Racing Preview: Irish Derby day, The Curragh, Sat June 27
0 It is one of the most-important days in the racing calendar, Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby day, and we are in for a treat, with the eight-race card containing two Group 3 races, 2…
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Racing Preview: The Curragh, Fri 26 June, by Alan Marron
0 With a very healthy level-stakes profit posted at Royal Ascot, Alan Marron‘s run of success rolls on to The Curragh for the three-day Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby meeting, which runs from Friday to…
Racing Preview: Naas, Monday June 8th
0 Racing makes a welcome return in Ireland on Monday June 8th with an eight-race card at Naas, previewed here by our regular pundit, Alan Marron. NAAS MONDAY FULL CARD PREVIEW Bar One…
Jockey Interview – Chris Hayes
0 Chris Hayes has long since been recognised as a top-class jockey. What all jockeys want, though, to accompany such recognition is big-race successes to embroider their career CV. These have arrived for Chris in…
Preview: Dundalk Races, Friday 20th December
0 It is the final meeting of 2019 at Dundalk Stadium and, as ever, Alan Marron, is back to mark your card. He remains in remarkably good form, having given eleven winners from his last…
No need to Dramatise
0 Winners have been tough to come by on the blog the last few outings at Dundalk. It’s not for a lack of form study so we won’t panic yet. The feature at 7pm, a…
Plente Appeals at Dundalk
0 The action gets underway at 6pm on the all weather in Dundalk, where the Listed Cooley Stakes is the feature at 8pm. Irish 1000 Guineas second Could It Be Love is the star attraction…
Competitive Irish St Leger Headlines Champions Weekend at The Curragh
0 Day two, the final day, of Longines Irish Champions Weekend carries €2.25m in prize-money and contains no less than four Group One contests. The most valuable of these is the Comer Group International Irish…