Qipco withdraws sponsorship of 2025′s Newmarket Guineas and Ascot’s King George
Horse racing
Roger Varian keen to spring ‘dark horse’ Matsuri into Sunday’s €1.25m premier classic
Visceral public response to RTÉ programme prompts urgent questions about numbers of thoroughbreds going to abattoir
On all levels of breeding – hairy cobs on the side of the road to elite thoroughbred studs - we are producing too many horses. Once something is ubiquitous, it loses value, and the results are distressing
Trainer Philip Rothwell left ‘hugely hurt’ after being included in RTÉ Investigates programme
Protesters gather outside Shannonside Foods facility in Straffan following RTÉ programme that showed footage of horses being mistreated and beaten on site
Racing needs to take more active steps to uphold public confidence in welfare standards
Ezeliya team ponder their options for filly’s next start with Oaks winner guaranteed free entry into Irish Derby
Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien has engaged top US jockey Johnny Velazquez for Al Riffa in Saturday’s $1 million Manhattan Stakes at Saratoga
Ballydoyle hope Diego Velazquez manages only eighth in €1.5m Prix Du Jockey Club
Ballydoyle star rated 2/1 favourite to take on the best of America on dirt in August’s Travers Stakes at Saratoga
Aidan O’Brien runner will break from stall 11 of the 15 runners for €1.5 million Prix Du Jockey Club
Jockey Wayne Lordan steps in for enviable Epsom Derby ride on O’Brien’s second-string Los Angeles as City of Troy commands most attention
Jockey Chris Hayes guides the Aga Khan-owned filly Ezeliya to a decisive three-length success for Dermot Weld in Epsom Oaks
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