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Articles By Alan Magee

Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.
Sat 9th Aug 2025
True Love and Ryan Moore winning the Queen Mary Stakes

O'Brien relies on True Love as Gstaad misses Group 1 test

9.25AM

Dance Night Andday and Ronan Whelan

Dance delayed until next Thursday

8.55AM

Fri 8th Aug 2025
Small Town Hero and Conor Stone-Walsh

Small Town Hero continues winning streak for new connections

7.29PM

Mercury Mission and Calum Hogan with winning connections

Mercury on a Mission in Wexford feature

6.03PM

Thu 7th Aug 2025
Altimara and Donagh O'Connor

Altimara comes good off topweight for O'Sullivan and O'Connor

8.22PM

Johan and Ronan Whelan

Johan records first Group 3 win in the Desmond Stakes

7.08PM

Wed 6th Aug 2025
Undefeatable and Wesley Joyce

Undefeatable finally lives up to his name

7.52PM

Felix Somary (far side) and Ronan Whelan

Felix Somary makes winning debut

6.24PM

Mon 4th Aug 2025
Star Mind and Nicola Burns

Star Mind flies home under Burns in division 2

4.11PM

Annie Lavinia and Sorcha Woods

Sorcha and Annie team up for sprint success

3.20PM

Sun 3rd Aug 2025
Willie Mullins is leading trainer at the Galway Festival for a tenth time

Crowds and betting figures both show a healthy rise at Galway

6.05PM

Thu 31st Jul 2025
Frankie John (left) and Harry Swan

Frankie John adds to point win in the bumper

6.44PM

Glenroyal and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Glenroyal another well backed fav for winning connections

6.12PM

Strong Link (left) and Donagh Meyler

Silver lining for Meyler as Link proves too Strong

5.51PM

Ndaawi (centre) and Helvic Dream (right) jumping the last

Ndaawi gains dramatic Galway Hurdle in stewards room

5.23PM

Which Wolf Wins and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Wolf bites bookies in the nursery

4.32PM

Tropical Island (far side) and Luke McAteer

Tropical Island records 40/1 shock in Listed Corrib Stakes

4.05PM

Genuine Article and Seamie Heffernan

Genuine Article rewards patience of connections

3.33PM

Gold Dancer jumping the last in third place

Gold Dancer proves too strong for favoured stablemate

2.45PM

Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy team up with Ndaawi

Elliott hoping for further big race success at Ballybrit

8.47AM

Sun 20th Jul 2025
Carmers has the Doncaster St Leger has main target

Carmers has St Leger as main target

2.35PM

Fri 18th Jul 2025
Copacabana Sands (left) and Wayne Lordan winning at Leopardstown

Trip to France on the agenda for Copacabana Sands

9.51AM

Solitary Man has won four times at Killarney

Killarney July meeting draws to a close this afternoon

9.26AM

Thu 17th Jul 2025
Onemoredance and Rory Mulligan

Onemoredance continues to flourish over nine

8.15PM

Electric Beauty (right) and Wesley Joyce

'Work in progress' Electric Beauty is learning on the job

6.51PM

Tue 15th Jul 2025
Royal Hollow (left) and Adam Ryan

Next stop Ballybrit for Royal Hollow

8.52PM

Lord Erskine and Ronan Whelan

'Dream horse' Lord Erskine continues to thrive

8.17PM

Elana Osario edges out the grey Annie's Angel

Keane doubles up on Elana Osario in day two feature

7.56PM

Zipster (No.4) and Darragh O'Sullivan

Zipster leads where it matters to open Irish account

7.27PM

Closutton still has work to do as Walks The Talk leads

Closutton scores on debut for team Mullins

5.55PM

Shania and Gavin Ryan (green) break from stalls

Shania holds on to land odds of 8/15

5.41PM

Woodstream Lad and Calum Hogan

Change of tactics just the tonic for Woodstream Lad

4.45PM

Georgia Celena and Ben Harvey

Georgia Celena continues McConnell's winning run

4.19PM

Kamikaz Du Plessis (centre) and Finn Brickley

Kamikaz Du Plessis records second win this month

3.48PM

Persian Daughter and Sean Cleary-Farrell

Persian Daughter powers home to land the odds

3.24PM

White Birch and Colin Keane

White Birch to be aimed at Irish Champion Stakes

9.27AM

Powerful Nation winning at Cork

Weather will decide Slattery's plans in the Sapphire

8.06AM

Mon 14th Jul 2025
Dylan Browne McMonagle

Magnolia Drive easily brings up treble for O'Brien and Browne McMonagle

8.35PM

Defiantly (left) and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Defiantly finishes strongly to land the odds

8.21PM

Drama Queen (right) and Gavin Ryan beating Plaza Athenee

Drama Queen makes it a trio of winners for the O'Brien family

7.48PM

Evening Blossom and Dylan Browne McMonagle

Evening Blossom gives weight all-round at Killarney

7.35PM

Barbizon and Shane Foley

Barbizon provides Murphy with further Killarney success

6.35PM

Thehairyfella and Jack Kennedy

Elliott and Kennedy double up with Thehairyfella

6.27PM

Juniper Hill (nearside) and Betty Dutton in the air together at the last

Juniper Hill makes winning start over fences

5.27PM

Lakefield Flyer and Paddy Hanlon

Lakefield Flyer wins again at Downpatrick for the Hanlons

4.56PM

Jazz De Cotte and Jack Kennedy

Jazz De Cotte digs deep for Kennedy

4.54PM

Full Confession (left) and Patrick Mullins

Full Confession answers the prayers of odds-on punters

3.41PM

Billy Lee

Billy Lee sidelined with broken collarbone

10.01AM

The Lion In Winter and Ryan Moore

Return trip to Deauville on the cards for The Lion In Winter

9.29AM

Tribal Nation and Dylan Browne McMonagle winning at Galway last year

Tribal Nation heads O'Brien treble prospects in Killarney

8.49AM

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