It was the American boxing writer Bert Sugar who memorably opined that if horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. (more…)

In a week where Thierry Henry felt the stomach churning self-righteousness of Irish football fans, maybe it’s no coincidence that Ireland’s off-course bookmakers decided to exhibit their own hopelessly one-eyed view of the world. (more…)

Alex Ferguson’s belief in the ‘old enough if good enough’ theory paid off in such spades for Man Utd that it is natural to wonder how Dunguib might get on in the Champion Hurdle if Philip Fenton let him run. (more…)

To be at Navan’s Fortria Chase card was to be reminded that when it comes to National Hunt racing and its flat counterpart, plenty Irish people don’t believe in practising two vices at once. (more…)

No doubt some Ryder Cup-like ‘enmity’ will be drummed up on the approach to this week’s Breeders Cup but maybe both sides of the pond should concentrate instead on importing the best of the other. (more…)