About Irish Racing

Irish Racing Services (IRS), a leading media agency for the horseracing industry, has been in existence for over 25 years. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Irish Times Ltd.

IRS provide a broad range of racing information to media outlets including newspapers, television, radio, and the internet. A list of clients using the IRS service include The Irish Times, Independent Newspapers, RTE, The Irish Field, Timeform, Tote Ireland and PA Sport.

Full racing cards and entries, complete results and comments for each horse, news stories, previews, tips and reports form the backbone of the 365 day a year service.

IRS also offer specialist services including individual horse analysis and studies on trends and patterns around major races.

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Gallery 8th Dec
Pic of the week. Golanbrook is left to come home an easy winner, as three of his rivals, Teelin Star, Worldor and Kalmann, crash out at the second last. Clonmel 05-12-13 More »

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Sidelined Jockeys

Injured Jockeys

T P Treacy - Fractured tibia and fibula in a schooling accident Mon, 13th May
D F Flannery - Hernia Tue, 20th Aug
T C Carroll - Fractured jaw, collarbone & elbow in a schooling fall Wed, 9th Oct
A P Thornton - Injured ankle in a schooling accident Tue, 15th Oct
D J Condon - Fractured left tibia in a fall at Cork Sun, 20th Oct
F A McCurtin - Suffered concussion in a fall at Galway Sun, 27th Oct
A P Crowe - Injured back in a fall at Clonmel Thu, 31st Oct
E J O'Connell - Fractured vertebrae in a fall at Navan Sun, 10th Nov
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured right foot in a schooling accident Thu, 21st Nov
G J Phillips - Injured knee in a fall at Dundalk Fri, 22nd Nov
B R Dalton - Fractured wrist in a fall at Thurles Thu, 28th Nov
Mr R P McNamara - Fractured collarbone in a schooling accident Fri, 29th Nov
P Carberry - Injured knee in a fall at Clonmel Thu, 5th Dec

Suspended Jockeys

C P Hoban - Two day ban for careless riding Fri, 6th Dec
L F Roche - Two day ban for careless riding at Dundalk Fri, 6th Dec

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