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Stack lands sensational four-timer
The Stack family savoured a red-letter day at the Curragh yesterday as the beginning of the Irish Flat turf season yielded a 3,387/1 four-timer for the County Tipperary operation.
Fallon takes owner clash on the chin
CONTROVERSIAL Irish jockey Kieren Fallon was allegedly punched while unsaddling Elna Bright at Lingfield on Saturday by an owner of two horses which ran in the same race.
O'Brien puts Abbey through Curragh paces
EPSOM Derby favourite St Nicholas Abbey worked well after racing at the Curragh yesterday when Aidan O'Brien galloped 20 of his horses at headquarters.
Falls, friendships and fortune in the Festival's glorious mystery
If asked to nominate a favourite day of the Festival, I wouldn't hesitate in saying Monday. Because as soon as Tuesday starts, and the Supreme Novices is under way, Cheltenham is whoosh. The blink of an eye, a gasp of breath, and before you know it the Grand Annual runners are unsaddling and crowds are evacuating through the plastic champagne flutes and worn-out newspapers of Gold Cup day.
O'Connell's critics ignore Dunguib's jumping flaw
THE sport of racing trades on uncertainty and even the near-four minutes it took to complete the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday left a fog of doubt. Punch drunk racegoers retreated to the bar wondering if their hopes of a bumper pay-out on Dunguib had been sabotaged.
Ball can banish Fenton's blues
IT was not a week that either Philip Fenton or Brian O'Connell will recall with great relish -- but they can gain a modicum of consolation in Mallow this afternoon.
McCoy times run to perfection
Jonjo O'Neill's Synchronised landed a thrilling renewal of the John Smith's Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter yesterday under a typically powerful Tony McCoy ride.
Playing dice with the gods
1: And They're Off
Creep of The Cotswolds grunts his way to infamy
Wednesday at Cheltenham and as usual the lady and the creep are monitoring the market in the betting ring.
Punters' pain over €40m hit
T HERE is little escaping what a calamity Cheltenham was for most punters. Dunguib, Master Minded and Kauto Star were near-certainties for many and the best they could manage between them was third place.
Inside Horse Racing
- 'Classic' can hit target for owen
- Pallodio to tame Tiger
- Schumpters Lad can throw his weight about
- Julian Muscat: Final flight blunder a massive 'own goal'
- Back to reality with Jaconet
- Damien McElroy's Race Reads: Day 4
- O'Brien's Lady may be in luck as Curragh welcomes Big star
- Vincent Hogan: Golden moment
- Trainer-jockey partnership comes of age as Commander reigns supreme
- Thrills, spills and redemption
- O'Brien colt Steinbeck to miss English 2,000 Guineas
- Ballydub gets chance to showcase true class
- Imperial rules in Gold Cup
- Cheltenham Festival day four tips
- Glittering Star won't let Denman bully him this time
- Sit back, have a pint and enjoy Kauto gold run
- Irish pair pose main threat to Nicholls dynasty
- Damien McElroy's Race Reads: Day 3
- C'est Ca worthy of a little faith
- No getting away from regal Kauto
- Tindall takes time off England training -- but fails to get inside track from royal connections Kauto in driving seat
- Vincent Hogan: Cometh the hour, cometh the iron man
- Pinstickers guide to the Gold Cup
- McCoy battered and bruised but ready for Gold Cup duel
- Lady luck abandons us but Irish sweep fashion stakes
