Irish racecourse when he travels to Wexford this evening for two ridesFri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Muakaad set for FranceMuakaad is likely to represent Dermot Weld in Sunday's Prix du Jockey Club at ChantillyThu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Fnan's win gives Tote and punters a frightFnan, a 1 to 6 favourite for the opening race at Fairyhouse, won as expected although not without giving his connections a fright…Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien set to hit form near homeThis evening it's Round Two for the Tipperary Race Company as they try and revitalise the Limerick Junction track and while the…Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
A strand's appeal draws keen eyesDamien Oliver is arguably the top jockey of Australia. And by that, Australians really mean the world.Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Smullen's Gold betIt may still be only early in the summer but already a battle is brewing between the champion, Michael Kinane, and the young …Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Brosnan says time is running out over offerDenis Brosnan, the Irish Horseracing Authority chairman, yesterday admitted that Irish racing is bitterly split over the Minister…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien confirms Ciro for FranceAidan O'Brien has confirmed that Ciro will try and break Ballydoyle's classic duck for the season in Sunday's Prix du Jockey …Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Flood to take openerFrom the likes of Montjeu and Bachir to the first Kilbeggan fixture of the yearMon May 29 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien looks for revenge at AscotBachir levelled the score 1-1 in his personal duel with Giant's Causeway by winning Saturday's Entenmann's Irish 2,000 Guineas…Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Montjeu shows awesome powerIt takes something special to take the spotlight away from a classic and there was enough merit in Crimplene's Entenmann's Irish…Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Theoretically to relish the testQuite what floats the boat of the Irish race-going public is something which has kept marketing and research people gainfully…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway looks good enoughLook down the Irish 2,000 Guineas roll of honour and you see some of racing's great namesSat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Istabraq on topIstabraq is almost a stone better than any other hurdler in Britain and Ireland - and that's official.Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway is ready for big testGiant's Causeway is a best priced 15 to 8 favourite with the British Tote to beat seven opponents in tomorrow's Entenmann's Irish…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Shanahan to deliverPat Shanahan is on standby for Dermot Weld's Quality Team in Sunday's Italian Derby and the classic-winning jockey can get in…Fri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Royal Rebel upsets EnzeliThe Ascot Gold Cup winner Enzeli got turned over at 4 to 7 in last night's Saval Beg Stakes, and while English trainer Mark Johnston…Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Doire's tripThe 10 furlongs of the Clonmel track worked the oracle for Doire-Chrinn last November, and back over the same turf Doire-Chrinn…Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Punters ignore the soft goingGiant's Causeway has been cut to as short as 5 to 4 favourite for Saturday's Entenmann's Irish 2,000 Guineas, despite the ground…Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway favourite to go one betterGiant's Causeway is 7 to 4 favourite to go one better than when runner-up at Newmarket in Saturday's Entenmann's Irish 2,000 …Wed May 24 2000 - 01:00
