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Mullins’ runner makes all in Leopardstown highlight. By Press Association Sunday 7 Feb 2021, 4:34 PM Feb 7th 2021, 4:34 PM 2,211 Views 2 Comments Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO KEMBOY MADE EVERY yard of the running to win the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Agonisingly caught close home by A Plus Tard in th...

IT IS a huge weekend of national hunt racing with the Leopardstown Festival and for most Irish runners a final chance to see if they are true Cheltenham Festival material. The big race over the two days is the Irish Gold Cup (Sunday, 3.40) with a small, but select, field of just five and MINELLA INDO trying to put his fall in the Savills Chase behind him. It may not be last chance saloon for the Henry De Bromhead runner to prove his Gold Cup worth, but he certainly needs a convincing victory to...

Festival Fever: The Key Weekend Runners with Cheltenham Festival in mind By Sporting Life 15:48 · SAT February 06, 2021 Matt Brocklebank and Tony McFadden profile eight of the most significant runners this weekend that are likely to have the Cheltenham Festival on their agenda, including Minella Indo. Sunday - Ones to watch Paul Townend on Appreciate It Appreciate It is already favourite for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham but we could be talking in terms of old-fashioned Iris...

2:48PM, FEB 2 2021 The big names of Irish racing – Chacun Pour Soi, Min, Honeysuckle, Minella Indo, Monkfish, Delta Work and Sharjah – remain in contention for the Grade 1 races at the Dublin Racing Festival in what promises to be an action-packed weekend that should not be missed. Chacun Pour Soi, the horse many believe will provide Willie Mullins with a breakthrough Queen Mother Champion Chase victory at Cheltenham, is on course to defend his Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (1.35) crown ...

UPDATED 8:43PM, JAN 31 2021 The countdown to the Dublin Racing Festival is on, with the two-day meeting at Leopardstown attracting some of the most talented horses, trainers and jockeys in Irish jump racing. Held each February, there are seven races on the Saturday card, highlighted by the Grade 1 Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle, while Sunday showcases an eight-race fixture, spearheaded by the prestigious Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup. When and where does the Dublin Racing Festival...

Raven Dedicates Emmy for Drag Race Work to Mathu Andersen By Mikelle Street When you think about the true winners of RuPauls Drag Race a few names might instantly come to mind: Bianca Del Rio, Shangela, Trixie Mattel. Those girls have taken the platform that the show has provided them and turned them into truly massive brands. They arent the only ones of course as so many of the other queens are plowing away building veritable empires and extremely bankable businesses. But a queen whose influe...

RTÉ Racing journalist Day three of the Leopardstown Christmas meeting, and the hits just keep on coming. The Savills Chase, with a scarcely believable number of runners and some top class horses on show, is the highlight. The Christmas Hurdle sees some legitimate contenders for the Stayers Hurdle crown lock horns.  12.05 Tote.ie Maiden Hurdle Indigo Breeze ran into a smart sort on his hurdles bow at Fairyhouse. He looked all over the winner that day. That experience will not be lost on him h...

Savills Chase reaction: A Plus Tard cut for Cheltenham Gold Cup By Matt Brocklebank 16:03 · MON December 28, 2020 Matt Brocklebank is cautious over A Plus Tards Gold Cup claims, with another crack at the Ryanair possibly more likely at this stage. "It’s looking good for Willie Mullins as they run round the home turn,” said Leopardstown commentator Jerry Hannon. He wasn’t wrong. Kemboy and stablemate Melon had led the strongest Savills Chase field in recent memory a merry dance until tha...

A Plus Tard snatches enthralling Savills Chase Updated / Monday, 28 Dec 2020 15:00 Darragh OKeeffe celebrates after riding A Plus Tard to victory A Plus Tard finished with a flourish to collar Kemboy in the final strides in a vintage renewal of the Savills Chase at Leopardstown. What a race! A Plus Tard wins a thoroughly absorbing and dramatic Savills Chase #RTEracingpic.twitter.com/LYCmiKZUZv — RTÉ Racing (@RTEracing) December 28, 2020 Kemboy looked sure to win the race for a second time i...

Christmas crackers: The eight Grade One races in Ireland you cannot miss By Tom Thurgood@tdthurgood Thu 24 Dec 2020 Shreds of wrapping paper all over the living room? Tea and turkey sandwiches? Contrived laughter from the jokes in suspect Christmas crackers? Christmas conjures certain immediate memories for all of us and among it all is probably my favourite meeting of the year in the Leopardstown Christmas Festival. What’s not to love about four days of top-class action at Foxrock over the f...