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UPDATED 4:13PM, MAR 3 2021 The familiar black, white and red colours of Moyglare Stud have been carried to success by countless stars down the years - think recent Group 1 winners such as Free Eagle and Search For A Song - and the operations broodmare band is now set for another season of top-class coverings.   The 2021 breeding season follows on from a period of lockdowns and global economic uncertainty as a result of coronavirus. Moyglares bloodstock advisor Fiona Craig noted that t...

Irish participants at the Cheltenham Festival next month will be confined to the controlled racecourse green zone, which will include separate changing rooms

UPDATED 6:42PM, FEB 21 2021 Disappointed but not completely disillusioned. That was the reaction of Gordon Elliott after dual Grand National hero Tiger Roll trailed home last of the six finishers behind Beacon Edge in the Ladbrokes Ireland Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday. There was no mention of the Grand National from Elliott afterwards – William Hill have pushed him all the way out to 25-1 for that – but the good news for his legions of fans is that the Glenfarclas Cross Country...

11:20AM, FEB 21 2021 American Pharoah notched his third top-flight winner, and first on dirt, when his son Cafe Pharoah claimed the Grade 1 February Stakes at Tokyo on Sunday. The US-bred four-year-old was adding to his two Grade 3 victories, having won the Unicorn Stakes and the Sirius Stakes last year. Jockey Christophe Lemaire tracked the leaders aboard the powerfully-built bay, and having hit the front entering the final furlong, Cafe Pharoah ran on strongly to deny the fast-finishi...

UPDATED 8:14PM, FEB 18 2021 IHRB chief executive Denis Egan believes the six-month suspension handed to Charles Byrnes due to negligence in the Viking Hoard case should act as a wake-up call to trainers about leaving horses unattended at racecourses, warning that they could be penalised in future. Speaking during a Zoom press conference after the appeals panel announced its verdict on Thursday, Egan suggested the saga would not have occurred if Byrnes had not left his horse alone on ...

Scott Burton on the Royal Ascot-winning trainer selling a top jumps prospect Hardi Du Mesnil in the process of selling for a session-leading €250,000 Arqana UPDATED 7:12PM, FEB 15 2021 The Dublin Racing Festival was an amalgamation of races already in the Irish jumping calendar, but there can be no doubt its creation has magnified their importance, both on the racing and breeding front.   Coming barely a week later, Arqanas February sale is in a good spot to capitalise on any up...

The insatiable Willie Mullins secured an 11 th Irish Gold Cup courtesy of another gallant front-running turn from Kemboy, in the process enhancing the all-conquering yard’s prospects of plundering a third successive victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.  However, in a twist that is indicative of the impression that the 35 th running of the Leopardsown Grade 1 might not have been a vintage one, it is the prospects of a horse resting at home in his stable at Closutton that appear to have been ...

Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (Grade 1) | 2m1½f | 5yo+ | ITV4/RTV Willie Mullins believes Chacun Pour Soi is the horse to end his Champion Chase hoodoo and it is hard to argue with him judging by what we have have seen from him this season. Victory here would simply provide reassurance that he is still top of the pops when it comes to two-mile chasers in Ireland. The fact of the matter is that Chacun Pour Soi does not need to do anything he has not done before.  Rewind 12 months and he dominated Min...

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8:00AM, FEB 2 2021 Al Boum Photo is set for a key workout this week as his preparation for a historic Cheltenham Gold Cup hat-trick intensifies, with Willie Mullins pleased by the staying stars progress since winning at Tramore last month. The Joe and Marie Donnelly-owned nine-year-old is following his tried-and-tested route to the festival in March with an 11-week gap between races as he bids to emulate the likes of Golden Miller, Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate. "Hes in great sha...