Horse Racing

May 2020

Curragh target for Halford pair

Sinawann and Ridenza are on course to bid for Classic glory in the Irish 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas respectively next month.

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Lyons: Make races free-to-air at start

Ger Lyons has called on Racing TV - the predominant rights holders for broadcasting Irish racing - to make their subscription-based channel free to air for a short period when racing resumes next month.

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Racing return will be June 1

Brant Dunshea, chief regulatory officer at the British Horseracing Authority, has expressed his confidence that racing will be able to resume in Britain on June 1.

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Racing must lead way for other sports

Copy and paste is a common tactic employed as a welcome time saver when preparing assignments - and it is likely to be utilised by several sporting bodies over the coming weeks and months.

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Walsh: Wrong to single out Cheltenham

Ted Walsh believes that many people were wrongly singling out the running of the Cheltenham Festival for criticism in recent months.

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Kavanagh 'grateful' as racing to return behind closed doors on June 8

Horse racing in Ireland is set to resume next month behind closed doors, it has been confirmed.

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Classics and Ascot are on track for June

With a growing confidence that racing will be able to restart on June 1, the British Horseracing Authority yesterday announced revised plans to run the first Classics, the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, at the end of the first week back - with the possibility of French and Irish runners.

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Allen keeps Irish flag flying in Oz

Irish racing may be in the wilderness amid the Coronavirus but our exports are keeping the tricolour in the news Down Under with Cork jockey Johnny Allen adding yet another string to his bow by landing his third South Australian Derby on Saturday.

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'Piper' calls tune but it's no lament for stresses of buying and selling

"You can criticise a man's wife; never his horse" - The Brother

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What Katie did next

It says something about her lofty reputation within Irish racing circles that Katie Walsh was chosen to make a recent appearance on 'The Tommy Tiernan Show' and she knocked it out of the park alongside her father, and partner in crime, Ted.

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Victor heads field as racing returns

Victor Ludorum heads eight declarations for Monday's Prix de Fontainebleau at ParisLongchamp.

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Lavery slams HRI over 'deafening silence'

Leading trainer Sheila Lavery has laid into Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) chiefs for their "deafening silence" around the return of Irish racing.

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Townend filling boots of Ruby

How do you go about filling boots that simply can't be filled? That was the question which Paul Townend was left to ponder on this day 12 months ago, when Ruby Walsh shocked the racing world and retired from the saddle, leaving a trail of high-profile winners in his rear-view mirror.

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April 2020

It would have been better if Cheltenham didn't happen

IT would have been better if the Cheltenham Festival had not taken place, or at least gone ahead behind closed doors, according to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) chief executive Brian Kavanagh.

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Stunning success for Lor in Sprint

Mr Stunning rolled back the years to take the Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin.

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Smaller fields in Britain

Field sizes will be restricted to 12 runners per race with only senior jockeys allowed to participate in the latest British Horseracing Authority (BHA) plans for the resumption of racing.

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Johnston continuing with his recovery

Record-breaking trainer Mark Johnston is continuing his recovery after contracting coronavirus.

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Dundalk to make more of surface

Resurfacing work is reported to be going well at Dundalk, Ireland's only all-weather track.

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NH season over but National may run

The Irish jumps season is officially over after Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) chiefs called a halt to any hope of completing the national hunt action this spring, although this year's Irish Grand National looks set to be rescheduled in the winter.

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Mulvany admits racing programme might require 'complete overhaul'

Sportspeople face more questions than answers amid the coronavirus crisis given the uncertainty about when competition will resume, but things are even more complicated for trainers right now.

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March 2020

High five for 'Magic Man' Moreira

'Magic Man' Joao Moreira lived up to his nickname once more at Sha Tin with a special five-timer yesterday.

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Enable's triple Arc bid hanging in the balance

All plans for superstar mare Enable this summer are dependent on the length of the shutdown in British racing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Russell: Roll on next year

Davy Russell has his fingers crossed Tiger Roll will get his chance to enter the Grand National history books next year.

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Greatest test for industry

Horse Racing Ireland Chairman Nicky Hartery admits the sport possibly faces its "greatest challenge" after the decision was taken to suspend racing until the middle of April.

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Racing Post ceases its print edition indefinitely

The Racing Post will cease publication from today in what will be the first time that racing's flagship daily newspaper hasn't been printed since its foundation in 1986.

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Elliott: hopefully we'll get through it

Racing here in Ireland will not take place until at least April 19 following an announcement from the Government.

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Bachasson bounces back after long absence

Bachasson bounced back to winning ways in the feature event on what proved to be the final day's racing in Ireland for at least several weeks at Clonmel yesterday.

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Sizing up to task as it's also time to 'catchme'

Sizing Pottsie can again underscore his potential with victory in the Grade Three Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase at Thurles today.

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Moore set to partner with Gronkowski in World Cup

Ryan Moore has been booked to partner last year's runner-up Gronkowski in the Dubai World Cup.

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Tough call but Irish racing may have to cancel

Racing's reputation was dragged through the mud last week with every Tom, Dick and Harry having their say about why the Cheltenham Festival should not have taken place as normal, and rightfully so.