Asking for more public cash to boost prize money is worryingly shortsighted
Owners and trainers bodies argue that prizemoney is crucial to maintaining Irish racing’s international status
Willie Mullins
Grand National party shows no sign of ending for jubilant Mullins
Grand National champion Nick Rockett receives hero’s reception during his homecoming parade through the village of Leighlinbridge in Co Carlow
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
Aintree Grand National scripts keep delivering the goods despite conflicting views on race
Both Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen emerge unscathed from Grand National following concerns after Aintree spectacular
Willie Mullins odds-on to retain British trainers’ title after Aintree festival success
Irishman promises to go to ‘Ayr, Perth, Carlisle, wherever there is a race meeting’ as he chases down Dan Skelton
Willie Mullins breathes new life into race for British trainers’ title with 102-1 four-timer at Aintree
Lossiemouth’s Aintree Hurdle success was the centrepiece after Constitution Hill falls again
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
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
Another big day for Willie Mullins at Cheltenham despite Galopin Des Champs defeat
Friday’s wins take champion trainer’s tally for the week to 10, equalling his 2022 tally
Cheltenham 2025 day four: Inothewayurthinkin wins Gold Cup – As it happened
Galopin Des Champs finishes second, misses out on a three-in-a-row
JP McManus’s Inothewayurthinkin ends Galopin Des Champs’s hopes of Gold Cup hat-trick
‘Tempting’ to attempt Gold Cup-Grand National double, says Gavin Cromwell
Lulamba swagger may be too much for 11-strong Willie Mullins team in Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham
Potential festival hotpot Dinoblue aiming to go one better than 2024 in Mares Chase
Outstanding Galopin Des Champs aiming to seal his legacy with Cheltenham Gold Cup hat-trick
Willie Mullins’s star has shot at history by becoming only fifth horse to complete the feat
Cheltenham 2025 day three: Rachael Blackmore lands 152/1 double – As it happened
JP McManus brings his tally of Festival winners to 82 on memorable St Patrick’s Thursday
Jody Townend secures first Cheltenham success to complete hat-trick for Willie Mullins
Trainer moves on to five wins for the week as Bambino Fever delivers a record 14th Champion Bumper
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
Stark demonstration of Irish power as no home runner in historic trial for future Gold Cup contenders
Willie Mullins has handful of Champion Bumper contenders as he chases 14th victory in festival finale
Golden Ace wins chaotic Champion Hurdle after Constitution Hill and State Man both fall
State Man throws away victory with final flight fall after Constitution Hill’s exit at the fifth
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
Cheltenham Festival: Majborough aiming to set the tone with Arkle victory for Willie Mullins and JP McManus
Opening Supreme Novices Hurdle named in memory of the late jockey Michael O’Sullivan who won the race in 2023
Cheltenham: Lossiemouth switched from Champion Hurdle to defend her Mares' Hurdle crown instead
Brigherdaysahead and State Man lead Irish challenge against Constitution Hill in Cheltenham Festival Day One feature
Malachy Clerkin: Cheltenham’s thrill is gone as the best stories are replaced by the betting, the betting, the betting
Why would you care how many winners Willie Mullins or JP McManus add to their already huge total this week?
‘My betting policy these days is to slavishly follow Willie Mullins’ - Ivan Yates
We asked a range of well-known racing observers for their Cheltenham Festival tips, and several foresee English horses challenging Irish dominance particularly hard this year
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
Moving Cheltenham forward a week would ease programming pressure and cut down endless festival run-up
Mere 19-day gap between Cheltenham and Liverpool this year discourages the running of horses at both big festivals
Willie Mullins keeps Imperial Cup option for Batman Girac and chance of big-money bonus
Horse is also entered in the County Hurdle at next week’s Cheltenham Festival
Jack Kennedy returns to action as Brighterdaysahead confirmed for Champion Hurdle
Champion jockey had two rides for Gordon Elliott at Leopardstown on Monday
Willie Mullins just 7-1 to beat his 2022 record of 10 winners at the Cheltenham festival
Mullins ‘dark horse’ Kopek De Mee favourite for three festival races after getting 136 rating from British handicapper
Jockey Michael O’Sullivan ‘packed more into 24 years’ than many would in two lifetimes, funeral Mass hears
Members of racing community gather in north Co Cork to pay tribute to rider fatally injured in fall
Minella Indo back in action over hurdles as De Bromhead team aim for resurgence in form
‘We feel we’re on top of it. You stick to your processes and tweak little things here and there'
Mullins delivers Dublin Racing Festival one-two as shadow boxing with Horse Racing Ireland continues
‘Ink on the press release was hardly dry before threats of legal letters were flying about’
Leopardstown officials content to keep Gold Cup on day one of Dublin Racing Festival despite Willie Mullins comment
Champion trainer says Gold Cup horses like Galopin Des Champs deserve top billing and €250,000 feature should be on the Sunday
Relief at Leopardstown as Lossiemouth emerges unscathed from dramatic fall
State Man completes Irish Champion Hurdle hat-trick as Willie Mullins completes four-timer at Dublin Racing Festival
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