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Articles By John O'Riordan

John O'Riordan
John has worked for the Press Association since 2022. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Field and is a regular contributor to the Irish Racing Yearbook. He has previously written for the Racing Post, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mirror. He has been involved in racing for over three decades; having experience as a syndicate member, sole owner and breeder.
Sun 8th Jun 2025
Keep Up and Sean Cleary-Farrell.

Keep Up justifies short odds to give Cleary-Farrell double

3.46PM

Rose Boum and Hannah Phillips.

Rose blooms to land Ladies race for Hannah Phillips

3.04PM

Hardwired and Gavin Brouder.

Hardwired another winner for in-form Brouder

2.27PM

Spanish Harlem Sean Cleary-Farrell.

Spanish Harlem gets off the mark over fences

2.00PM

Lisnagar Fortune bids to win his third race at Punchestown.

Sunday going update

8.58AM

Purview has a couple of options at the Curragh this month.

Purview has Curragh options towards end of the month

12.40AM

Diego Velazquez will most likely run in the Queen Anne Stakes.

Diego Velazquez set to go straight to Queen Anne Stakes

12.29AM

Thu 5th Jun 2025
Refreshment and Gavin Ryan.

Refreshment gets up close home to win nightcap for Fahey

8.28PM

Bear Profit and Dylan Browne McMonagle.

O'Leary in Profit as Bear brings up Leopardstown double

7.50PM

Tachos and Chris Hayes.

Tachos defies wide draw to make winning return under Hayes

7.18PM

Lady In Paris and Shane Foley.

Lady In Paris gives Harrington and Foley quick double

6.51PM

Green Impact and Shane Foley.

Green makes big Impact to land Glencairn Stakes

6.22PM

Zahrann and Ben Coen.

Last to first for Zahrann in King George V Cup

5.53PM

Love Billy Boy and Wayne Hassett.

Love Billy Boy doubles up for O'Leary

5.12PM

Moments Of Joy and Wayne Lordan.

Joy for backers of O'Brien second string at Leopardstown

4.49PM

Acapulco Bay is a leading fancy at Leopardstown tonight.

Leopardstown going update

8.34AM

Green Impact beat Delacroix to win his maiden at Leopardstown.

Harrington hoping Green can make Impact in Glencairn Stakes

12.35AM

Sat 24th May 2025
Propose and Ryan Moore.

Ryan Moore lands Curragh treble aboard Propose

6.35PM

Iceford and Ben Coen.

Iceford opens account for Murtagh and Coen

5.40PM

Goal Exceeded and Adam Caffrey.

Goal Exceeded makes winning start for Ado McGuinness

5.10PM

Skukuza and Ryan Moore.

Skukuza a third English winner at the Curragh

4.37PM

Field Of Gold and Colin Keane.

Field of Gold wins Irish 2000 Guineas in impressive fashion

4.21PM

James's Delight and Oisin Murphy.

Delight for Murphy as James lands Greenlands Stakes

3.34PM

Apercu and Billy Lee.

Apercu beats Cloud Seeker in Curragh thriller

2.53PM

Trustyourinstinct and Dylan Browne McMonagle.

Class prevails as Trustyourinstinct lands Orby Stakes

2.15PM

Brussels and Ryan Moore.

Brussels beats Kansas to make winning debut at the Curragh

1.40PM

Digby could be on his travels again over the summer.

Digby bypasses Cartmel in favour of assignment closer to home

9.14AM

Field Of Gold(far side) was runner-up at Newmarket.

Curragh going update

8.39AM

Thu 22nd May 2025
Priory Park and Darragh O Keeffe.

Priory Park leads home O'Grady one-two in Limerick nightcap

8.43PM

Tippin And Tappin and Darragh O'Keeffe.

Tippin And Tappin makes winning return to the track at Limerick

8.04PM

Iceberg Theory and Conor Stone Walsh.

Iceberg Theory steps up on debut promise to open account

7.32PM

Clonshire River and Kieren Buckley.

Step up in trip sees Clonshire River open account under Rules

7.13PM

Intellotto and J J Slevin.

Intellotto makes winning start to chasing career

6.33PM

Je T'ai Porte and Keith Donoghue.

Je T'ai Porte makes most of opportunity to win Mares Chase

6.03PM

Get It Right and Sean O'Keeffe.

Aherne's gelding Gets It Right on fourth start over fences

5.28PM

Limerick stage an all-Chase card on Thursday evening.

Limerick going update

8.29AM

Swelter and Chris Hayes.

Weld hoping for rain ahead of Swelter Guineas run

8.10AM

Feud and Danny Mullins won at Galway last season.

Feud could have run on the Flat ahead of Galway

12.35AM

Wed 21st May 2025
Omakase and Jessica O'Gorman.

Omakase lands the nightcap under Jessica O'Gorman

8.47PM

Inchiquin Star and Colin Keane.

Inchiquin proves real Gowran Star under Keane

8.11PM

Deressa and Chris Hayes.

Doubles for Weld and Hayes as Deressa strikes

7.46PM

Saxon Kingdom and Gavin Ryan.

Patience pays off as Saxon Kingdom belatedly scores

7.16PM

Pierre Royal and Chris Hayes.

Pierre Royal another winner to force the pace at Gowran

6.40PM

Inventress and Billy Lee.

Lee takes tried and tested route on Inventress

6.25PM

Prince Of Eyeries and Luke McAteer.

Barrett's Eyeries proves Prince at Gowran

5.32PM

Gowran Park stage an all Flat card on Wednesday.

Gowran Park going update

8.49AM

Sun 18th May 2025
Bucanero Fuerte and David Egan.

Bucanero Fuerte lands Listed prize on seasonal reappearance

5.41PM

Babouche and Colin Keane.

Babouche back to her best in Lacken Stakes

4.54PM

Lady Iman and Colin Keane.

Lady Iman lands Blackbeard Stakes to remain unbeaten

4.24PM

Sound Of Lightning and Gavin Ryan.

Lightning strikes late under Ryan to down maiden rivals

3.55PM

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