Article Category: Sport of Kings

BYRNES BACK WITH A BANG

October 7, 2021

WHAT BETTER way to celebrate a return from a six-month suspension than to land an old-fashioned gamble in a competitive handicap in the... Read more »

ROTHWELL’S HARD GOING

August 26, 2021

TRAINER PHILIP Rothwell has been on something of a crusade all summer to find the perfect ground conditions for his horses — but... Read more »

ABDULAZIZ AT EASE

August 26, 2021

THE ON-GOING involvement in Irish racing of alleged money launderer, Amer Abdulaziz of Phoenix Thoroughreds, came into focus again recently, due to the... Read more »

O’CALLAGHAN’S RISKY PUNT

August 26, 2021

MANY TRAINERS (Jim Bolger is a notable exception) operate on a business model based on investment into horses in training from third parties... Read more »

PAUL MURTAGH’S LAW

August 26, 2021

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) introduced new starting procedures in July, following a meeting between the Irish Jockeys Association, the IHRB starters... Read more »

REAL MADRID’S BIG SPENDER

August 12, 2021

WHEN SWISS billionaire Georg Von Opel emerged from relative obscurity at Goffs two years ago and splashed a few million on some yearlings... Read more »

AFTER DENIS EGAN?

August 12, 2021

HAVING BEEN compared in recent oireachtas hearings to an old boys’ club, and coming under fire over transparency and corporate governance issues, it... Read more »

NEW RUNNER ENTERS THE FIELD

August 12, 2021

A NEW entry in the online auction business looks set to shake up the old guard of Tattersalls and Goffs. The British outfit... Read more »

ST LAWRENCE’S LAW

August 12, 2021

THE BUSINESS of bloodstock agents involves the pounding of the sales grounds hoping to earn an honest or, now and again, a dishonest... Read more »

ROTHWELL’S RANT

July 29, 2021

THE TRAINER Philip Rothwell has been moaning about ground conditions at some Irish tracks and it climaxed for him at Kilbeggan recently when... Read more »

PISS-TAKE

July 29, 2021

THE CONTROVERSIAL Stephen Mahon continues to attract the wrong kind of attention, while he awaits the outcocme of his appeal for a four-year... Read more »

MOLONEY’S CROWD CONTROL

July 29, 2021

WHILE IT is round two of an essentially spectator-free Galway Festival this week, at least the 2021 event won’t be quite as soulless... Read more »

JOHN OSBORNE’S HEADACHE

July 29, 2021

WITH HORSERACING keen to keep its nose clean after the PR mauling casued by the Gordon Elliott affair, there was some serious head... Read more »

DENIS EGAN’S HEADACHES

July 15, 2021

FOLLOWING THE announcement by Denis Egan that he is taking early retirement from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) in September, it is... Read more »

SUZANNE SADDLES UP

July 15, 2021

COMPETITORS FOR the well-salaried role of Brian Kavanagh’s replacement as the head honcho at Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) may be surprised to hear... Read more »

RONAN MCNALLY’S ARRANGEMENT

July 15, 2021

TRAINER RONAN McNally, who has hit the headlines on numerous occasions over the past two years, is under investigation by the Irish Horseracing... Read more »

AND THE BANNED PLAYED ON

July 1, 2021

EARLIER THIS year the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) handed out two six-month bans to two high-profile trainers – Charles Byrnes and Gordon... Read more »

COMER’S RARE MARE

July 1, 2021

LUKE COMER seems as enthusiastic as ever about the racing game despite his usual lack of success on the track. The gelding, He... Read more »

MAGNIER’S CONUNDRUM

July 1, 2021

AFTER NEGATIVE press coverage at Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s treatment of his daughter, Sheika Latifa, the headlines were rather more positive following the... Read more »

BACK TO SCHOOL FOR SEAMUS HEFFERNAN

July 1, 2021

THIS TIME last year, the hapless Seamie Heffernan landed one of the longest whip bans received by any jockey. The French stewards banned... Read more »