Uxizandre ensures McCoy’s final festival proves a successful oneChampion jockey leads from the front throughout to claim Ryanair Chase on 16-1 chanceFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
John Kiely hoping Carlingford Lough can hit a real career peakVeteran trainer has overseen a steady improvement in his popular Gold Cup hopeFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
Cheltenham: Blood Cotil capable of stealing Real McCoy’s thunderNaming rights not an issue as soft favours Ruby Walsh’s mount ahead of Ned BuntlineFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
Bobs Worth can show that while form is temporary class is permanentSofter going could play into the hands of a triple festival winner who can reclaim racing’s blue ribandFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
Vautour’s victory has Willie Mullins thinking aheadChampion trainer already looking to 2016 Gold Cup for JLT Chase winnerFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
‘I simply wanted to get them where Dad wanted them to go – now I can only hope they do him justice’Hughes hoping Lieutenant Colonel and The Tullow Tank can help do her late father proudThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Don Cossack could finally bring Michael O’Leary success in Ryanair ChaseTriple-course winner John’s Spirit may offer the value given his Cheltenham recordThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Cheltenham: Abbyssial could be World class at fancy oddsVautour and Champagne James in with a big shout for the Irish contingent on Day ThreeThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
O’Leary’s faith in Don Poli’s ability can be vindicated in RSA ChaseWindsor Park could be the answer in opening Neptune Novices HurdleWed Mar 11 2015 - 13:22
Sire de Grugy to prevail in Queen Mother Champion ChaseThree former winners to go to the line in a clash of champions ‘festooned with ifs’Wed Mar 11 2015 - 07:50
Trainer de Bromhead on his Cheltenham veteran: ‘I want him to come home safe, but I want him to perform too’There’s more than sentiment behind Sizing Europe’s fifth tilt at the two-mile crownWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Cheltenham: Faugheen to show class in Champion HurdleRuby Walsh’s decision to switch from proven Hurricane Fly to stable-mate is revealingTue Mar 10 2015 - 07:46
Bookmakers hoping four Mullins favourites can’t all prevailBut it’s difficult to oppose any one of Douvan, Un De Sceaux, Faugheen and Annie PowerTue Mar 10 2015 - 03:00
Patrick Mullins has racing in his blood and records in his sightsEnviable book of rides leaves the champion amateur poised for success at Cheltenham this weekTue Mar 10 2015 - 01:00
Cheltenham 2015: Dos and Don’ts for racing’s greatest festivalBeware of tips, ignore bookmaker claims and other rules to live by at this year’s eventMon Mar 09 2015 - 11:25
Davy Russell records total of four winners at Naas and GowranFine Rightly claims Grade Three novice chase in style for trainer Stuart CrawfordMon Mar 09 2015 - 11:00
Indomitable O’Leary ready to fly higher and higherOne of racing’s best-known faces is set for battle with a top-class team and one specific aim – to win the race he sponsors himselfMon Mar 09 2015 - 10:42
Barry Geraghty aiming to guide Noble Emperor to success at NaasTony Martin-trained runner a stand-out prospect in Grade Three novice chaseSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:00
Sandra Hughes has faith in Lieutenant ColonelQuicker ground at Cheltenham may the Curragh-trained horseSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:00
Cheltenham braced for the arrival of the Willie Mullins battalionNo other trainer has ever brought as powerful a team to National Hunt’s top festivalFri Mar 06 2015 - 01:00
Unbeaten Kitten Rock poised to mount bid for Champion HurdleJP McManus’s ‘second-string’ to line up with holder Jezki for Tuesday’s highlightWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Drying ground may suit On The Fringe in Foxhunters at CheltenhamRyanair Chase opens up with defection of Cue CardWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Pre-Cheltenham nerves won’t hold Geraghty and Cooper backDuo in search of pre-festival confidence at DownpatrickTue Mar 03 2015 - 21:36
De Bromhead well armed in bid for Cheltenham champion bumper hat-trickSupasundae has the class to deliver Waterford trainer’s third successTue Mar 03 2015 - 01:00
Mayweather v Pacquiao nothing but an overhyped farewell tour‘Fight of the Century’ pales in comparison with rivalries gone byMon Mar 02 2015 - 05:00
Barry Connell hoping for an impressive display from GolantillaSeven year old could be bound for Cheltenham if victorious at LeopardstownSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Turf Club to pay up to five-figure sums for usable informationConfidential hotlines set up to receive information on doping and other issuesSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Paul Townend drawing support to be Cheltenham’s leading jockeyWillie Mullins’ number two jockey could benefit from strength of visiting squadTue Feb 24 2015 - 21:00
Leopardstown looking forward to boost in attendance from rugby fansPre-Cheltenham workout has been moved to avoid clashing with Six Nations matchTue Feb 24 2015 - 16:42
‘Blue-riband’ Cheltenham Gold Cup is the one Mullins really wants to winCould this be the year the Bagenalstown trainer captures the one that has eluded him?Tue Feb 24 2015 - 01:00
Willie Mullins staying calm in the face of the coming festival stormChampion trainer overseeing the final preparation of up to 50 horsesTue Feb 24 2015 - 01:00
Normally low-key Turf Club determined to protect its independenceMinister Coveney’s proposals regarding body’s financial dependence on the semi-state HRI deemed unaccepableMon Feb 23 2015 - 05:45
Mallowney continues rapid progress but isn’t going to CheltenhamLean Araig wins Grade Two novice hurdle as Robbie Colgan earns four-day banMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:19
Department of Agriculture defends terms of new proposalGovernment says Turf Club independence is protected by the proposed racing legislationMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:15
Max Dynamite and Up For Review seek Cheltenham call-upWillie Mullins-trained pair will aim to impress at NaasSat Feb 21 2015 - 12:33
Challenge to Bill would be ‘ill-advised’, says HRI bossKavanagh believes Turf Club is wrong on Horse Racing Ireland Amendment BillSat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
Turf Club plans legal challenge to HRI Amendment BillRegulatory body informs department sections on point-to-point will be challengedThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:45
Au Quart De Tour primed to display his Cheltenham credentialsSeveral of Willie Mullins’s festival bumper team in action at NaasWed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00
Pat Smullen to try and break duck with VigilIreland’s champion flat jockey to try and finally win at Cheltenham festivalTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
Gilgamboa is one for the future – Enda BolgerTrainer has doubts about Cheltenham for JP McManus-owned starTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
Real unvarnished Tiger more appealing than the bland PR maskOnly when we see him swearing on the course do we get a sense of the real Mr WoodsMon Feb 16 2015 - 16:50
Mullins sending ‘strongest ever’ team to CheltenhamTop trainer hoping to go one better this year and finally land the Gold CupMon Feb 16 2015 - 08:32
Derek O’Connor reaches landmark 1,000 point-to-point winsSire de Grugy could make quick return at ChepstowSun Feb 15 2015 - 23:00
Champagne Fever ready to show his Cheltenham credentialsOn peak form the versatile grey looks a standout in the Grade Two Red Mills TrialSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
De Bromhead to make late call on Sizing Europe’s Cheltenham prospectsFaugheen to swerve Gowran and head straight to Champion HurdleWed Feb 11 2015 - 10:46
Sky’s the limit with Walsh on boardCrawford can score local success with ArdmillanWed Feb 11 2015 - 09:14
Hurricane Fly can justify his rating at CheltenhamHandicapper believes top rated hurdler has the form to topple reigning champion JezkiTue Feb 10 2015 - 01:00
Clonmel win could see Kauto Grand Mogul book his Cheltenham ticketGrade 3 victory would be consolation for trainer Liz DoyleTue Feb 10 2015 - 01:00
Connell considers Gold Cup bid for Foxrock‘We’ll keep an open mind. In an ideal world you’d go next year when he is eight, but it’s a nice dilemma to have’Tue Feb 10 2015 - 01:00
The ‘top-10’ most annoying words in Irish sport‘Roy Keane’: former ‘talisman’ now a ‘world class’ cause of ‘online furore’Mon Feb 09 2015 - 09:00
