Article Category: Sport of Kings

AINE O’CONNOR’S WHIP HAND

May 16, 2024

BOOKMAKERS AND punters might have been excused for diving for cover as the wayward Familiar Dreams carted a whipless Aine O’Connor to victory... Read more »

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PADDY BRENNAN’S TIMELY DISMOUNT

May 2, 2024

THE CLUNKILY titled Weatherite Air Conditioning Handicap Chase at Cheltenham will be remembered as the race in which Paddy Brennan brought the curtain... Read more »

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DANIEL O’RAHILLY’S BIG CHEQUE

May 2, 2024

THIS YEAR’S Aintree Grand National winner, I Am Maximus (trained by newly crowned British champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins), and the 2021 winner,... Read more »

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TONY’S FAILED APPEAL

April 18, 2024

THE RECENT overturning by the IHRB appeals panel of the referral committee’s findings on trainer Tony Martin is not the first significant setback... Read more »

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O’BRIEN’S OBSTACLES

April 18, 2024

While trainer Aidan O’Brien supplied three of the five runners in Leopardstown’s Group 3 PW McGrath Ballysax Stakes, it was Adrian Murray who... Read more »

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APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

April 4, 2024

THE REVELATION last month that the IHRB had been described by consultants in 2021 as “not fit for purpose” was dismissed by the... Read more »

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SEAMIE HEFFERNAN DISMOUNTS

April 4, 2024

MEYDAN RACECOURSE Dubai was the location on Saturday afternoon where the spotlight really shone on Rebels Romance. Ballydoyle’s champion, Auguste Rodin, who had... Read more »

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MULLINS’S ROUGH DIAMOND

March 21, 2024

While Patrick Mullins’s victory aboard Jasmine De Vaux provided his father, Willie, with his 100th Cheltenham success, his faith in Ashroe Diamond in... Read more »

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WRECKING BALLS-UP

March 21, 2024

BARRY CONNELL’S short-priced ante-post favourite for Cheltenham’s Arkle Chase, Marine Nationale, was ruled out of Cheltenham following his flop at the Dublin Racing... Read more »

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ANTI-DOPING INITIATIVE

March 21, 2024

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) recently joined forces in an anti-doping initiative. Citing “out-of-competition testing” as a... Read more »

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JP McMANUS’S BAD DREAM

March 7, 2024

BRED BY Brian and Claire Gleeson’s Brucetown Farms and ridden in all his starts by their son, John, A Dream to Share was... Read more »

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CATHAL BEALE’S NEXT MOVE?

March 7, 2024

THE TENURE of Cathal Beale as boss of the Irish National Stud (INS) looks set to end in July this year, having been... Read more »

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DONOHOE’S MITIGATION

February 22, 2024

THE REFERRALS committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), chaired by legal eagle Robert Dore, recently convened to consider matters arising from... Read more »

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MOLONEY’S ADVENTURES

February 22, 2024

AN INCIDENT at Cork racecourse between well-known trainer and breeze-up consignor Thomand O’Mara and IHRB clerk of the course Paul Moloney recently went... Read more »

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RICKY DOYLE’S POST

February 8, 2024

GRAND NATIONAL-winning jockey Ricky Doyle’s X social media profile photo shows him donning the famous green and gold silks of JP McManus. Ricky... Read more »

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KEATLEY’S BUSY AGENDA

February 8, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will recall that popular Curragh trainer Brendan Duke secured a temporary ex-parte injunction against the purchasers of Fenway House in... Read more »

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JUSTICE DELAYED

February 8, 2024

RTÉ BOARD member and barrister Susan Ahern has plenty to keep here busy given events at Montrose. But she still finds time to... Read more »

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PATRICK MULLINS’S INSTRUCTIONS

January 25, 2024

THE SIGHT of Patrick Mullins wagging his finger at cousin Danny Mullins at the end of the Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick last... Read more »

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FINAL FENCE FOR HBL

January 25, 2024

THREE MONTHS after the passing of high-profile Kilkenny bookmaker Triona Harrington, her company, Harrington Bookmakers Ltd (HBL), is being removed from the companies... Read more »

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TONY MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT

January 11, 2024

WHILE TRAINER Tony Martin must have breathed a sigh of relief after avoiding having his licence suspended before Christmas, he has nevertheless lodged... Read more »

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ADVANTAGE MULLINS

December 14, 2023

IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board stewards made a decision at Punchestown that could have ramifications for trainers and jockeys, especially in light of the... Read more »

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CONNELL’S PLAN

December 14, 2023

THE RECENT ‘festivalisation’ of some of the big winter jumps meets has resulted in big crowds and great atmospheres at Irish tracks. Leopardstown... Read more »

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WEXFORD WOES

November 30, 2023

A STANDARD Wexford meeting in November wouldn’t seem like a candidate for too much drama but there was plenty on show between the... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S ENTRIES

November 30, 2023

GORDON ELLIOTT claims he is addicted to training winners and he pulled out all the stops when targeting the €100,000 Troytown Chase at... Read more »

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COOLMORE’S CASH MACHINE

November 15, 2023

AT THIS time of year, all the stallion farms announce their covering fees for the upcoming breeding season, which begins in February, and... Read more »

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EXPENSIVE TRIP FOR HARRINGTON

November 15, 2023

THERE WAS plenty of Irish interest at the Breeders’ Cup in Santa Anita, California, and while most of it centred around Aidan O’Brien... Read more »

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STREWTH!

November 15, 2023

THERE WERE some long faces in the parade ring from team Mullins after Vauban trailed home in 14th place in the Melbourne Cup... Read more »

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COLIN KEANE’S EDGE

November 15, 2023

THERE WEREN’T too many surprises among the names at the top of the tables in the leading flat categories as the season wound... Read more »

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O’LEARY TAKES OFF AGAIN

November 2, 2023

THE 2019 claim by Mick O’Leary that he was winding down his huge string of jumps horses and quitting going racing looks a... Read more »

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WHIPPING UP A STORM

November 2, 2023

OISIN MURPHY has made more than a decent fist of rebuilding his career after serving a well-documented 14-month ban from riding that he... Read more »

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ALAN AHERN’S TEST

October 18, 2023

A RECENT referrals case at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), involving a point-to-point winner that failed a post-race dope test, looks set... Read more »

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KARLOSS’S WIN

October 18, 2023

A HORSE previously trained by Charles Byrnes popped up in England under the care of low-key trainer Samuel Drinkwater and managed to land... Read more »

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RONAN McNALLY’S TIPS

October 5, 2023

WHILE HE may have begun serving an eight-year ban from training, Ronan McNally is obviously keen to maintain an involvement in the sport... Read more »

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RAY GREHAN’S RESULT

October 5, 2023

PROPERTY DEVELOPER Ray Grehan has had his fair share of tumbles off the track in his high-profile business career but one of his... Read more »

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JACK CANTILLON’S LONG SHOT

September 21, 2023

LAWYER TURNED bloodstock entrepreneur Jack Cantillon’s latest venture into the stallion market has hit a significant speed bump. Jack Cantillon recently teamed up... Read more »

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BYRNES FAMILY FORM

September 21, 2023
CHARLES BYRNES and his sons, Philip and Cathal, have generated acres of column inches in recent times but an incident that went under the... Read more »

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