Allaho appears to have earned himself a place in Willie Mullins' Cheltenham Festival squad after running out a decisive winner of the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.
Road To Respect is on course for another tilt at the Cheltenham Gold Cup with trainer Noel Meade hoping that his stable star will deliver a more polished round of jumping in next month's blue...
Samcro could make a sensational return this season, with Gordon Elliott reporting his precocious star to be back in full training and "definitely not" ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival.
2017 Gold Cup winner Sizing John has been ruled out for the rest of this season after meeting with a setback.
Denis Hogan wasn't bred into racing, unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries, but with nine-time Irish champion jumps' jockey Charlie Swan living a mere stone's throw away, it was always...
Racing in Britain will resume with four meetings tomorrow, following a six-day shutdown because of an outbreak of equine influenza, the British Horseracing Authority announced late last night.
Tony Martin hopes that Anibale Fly can get his season back on track when tackling a mouthwatering Grade Two Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park on Saturday.
The ban on British-trained horses running in Ireland during the outbreak of equine influenza has been lifted with immediate effect, the Irish...
Dounikos gained his first win in more than a year to give Gordon Elliott back-to-back victories in the BoyleSports Grand National Trial Handicap Chase at Punchestown.
Officials at the British Horseracing Authority are hoping to make a decision today as to whether racing can resume on Wednesday following a six-day shutdown due to equine flu.
Pravalaguna gave a bold, front-running display to take Listed honours in the BBA Ireland Limited Opera Hat Mares Chase at Naas.
The recent equine flu outbreak means that Irish racing is the only show in town this weekend as two decent meetings on these shores are magnified in importance.
The British Horseracing Authority insists it has "unanimous" support from expert advisers as its decision to halt the sport during the equine flu...
Miles Napier, who died in December, aged 84, was a racing journalist and author, noted for his works on thoroughbred pedigrees and breeding.
The crisis that has shut down British racing until Wednesday at the earliest escalated yesterday when the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) put another 54 stables into lockdown and confirmed three...
It will be business as usual for Irish racing despite an outbreak of equine influenza forcing UK racing into lockdown until at least next week, according to HRI chief Brian Kavanagh.
It's been a crazy few days for Gordon Elliott with the Meath trainer finding himself at the centre of the equine influenza story - although not for the wrong reasons - after having runners in Ayr on Wednesday.
Horse Racing will not resume in Britain until next Wednesday at the earliest as the British Horseracing Authority attempts to deal with an outbreak of...
Donald McCain has confirmed three horses in his yard have tested positive for equine influenza, but is unsure as to how they contracted the virus.
Race meetings will go ahead in Ireland today despite meetings in the UK being cancelled after three confirmed cases of equine influenza were...
JP McManus has tightened his grip on the National Hunt scene with the powerful Limerick owner making a trio of significant purchases including leading Supreme Novices' Hurdle fancy Fakir D'Oudairies.
He has already made more comebacks than Frank Sinatra, so when John Nicholson threatens to call time on his training career for the umpteenth time, it's taken with a pinch of salt.
Australian trainer Darren Weir has been disqualified for four years after choosing not to contest...
LAURINA is likely to make her second appearance of the season in the Listed Quevega Hurdle at Punchestown on February 20 where she will complete her Champion Hurdle preparations.
Bellshill made it a perfect 10 for Willie Mullins in the Irish Gold Cup, as the Closutton maestro strengthened his hand considerably in a bid to finally break his duck in the Cheltenham...
It's amazing what can happen after a good night's sleep and having initially deemed it a long shot, Gordon Elliott indicated yesterday that Apple's Jade will "likely" take on reigning champion Buveur...
It may have been business as usual for Buveur D'Air at Sandown but the one horse which appears to stand between Nicky Henderson's eight-year-old and a third Champion Hurdle, Apple's Jade, looks destined to run in the mares' hurdle at Cheltenham.
The colours are as recognisable as those of the leading owners in either code and have long been a byword for quality. What many would not have known, because neither the livery nor the name...
Fate can mock anyone's best laid-plans. Joe...
They will come from the 32 counties and many...
There were many moments in Nowlan Park on...
