Willie Mullins looks set to get this year’s Dublin Racing Festival off to a flying start, with a Closutton quintet in line ...

Dan Skelton hailed John Hales as “a great man for our sport and all horse sports” after the leading owner died at the age of ...

Leading racehorse owner John Hales has died at the age of 85.Hales, who made his money through the Golden Bear Toys company ...

Majborough puts his towering reputation to the test in an all-star clash with stablemate Ile Atlantique in the Goffs Irish Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Saturday.It was on this day 12 months a ...

Some superstars of the National Hunt sphere triumphed in the famous John Hales colours. We pick out five of the best.1) ONE MAN (Gordon Richards)One Man (grey) one the first circuit during his crownin ...

Willie Mullins has been forced to rule his exciting prospect Anzadam out for the rest of the season.The five-year-old burst ...

Surrey Quest will head to Musselburgh for the bet365 Edinburgh National on Sunday, bidding to go one better than his last visit north of the border when agonisingly denied in the Scottish Grand Nation ...

All roads lead to Cheltenham for Rocky’s Diamond after his brilliant victory in the Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park.The five-year-old impressed when outperforming his 66-1 odds by finishing third i ...

Joe Saumarez Smith has stood down from his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority with immediate effect due to deteriorating health.Saumarez Smith, who was diagnosed with cancer in June 20 ...

The Irish Champion Hurdle is a Grade One race run over 2m and held at Leopardstown racecourse each year in early February.In recent years, top hurdlers like Istabraq, Hardy Eustace, Brave Inca, an ...

Paul Nicholls feels stamina is the main question Kalif Du Berlais has to answer in Saturday’s Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown.Another smart prospect owned by Sir Alex Fer ...

A decision has still to be made on which major race Joseph O’Brien’s Banbridge will contest in the spring.The Ronnie Bartlett-owned chestnut came from a long way back to catch Il Est Franc ...