Lossiemouth has chance of revenge against Constitution Hill at Cheltenham Trials Day
Willie Mullins’s French-bred mare has two and a half lengths to make up on her English rival from Christmas Hurdle clash at Kempton
Horse racing
Nicky Henderson sets himself up for Cheltenham festival resurgence with latest big-race success
Veteran English trainer aiming to give Constitution Hill pre-festival spin at Prestbury Park this weekend
Appreciate It relishes ground conditions to bridge two-year gap and land Thurles feature
Protektorat’s odds cut for Ryanair repeat at Cheltenham following dominant success at Windsor
Energumene on course to try to make it third time lucky in Clarence House Chase
Former dual-Champion Chase winner set to take on star English two-miler Jonbon in Ascot feature
The Yellow Clay extends unbeaten record for season to four with victory at Naas
Snow forecast overnight failed to materialise
Naas waiting on ‘fine margins’ to see if Sunday’s Grade One programme can beat the weather
Bumper champion Jasmin De Vaux tops four-strong Willie Mullins team for €100,000 Naas feature
Willie Mullins sends three runners to Cork after new-year resurgence
Energumene on course for Clarence House Chase clash with Jonbon later this month
Minister says he faced ‘extraordinary’ lobbying over legislation to reform rules on gambling
Bookmakers told Government about concerns some pubs were permitting black-market betting
Lossiemouth against Constitution Hill set to be a Kempton Christmas Hurdle cracker
Paul Townend and Rachael Blackmore among top Irish riders in King George VI Chase action
Emaciated horse rescued by ISPCA at Ballinasloe fair had raced just three months earlier
Dash (7) was found tied to a fence and covered in sores in October
Cathy Gannon: ‘I used to ride my pony to school, tie him up and ride him back’
No woman rider has been apprentice champion in Ireland since Gannon. Nobody has come close. She beat the odds
Energumene returns to action in style with third Hilly Way success in Cork
Willie Mullins star cut to 5/1 to pull off another hat-trick in Champion Chase at Cheltenham
Festive plans for star McManus chasers could be clearer next week
Fact To File, Spillane’s Tower and Corbetts Cross all excelled as novices last term
Ex-trainer points to ‘pressure from Europe’ as possible route to improving welfare standards
Ger Hussey has no regrets about about going public with proposals to address wastage rates in racing
Energumene on course to make long-awaited return to action in Hilly Way
Ireland’s champion jockey Colin Keane takes part in international jockeys challenge at Happy Valley track in Hong Kong
Golfing aces hoping to be on a par with home runners at Fairyhouse
Harry Derham is hoping to see Givemefive give a good account when he travels to Ireland for the WillowWarm Hurdle
Racing’s bittersweet progress makes popular underdog success stories unlikely
Modern jump racing has become too hardnosed to allow feelgood stories such as Danoli, Limestone Lad and Solerina
Fact To File clear Gold Cup favourite after exciting Durkan finish signals changing of the guard
Willie Mullins star beats Spillane’s Tower by half a length with reigning dual-Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in third
Vintage Durkan clash in prospect at star studded ‘Premiere Weekend’ in Punchestown
Farcical scenario in Saturday’s Grade Two as all three runners owned by Michael O’Leary and trained by Gordon Elliott
Irish star Auguste Rodin to receive historic retirement ceremony after his final race in Japan Cup
Aidan O’Brien runner joined by French hope Goliath and Germany’s Fantastic Moon in attempt to end 18-year run of Japanese dominance
Racing’s reaction to coverage of Cheltenham deaths shows worrying insecurity about nature of the sport
Scrutiny isn’t the problem for racing: being able to stand over what it reveals is what counts
Willie Mullins set to take wraps off some of his biggest stars at Punchestown
Top three in Cheltenham Gold Cup betting set to clash in vintage John Durkan Chase as winter weather sets in
Fact To File could head formidable JP McManus team into John Durkan test
Grade One winners Inothewayurthinkin and Spillane’s Tower also set to ‘tog out’ for Sunday’s €150,000 Punchestown feature
Top amateur Derek O’Connor to team up with Fastorslow for John Durkan Chase at Punchestown
Regular jockey JJ Slevin aiming to return from foot injury before Christmas action begins
Gordon Elliott aiming to maintain Troytown dominance with strong team topped by American Mike
Bob Olinger back to defend Lismullen Hurdle on day one of Navan Racing Festival
Ex-trainer says Horse Racing Ireland response to plan for retired racehorses is ‘discouraging’
Ger Hussey calls on high-profile names within racing to publicly back his plan for centralised hub to tackle problem
Consolidation of Irish racing’s charity sector urged by injured jockeys’ body
Irish Injured Jockeys says Mazars report into €350k transfer underlines how there are too many separate funds
Marine Nationale returns to action in Grade Three Naas highlight
Former dual-Stayers Hurdle champion Flooring Porter out for rest of season after injury setback
Ryan Moore confident Japan Cup hope Auguste Rodin can be competitive in final career start
Aidan O’Brien’s 2023 Derby hero set to be joined in Tokyo by French star Goliath and Germany’s Fantastic Moon
Willie Mullins already planning for next year after disappointing Melbourne Cup
Both Vauban and Absurde finish out of the frame as champion trainer turns attention back to domestic action
Meet Robbie Dolan: Irish man who went from The Voice Australia contestant to winning country’s biggest race on a 90/1 shot
The Kildare man first came to Australians’ attention as a singer but will now be forever linked with the country’s most famous race
Willie Mullins weighing up Galopin Des Champs’ return to action
Jack Kennedy has three rides at Fairyhouse as champion jockey makes comeback from suspension
Auguste Rodin in contention to try and give O’Brien breakthrough success in Japan
Ireland’s only Japan Cup winner was the Frank Dunne-owned and trained Stanerra in 1983
Irish geneticist’s software aims to keep harmful effects of thoroughbred inbreeding in check
Equine researcher says relentless search to exploit fastest horses’ qualities has led to potentially damaging narrowing of gene pool
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