Article Category: Sport of Kings

MAGNIER’S COSTLY FILLY

April 19, 2023

THE OLD adage of breeding the best to the best and hoping for the best is as good a guide as any to... Read more »

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DEVELOPERS’ WINNING WAYS

April 19, 2023

PROPERTY DEVELOPERS Sean Deane and Ger O’Brien have experienced highs and low in their business careers but have rarely enjoyed anything but good... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S ID FARCE

April 19, 2023

GORDON ELLIOTT was summoned before an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) referrals committee recently to explain how a significant mix-up in his yard... Read more »

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NOEL MEADE’S PARTNER

April 19, 2023

THE PAST 10 years have seen a number of predominantly Wexford-based point-to-point trainers revolutionise the point-to-point game from what was an amateur discipline... Read more »

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AINTREE’S GREEN TINGE

April 6, 2023

IRISH-TRAINED horses have won the last four runnings of the Aintree Grand National and it looks short odds that they will make it... Read more »

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NO LIFE IN THE PARK

April 6, 2023

THE INCONSISTENCY of race-day stewards was evident again recently after a valuable Grade 3 novice chase in Limerick. The race in question was... Read more »

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ITHAKA’S GAMBLE

April 6, 2023

WITH RONAN McNally’s imminent appeal hearing over his 12-year suspension, an ex-horse of his, Ithaka, landed a tidy gamble in England recently. The... Read more »

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O’LEARY’S NAMING GAME

April 6, 2023

MICK O’LEARY performed a U-turn last year by investing in some young national hunt horses to be trained by Willie Mullins, one of... Read more »

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ELLMARIE’S STRONG MEDICINE

March 23, 2023

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has made it very clear in recent years that maintaining up-to-date records of all medications administered to... Read more »

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DAVY’S DAY TO FORGET

March 23, 2023

PLENTY OF people were surprised when Davy Russell announced his intention to temporarily return to race riding less than three weeks after retiring... Read more »

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GLEESON HAS HIS CAKE…

March 23, 2023

RTÉ AND ITV racing presenter Brian Gleeson knows how to strike a deal and they probably don’t come any sweeter than the one... Read more »

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SURPRISE RESULT FOR MULLINS

March 23, 2023

TATTERSALLS CASHED in on Cheltenham fever by holding a select auction of Irish point-to-point winners in the winners’ enclosure following racing on the... Read more »

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THE MORANS CROSS THEIR FINGERS

March 8, 2023

WITH CHELTENHAM kicking off next week, all those big-spending owners will again battle it out to bag even the one winner that might... Read more »

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DENIS HOGAN’S GAMBLE

March 8, 2023

IT IS three years since that controversial race in Dundalk in 2020 when the Denis Hogan-trained stable mates Tony the Gent and Yuften... Read more »

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REUBEN BROTHERS CLOSING IN

March 8, 2023

THE NEWS that UK outfit Arena Racing Company (ARC) is in advanced negotiations to buy Dundalk racecourse could have interesting implications for the... Read more »

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O’BRIEN’S AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE

March 8, 2023

HAVING PLUNDERED two of Australia’s most iconic races – the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate – in recent years, Joseph O’Brien has... Read more »

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SUZANNE EADE’S MONEY TREE

February 22, 2023

IRISH HORSE racing bodies are quick to champion the hefty prize money on offer here, particularly when the figures are compared with those... Read more »

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WILL COOLMORE CASH IN?

February 22, 2023

GOFFS BOSS Henry Beeby is shedding no light on the issue of whether the buyer of the sale topper from last year’s Orby... Read more »

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HOMER SCOTT’S SOFT RIDE

February 22, 2023

IRISH RACING took another battering in the Sindo earlier this month when Paul Kimmage exposed an upsetting welfare case involving former trainer Homer... Read more »

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OISIN MURPHY’S COMEBACK

February 22, 2023

KILLARNEY NATIVE Oisin Murphy made his comeback last week after over a year on the sidelines following a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) ban... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S STRATEGY

February 9, 2023

MICK O’LEARY’S re-engagement as an owner of national hunt horses has been welcomed by trainers and breeders and, given the significant clear out... Read more »

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BOLGER’S BIG GUNS

February 9, 2023

DESPITE A slowdown in winners and representation in the major races last year, octogenarian handler Jim Bolger has no plans to bow out... Read more »

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WHIPPING UP A STORM

February 9, 2023

FEBRUARY 13 sees the introduction across the Irish Sea of new, more stringent rules regarding the use of the whip. Given Cheltenham is... Read more »

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REDDINGTON’S RIDE

February 9, 2023

LONDON-BASED Irish property developer-turned amateur jockey John Reddington has become well known in recent years for his particular style in the saddle when... Read more »

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HUSBANDS’S HEADACHE

January 26, 2023
LEOPARDSTOWN BOSS Tim Husbands may still be basking in the glow of a successful Christmas festival, when over 60,000 race-goers attended over the four... Read more »

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PAUL BYRNE’S HORSE TRADING

January 26, 2023

RACEHORSE OWNERSHIP is a well-known way to burn through money but one man who is proving most adept at making a decent living... Read more »

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PAUL HENSEY’S POLITICAL CHALLENGE

January 26, 2023

CLEARLY THE lure back to Ireland was too strong to resist for Paul Hensey, with the news that he is to take over... Read more »

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DERRICK SMITH’S STRATEGY

January 26, 2023

WHEN THE former Aidan O’Brien-trained and Coolmore-owned High Definition was sold to bloodstock agent Mark McStay at Tattersalls last October for £350,000, it... Read more »

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O’LEARY PULLS NO PUNCHES

January 12, 2023

PAUL KIMMAGE began 2023 by reminding his Sindo readers on New Year’s Day that he hasn’t given up when it comes to exposing... Read more »

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LIMERICK’S MYSTERIOUS CROWDS

January 12, 2023

FORMER JUMP jockey Tom Rudd took over as the manager of Limerick racecourse late last year amid hopes that the track would see... Read more »

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AMO KEEPS OPTIONS OPEN

January 12, 2023

ONE MAJOR flat owner who likes to keep his trainers guessing is Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing. The football club investor and tech... Read more »

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COMERS’ CHRISTMAS PLAN

January 12, 2023

EIGHT YEARS after the Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, acquired the Kilternan sports and leisure complex in south Co Dublin for €7m –... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S FRONT NINE ADVANTAGE

December 15, 2022

THE IRISH national hunt season has provided entertainment over the last few weeks and viewers of RTÉ’s coverage of the sport every Sunday... Read more »

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RORY COLLINS’S CATALOGUE

December 15, 2022

MEATH BREEDER and owner Rory Collins has cashed in several of his racing jewels in recent weeks with mixed results. The Ennistown Stud... Read more »

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BONUS BLUES

December 15, 2022

FOR MANY, jockey Tom Queally will always be associated with steering the mighty Frankel to all of his successes on the racecourse 10... Read more »

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O’LEARY’S SPENDING SPREE

December 15, 2022

DESPITE THE general economic gloom, cost-of-living crisis, inflation concerns etc, etc, the market for high-end flat bloodstock is reaching boiling point and one... Read more »

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