You definitely shouldn't take on Kopek Des Bordes in the first Grade 1 of the day – the KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle. Last ...

The only one who might is Salvator Mundi. He wore a hood in the Supreme but it was taken off at Aintree for the Top Novices' ...

Almost 20,000 punters are set to quaff thousands of glasses of champagne and pints and enjoy a lavish dinner at the Punchestown Racing Festival this year, racing bosses have revea ...

THE Flat is fully underway in Britain – but there is one more week of star-studded action in Ireland. Constitution Hill, ...

Barry Connell believes Marine Nationale is closing in on being the finished article ahead of his blockbuster clash with Fact ...

The Punchestown Festival begins on Tuesday evening as the jumps season in Ireland reaches a thrilling conclusion with five ...

The standing start at Cheltenham in the Champion Chase meant he was never able to force the issue there and he was well ...

Ireland's first inspector of security services George Birmingham shines a light on shadowy parts of Irish State machinery, ...

Willie Mullins is aiming to continue his good run in Punchestown this week after confirming the successful defence of his UK ...

FACT To File and Spillane’s Tower spearhead the JP McManus Team of Martinstown in the early days of the Punchestown Racing ...

JOYCE FEGAN asks people running the Irish tourist and hospitality industries about their hopes and expectations for this year ...

Gambling has always been with us. The late Sean Lemass, the former Fianna Fáil Taoiseach and government minister and who is ...