With Meath in action at Croke Park later in the day, the racing kicks off early at Navan and Royal County fanatic Noel Meade can give the locals plenty to cheer about with STAR OF SAPPHIRE (12.30) in the opener.
Kerry jockey Oisin Murphy (29) has pleaded guilty to drink driving at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon.
Irish jockey Michael O'Sullivan (24) died from catastrophic head injuries sustained in a fall during a race meeting in Tipperary.
Tipperary jockey Rachael Blackmore is reported to be unhurt but was treated in an ambulance as a precaution following a fall during the Boodles Anniversary Juvenile Hurdle at the Aintree Racing Festival.
The biggest day of them all is here as Galopin Des Champs has his date with Cheltenham Gold Cup destiny.
Rachael Blackmore produced an inspired finish aboard Air Of Entitlement as she secured her first win at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival in the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.
Teahupoo bids to join the likes of Flooring Porter, Baracouda and Galmoy as a two-time Stayers’ Hurdle winner while Fact To File is a banker for many on day three of the Festival.
Cheltenham Festival has been hit by surprise snow as day two of the famous racing event gets underway.
Jonbon is the star attraction on day two at Cheltenham as Nicky Henderson’s brilliant chaser bids to make it third time lucky at the Festival.
A Cork village came to a standstill on Wednesday afternoon as a grieving community bade farewell to jockey Michael O’Sullivan who died in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Tragic jockey Michael O'Sullivan, who died as a result of the injuries he suffered in a fall during a race earlier this month, will be laid to rest on Wednesday.
Jockey Michael O'Sullivan has died as a result of the injuries he suffered in a fall at Thurles on February 6, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has announced.
Cork jockey Michael O'Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles yesterday.
Una Healy’s boyfriend, retired jockey Aidan Coleman, has moved back to England amid reports that the couple has split up.
Guinness guzzlers at this year’s Cheltenham racing festival will be paying a whopping £7.50 (€8.90) for a pint as a shortage of the black stuff has pushed prices up.
Trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon has been given a 10-month ban following a hearing before the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board disciplinary panel.
I Am Maximus ran out an impressive winner of the Randox Grand National at Aintree.
AP McCoy and Paul O’Connell turned out last week to help clean up Limerick City.
The daughter of legendary Irish jockey Kieren Fallon has expressed her grief over the death of her boyfriend, the talented Italian-born jockey Stefano Cherchi.
Former jockey Nina Carberry is set enter politics as a candidate for Fine Gael in the European elections, the Irish Independent can reveal.
AS the master of every Cotswolds nuance, Ruby Walsh will forever inhabit the highest Cheltenham terrain, a horseman of complete and unrivalled authority.
It was deemed a “score draw” between the punters and the layers heading into the final day of the Cheltenham Festival after football encroached heavily on racing’s pitch on day three
Ruby Walsh hailed the “incredible achievement” of his former boss Willie Mullins after he became the first trainer to notch up a century of winners at the Cheltenham Festival.
Willie Mullins reached the magical 100-winner mark at the Cheltenham Festival as the Patrick Mullins-ridden Jasmin De Vaux provided him with a 13th victory in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper.
Bookmakers were left reeling on the ropes following a Willie Mullins blitz on day one of the Cheltenham Festival – and they fear the Irish maestro will go on to deliver a knockout blow.
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Willie Mullins will be responsible for half of the field when saddling six runners in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and hopes are predictably high for a record-extending eighth success in the Cheltenham Festival curtain raiser.
The big day is finally here for racing fans as the Cheltenham Festival is set for lift off.
Since times of Old Testament antiquity, when 33/1 shot, David, required but a single slingshot to take down odds-on hotpot, Goliath, the heroic rising up of the underdog has excelled at lifting the people out of slumps and slouches.
Maureen Mullins, the matriarch of Irish racing’s royal family, has died following a short illness at the age of 94.
Keagan Kirkby, a point-to-point rider and highly valued member of the Paul Nicholls team at Ditcheat, has died following a fall at Charing point-to-point in the UK on Sunday.
Legendary jockey Ruby Walsh insists that "it's every man for himself" on the track as he slammed Patrick Mullins for his part in a controversial exchange of words between the champion amateur rider and his cousin Danny at Limerick yesterday.
There were explosive scenes in the aftermath of the Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick today as cousins Patrick and Danny Mullins exchanged words following a flawless Grade One victory for Gaelic Warrior.
Gordon Elliott will never forget those that stood by him during his darkest hour after his scintillating start to the Irish jumps season continued with a Grade One double at Fairyhouse.
Irish jockey Graham Lee has been diagnosed with an unstable cervical fracture and remains in intensive care following a serious incident at Newcastle on Friday.
Irish jockey Graham Lee is in intensive care after suffering a neck injury in a fall at Newcastle on Friday evening.
Willie Mullins was not ruling out a future bid for Lexus Melbourne Cup glory after watching his favourite Vauban disappoint in the Flemington highlight.
Trainer Ted Walsh has described the changes to the Aintree Grand National as “another step in the abolition of jump racing as we knew it”.
Group One-winning jockey Hollie Doyle has been handed a one-month ban - suspended for one year - after testing positive for the banned substance Dihdyrocodeine (DHC), a painkiller, in April.
Apprentice jockey Wesley Joyce has spoken of his joy in getting back in the saddle after suffering serious injuries in a fall at the Galway festival last year that left him in intensive care at University Hospital Galway.
Frankie Dettori recorded a fairytale victory on his final Gold Cup ride, with the aptly-named Courage Mon Ami showing plenty of grit to down Coltrane in a titanic battle through the final furlong of the Royal Ascot showpiece.
Well-known businessman and horse owner Conor Clarkson has appeared in court charged with fraud offences.
Ruby Walsh has launched a strong defence of racing’s Government funding amid debate about the redistribution of betting tax.
The marquee contest of the week deserves some marquee names, and today’s Grade One Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (5.55) certainly doesn’t disappoint as Galopin Des Champs bids for a famous double at the Kildare track.
Nine people were arrested after protestors broke on to the track at Aintree ahead of the start of the Randox Grand National, but the race went ahead as Irish jockey Derek Fox won on Corach Rambler
A woman was arrested in connection with potential co-ordinated disruption at Aintree Racecourse as animal rights activists gathered outside the track before the Grand National Festival’s final day.
THE Aintree Grand National - the world's most famous steeplechase. Forty runners. Thirty fences over a gruelling four-and-a-quarter miles.
An animal rights group plans to stage a protest at the Aintree Grand National this weekend to stop “direct harm coming to horses”.
Ruby Walsh is looking to end this year’s Cheltenham Festival on a high with some bumper tips on the final day.
