RACING

The glitz and the glamour

The glitz and the glamour

By Simon Clifford. Royal Ascot is here and the excitement is building. I always look forward to this meeting every year as we get horses from all over the world competing. One of the big jockeys [...]

Bolger’s Royal Ascot bound

Bolger’s Royal Ascot bound

By Simon Clifford. Royal Ascot will soon be upon and one man that rarely leaves Ascot without a winner is Jim Bolger. The Irish trainer, who had the favourite for this year’s Epsom Derby in Dawn [...]

O’Brien rules the World, and Epsom

O’Brien rules the World, and Epsom

By Simon Clifford. From the ferris wheels to the roar of the bookies, you could be forgiven for thinking you were at Listowel Races in September, but it’s not Listowel, its Derby Day at Epsom Downs. [...]

French doubts over Dawn Approach

French doubts over Dawn Approach

By Simon Clifford. With Epsom only a few days away it’s time to start picking out a few wagers to have at the big showpiece. The media have been trying to play down Dawn Approach as [...]

O’Brien’s spoiling for an Epsom scrap

O’Brien’s spoiling for an Epsom scrap

By Simon Clifford With the Epsom Derby only a couple of weeks away, one man who is strengthening his hand every day is Aidan O’ Brien. With Dawn Approach the outright favourite for the Epsom classic, [...]

A new star is born

A new star is born

Racing By Simon Clifford Jim Bolger has now finally admitted that his 2000 Guineas hero Dawn Approach will now be more than likely heading to Epsom for the Investec Derby next month. The son of Bolger’s [...]

RACING: Why Harrington can still rock our world

RACING: Why Harrington can still rock our world

By Simon Clifford Over the past decade Jessica Harrington has established herself as one of the leading National Hunt trainers inIreland, and in more recent seasons has also shown that she can more than hold her [...]

Racing: Aintree Grand National

Grand National Glory is Katie’s Fairytale The Aintree Grand National is just around the corner and you can feel the buzz in offices and pubs, where everyone will be having an interest in this race. It’s [...]

Racing: Irish Grand National

Racing: Irish Grand National

What a Liberty     By Damian Dolan   Liberty Counsel was a shock 50-1 winner of Monday’s (April 1) Ladbrokes Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse this afternoon. Trained by Dot Love and ridden by jockey [...]

Plenty more to look forward to after Cheltenham fever

Plenty more to look forward to after Cheltenham fever

John Doyle on how there's still so much more to look forward to in racing even though the Cheltenham excitement is over [...]