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Does anyone know what’s happening? Has it folded permanently?

I find the scale of punishments in this case hard to take in. €50k “contribution towards IHRB costs” for Ronan McNally, plus being stripped of roughly the same amount in prize money on top of being DQD for 12 years. This is out of scale with any previous punishments I can recall in Irish...

Tickets are now on sale at early bird prices for the DRF. General admission costs €30 per day. Eight Grade 1s, five big handicaps and two Grade 2 bumpers. Drool.

Has anyone else been watching tonight's Panorama programme detailing Sheik Mohammed's terrible treatment of his daughter? The unfortunate woman is shut up in a house where none of the windows open, she has no access to media or to a phone, no visits or contact with friends or family, and no...

First, a reminder of how the scores are calculated. First place in the Most Valuable Portfolio (MVP) part of the Ante Post competition is worth 1 point, second place gets 2 points, third gets 3, and so on. For the main part of the Ante Post competition (AP), and for the Ten To Follow (TTF)...

Circus Maximus passed the post an inch in front of Romanised, who just failed to get up, in today's Prix du Moulin. Circus Maximus was allowed to keep the race even though the head-on view (link below) shows that he pushed his opponent wide and then bumped him before straightening up. The...

Here is the leader board for the Winter Prize on the eve of Aintree, and it shows that the competition is still wide open. Maruco is the overall leader after winning both parts of the Ante Post competition but several others are breathing down his neck. Points are given based on placings in...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/16/british-racing-may-use-barriers-to-keep-irish-horse-racing-raiders-in-check-cheltenham-festival

The hypocrisy of the BHA support for the bookmakers in their submission to the UK government on FOBTs is really shocking. It would be one thing to say racing (thinks it) has a vested interest in bookies being able to exploit gambling addiction, but to claim that racing supports FOBTs out of a...

Congratulations to chroniclandlord, who is the comfortable winner of this year's Winter Prize, which is for the best overall performance in the Cheltenham Ante Post and the Ten To Follow competitions. He was 1st in the TTF, 3rd in the main part of the AP competition and 6th in the most valuable...

Aidan O'Brien and Wayne Lordan have lost their appeal against the penalties imposed by the Dundalk stewards in relation to the running and riding of Music Box. It is a very big step. Aidan O'Brien juveniles used to win first time out but that pattern stopped a few years ago and they were given...

This is the statement by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins on the death of Fidel Castro. Some of you may know him as the friendly little guy who comes out on the pitch at Lansdowne Road to welcome the teams. Share105 Speeches News Releases Video Photos Audio Publications...

https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/how-rankings-evolved-and-who-were-top-points-scorers-way/ https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/world-rankings-are-here-and-you-wont-be-surprised-see-who-are-top/ Thoroughbred Racing Commentary has come up with a ranking of the top trainers...

A decision to be welcomed

Now that the Ten To Follow competition is finalised, it is time to also announce the result of the Winter Prize which goes to best overall performance in the Cheltenham Ante Post and Ten to Follow competitions. The Ante Post competition had two parts, the prize for the most valuable portfolio...

http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/irish-politics/irish-general-election/next-government In betting on who will form the next government the bookies have an FF/FG formation as favourite. I find this amazing, I would have thought that for both parties such an option would be the last resort...

It was good to see a fine horse coming back to form for a popular stable and connections. But I think yesterday's Tingle Creek race was another example of why the present rules need changing. Sire De Grugy was presumably allowed keep yesterday's race because the stewards couldn't be sure...

This is a thread intended for incidental comment on anything to do with the day's racing action. Today's opening race at Gowran has some very unfamiliar names among the trainers, given that it's a race for 2yos: Tony Martin, Colin Bowe (two entries), Emmet Mullins and Willie Mullins (for...

Cameron's complaint that Italy and Greece are not doing enough to stop the flow of refugees coming into Europe is ignorant. He's like someone coming to their front door in dressing gown, slippers and pyjamas to complain to smoke-blackened firemen that their efforts to put out the fire next door...