Colin Keane snapped up by Gosden team for 2000 Guineas favourite Field Of Gold
Juddmonte team also set to start Cosmic Year and Windlord in opening Curragh classic of 2025
Horse racing
Hewick aiming to make it third time lucky in French Champion Hurdle
Popular Irish hope aiming to get revenge on last year’s Auteuil conqueror Losange Bleu
Rachael Blackmore cracked glass ceiling but presuming it’s in smithereens for female jockeys is complacent
Success of French allowance system in increasing opportunities for women should be examined in Ireland
Willie Mullins saddles his first horse owned by Charles and Camilla
Champion trainer met monarchs at Royal Ascot and were asked to take on Reaching High
Rachael Blackmore’s retirement marks the exit of one of our finest sportspeople
Not only a great woman jockey – but a splendid jockey whose unwillingness to have her career framed in gender terms is admirable
Shes Perfect team believe they have ‘handy’ grounds for appeal over French Guineas disqualification
Last year’s Irish Guineas winners Rosallion and Fallen Angel gear up for vintage Lockinge renewal
Delacroix makes light of pre-race scare to land Derby Trial and earn Epsom ticket
Dual-French Group Two winner Sober is an intoxicating jumps prospect in Killarney
Tricky Longchamp draw favours Hotazhell as Jessica Harrington tries to win first French classic
Delacroix aiming to book his place at Epsom in Leopardstown’s Derby Trial
Racing’s best way to engage audiences is to focus on being the best it can be rather than going for gimmicks
New jockeys’ league planned for next year is contrived attempt to sell the sport through 12 of the world’s top riders
Historic 72-hour final declarations for Epsom Derby aim to generate ‘sense of anticipation and excitement’
Group One winner Babouche set to return in Cork, although Ger Lyons admits he is struggling to get her fit
Ruling Court takes charge to give Appleby another 2,000 Guineas triumph
Big-race favourite Field Of Gold beaten by half a length
Rachael Blackmore: ‘Winning the Grand National was never even a dream … I never thought any of this would be my life’
Firsts are nothing new for the groundbreaking Irish jockey, but she admits she might have underestimated the challenge of writing her debut book
Kyprios starts down road to potential Arc tilt when returning to action at Navan
Al Riffa and Higher Leaves fly Irish flag in Europe’s first Group One of 2025 in Paris
Willie Mullins set to overhaul Dan Skelton for British trainers’ title on final day of season
Constitution Hill on target to return to action at next week’s Punchestown festival
Fighting on two fronts no problem to Willie Mullins as he continues to make racing history
Whatever the gripes about Irishman being too dominant, only the most myopic can’t recognise the scale of his achievements
Gavin Cromwell tries to put seal on landmark campaign with first Irish Grand National success
Local Gold Cup winning trainer runs seven in Ireland’s richest jumps race including the Daniel King ridden Noble Birth
Soft ground conditions forecast for Easter Monday’s Irish Grand National
Willie Mullins sends six runners to Plumpton on Sunday as he tires to retain British trainers’ title
Paul Townend back in action at Fairyhouse Easter festival and eyeing Grade One prizes on Sunday
Both The Big Westerner and Sixandahalf hoping to right some Cheltenham wrongs in Honeysuckle Hurdle
Willie Mullins readies Ayr squadron as handler zeroes in on British champion trainer title
Jessica Harrington indicates Green Impact set for tilt at Newmarket 2000 Guineas
Willie Mullins keen to make up ground on Dan Skelton in race for British trainers’ title
Irishman reckons Grand National outcome on Saturday will be crucial to chances of retaining landmark British championship
Delacroix 10/1 for Epsom Derby after impressive return to action in Ballysax
Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore also combine to land Guineas Trial with Breeders’ Cup winner Henri Matisse
Dermot Weld unwraps a pair of classic prospects at Leopardstown’s first flat meeting of 2025
welter lands Guineas Trial for Curragh trainer while regally bred filly Tarima makes winning debut
Aidan O’Brien pitches Group One stars Henri Matisse and Camille Pissarro into weekend classic trials
Tony Martin hopes Orandi will become first horse to complete Irish-English Lincoln double as British season kicks off in Doncaster
Bay City Roller could prove a 2025 chart-topper for George Scott
Trainer mulling run in Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas for unbeaten two-year-old following win in Doncaster
Michael O’Sullivan death attributed to ‘inherent risks’ of racing
IHRB report finds ‘no evidence of human error’ following Cork jockey’s death
Fun Fun Fun among Paul Townend’s trio of weekend rides as he closes in on another century of winners
JJ Slevin on duty at Kelso for Saturday feature before taking on his employers in Limerick’s Grade Three highlight
Willie Mullins says starting on bends was main problem at Cheltenham
Handicapper reckons Gold Cup hero Inthewayurthinkin has 15lbs in hand should he try to double up in Aintree Grand National
Frankie Dettori reveals he is filing for bankruptcy in shock statement
‘I am saddened and embarrassed by this outcome’
Cheltenham 2025 day two: Marine Nationale wins the Champion Chase – As it happened
Cheltenham 2025 day two: Follow all the updates from day two of the racing festival which has seen an emotional win for the former mount of the late Michael O’Sullivan
Bluffer’s guide to Cheltenham: How to sound knowledgeable when you haven’t got a clue
Even if you’re not attending the storied Cotswolds racing festival this week, you can enjoy the excitement
Will Willie Mullins, with nothing left to prove, bow out after Cheltenham? Don’t bet on it
Champion trainer has transformed the face of National Hunt racing and begins Cheltenham next week on 103 festival victories
Willie Mullins just 9-4 to train more winners than whole British team at Cheltenham
Record-breaking trainer could have up to 80 runners over the four days topped by Gold Cup favourite Galopin Des Champs
Jack Kennedy as low as 7-1 to be leading rider at Cheltenham as he returns from broken leg
Champion jockey set to return action at Leopardstown on Monday just a week ahead of biggest meeting of the year
Trainer Eric McNamara wins appeal and overturns penalties imposed after Clonmel ‘non-trier’ inquiry
Mount Ferns found to be ‘lame on three legs’ day after finishing sixth in controversial race
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