Jessica Harrington has confirmed that Alpha Centauri is highly likely to stay in training as a four-year-old.
Liquid Amber returns to action for the first time since the English 1,000 Guineas in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran this evening.
Alpha Centauri continued her fantastic campaign with an impressive victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville yesterday.
Making Light booked her Group One ticket as she ran out an impressive winner of the Goffs Platinum Stakes at Cork yesterday. The Dermot Weld-trained filly won a Group Three at Naas at the start of...
The Shergar Cup takes place at Ascot today and for those readers unfamiliar with the concept, it's basically a competition in which jockeys join teams and compete for their region, similar to golf's...
It's a massive few days for Irish racing with a host of challengers set for France and America in pursuit of lucrative prizes, but the action on these shores commands respect.
Michael Halford has given Platinum Warrior a glowing report as the son of Galileo settles into his American surroundings before a bold bid in tomorrow night's Grade One Secretariat Stakes...
Colm O'Donoghue has enjoyed a thrill-a-minute season aboard Jessica Harrington's superstar filly Alpha Centauri and the Cork jockey is purring with excitement ahead of her French raid at Deauville on Sunday.
All eyes will be on Deauville this Sunday with Jessica Harrington's superstar filly Alpha Centauri set for a mouth-watering duel against Freddy Head's With You in the Prix Jacques le Marois.
English raider Safe Voyage came from the clouds to claim top honours in the Ahonoora Handicap at Galway yesterday.
Chicas Amigas was made to pull out all the stops to justify short-priced favouritism in the feature race at the Curragh yesterday.
Polydream lunged late to provide trainer Freddy Head with a seventh victory in the LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville.
Chicas Amigas could take advantage of having her sights lowered for the Mongey Communications Race at the Curragh today.
It was a week of fun and festivities for punters around the country as they enjoyed this year's Galway Races.
Willie Mullins won his fifth feature race of the Galway Festival as Low Sun found plenty for pressure to give Katie O'Farrell another famous victory in the Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle.
Gifted Master, a 20/1 shot ridden by 5lb-claiming apprentice Jason Watson, landed one of the biggest handicap sprints of the season yesterday, when he got back up on the line to win the Unibet Stewards Cup on the final day of Glorious Goodwood.
Another day at the Galway Festival, and it was yet another big-race winner for Willie Mullins as Nessun Dorma (14/1) sprung a surprise under an enterprising ride from Billy Lee in the Guinness...
The Galway Festival is winding down after a hectic period, but Willie Mullins is one man keen to keep the throttle down over the closing two days.
On the face of it, a four-runner race should be fairly easy to figure out as there's less homework to do on each horse. But finding the likely winner of a race is one thing, making a long-term profit...
English trainer Brian Ellison has turned tomorrow's feature "Ahonoora" Premier Handicap (3.55) at Galway into a procession taking the last four renewals, but he may be outdone by one of his former charges this time around.
Limini had to make do with minor honours for the second time at this year's Galway Festival as stable companion Nessun Dorma claimed victory in Friday's Guinness Handicap.
Willie Mullins confirmed his status as the new 'King of Ballybrit' with his son Patrick the Prince, as Galway Hurdle success for Sharjah (12/1) spearheaded a 295.5/1 treble for the Closutton maestro.
The #AskTed section of RTE's racing coverage has provided some very light-hearted moments in...
It's the calm after the storm as the action begins to ease into the weekend following the excitement of the Plate and the Hurdle at Ballybrit, but one man who has been on form all week is Willie Mullins -...
Connections of Battaash have high hopes of him bouncing back from Royal Ascot disappointment to successfully defend his King George Qatar Stakes title at Goodwood today (3.35).
Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day sang: "It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right, I hope you had the time of your life". That sums up my week in Galway so far.
By their very nature, handicaps are among the most tricky type of race to figure out, with the better horses carrying more weight to give every animal an equal chance.
This is the season that has marked Godolphin's return to the top and while Masar's victory in the Derby is unlikely to be bettered, Wild Illusion finally landed one at the highest level in her Classic...
She may be leading the Irish jumps jockeys' championship, but Rachael Blackmore will have to head back to the Racing Academy and Centre of Education (RACE) HQ at the Curragh for "one...
Sharjah defied top-weight to win the Guinness Galway Hurdle for the father and son team of Willie and Patrick Mullins.
Gordon Elliott continued a phenomenal 2018 at the Galway Races as Clarcam took the Galway Plate after blitzing the field at Ballybrit.
Mark Enright may have been in the "last-chance saloon" last winter when he decided to end his days as a freelance jockey, but the Limerick rider was left dining at Irish racing's top table last night.
It's been a great couple of days for the county of Limerick.
River Light claimed the COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap for the second year in succession at the Galway Races after returning from a long layoff...
WITH top-class horses including Balko Des Flos, Carlingford Lough and Road To Riches on the recent Galway Plate roll of honour, the winner of...
Ruby Walsh made a successful return to action after Easy Game lived up to his name in the galmont.com & galwaybayhotel.com Novice Hurdle, the...
Ruby Walsh knows better than most not to take anything for granted in the racing game, but it seemed his luck was changing for the better when he made a winning return to race riding on...
Poet's Word provided Michael Stoute with a record-breaking sixth success in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes in a spellbinding renewal of the great race at Ascot on Saturday.
It was the middle of the seventies, on the twisty road home from Galway to Duninga in Kilkenny and my father and uncle Tony were sitting...
Two hours after Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final...
They are the oldest...
It ends with Tom Condon, ball in hand,...
