The old gag about women demanding equality with men being short of ambition came to mind during Listowel’s Ladies Day when the fairer sex proved yet again that what they say really does go. (more…)

Hindsight is an exact science, which makes it dirty pool to employ it too rigorously on such an inexact pursuit as racing. But even so there appear to be an awful lot of after-the-race merchants willing to put Joseph O’Brien’s Camelot ride in the Leger under the microscope and come up with a negative verdict. And you have to ask why? (more…)

They get enough flak when getting it wrong so the least the Leopardstown stewards deserve is a ‘thumbs-up’ for getting it right when the pressure was on in the Matron Stakes. (more…)

Show mightn’t beat substance but anyone who doubts the importance of how things appear – and especially in racing – got a sharp reminder with the Aga Khan’s axing of Johnny Murtagh. In fact the more you examine the story, the less surprising the move becomes. (more…)