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Articles By Michael Graham

Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.
Thu 11th Sep 2025
The Mediator in charge

The Mediator rolls home for Halford

7.12PM

Shoda, near side, a neck in front of Not Just Any Eagle

Shoda another for Browne McMonagle

6.48PM

Chou Chou, pink cap, beats Warazam, left, by three-quarters of a length

Chou Chou steams in for Foley's treble

6.22PM

Iron Fist obliges for Shane Foley

Foley doubles up at Clonmel with Iron Fist

5.45PM

Justenzia keeps Miss Americana at bay

Justenzia tastes victory for the first time

5.24PM

So Golden is too strong for Coul Dreamer

So Golden off the mark for Condon

4.40PM

Its All Peachy opens up from Tswalu

Its All Peachy for O'Callaghan and Powell in Clonmel

4.00PM

The Bog Bank and Alyse Clarke

Bellewstown and Dundalk feature on The Bog Bank's agenda

10.10AM

Tue 9th Sep 2025
Sharanga opens up for Chris Hayes

Sharanga another fillies' maiden winner for Weld

8.07PM

Rain, far side, just pips Steps In The Sand

Rain just lasts home from Steps In The Sand

7.55PM

La Isla Mujeres clear at the business end

Twomey and Lee at double with impressive La Isla Mujeres

7.15PM

On A Session goes on in the closing stages

Burns forges new link with Cotter via On A Session

7.05PM

Zous And Me in full cry in the closing stages

Zous And Me makes 'a very promising start'

6.07PM

Electric Beauty makes the best way home

Electric Beauty pops up at 40/1 for Mulvany and Joyce

5.30PM

Iowa City, near side, swoops on Genuine Article

Lee back with a winner aboard Iowa City

5.13PM

Piazza San Marco and Ronan Whelan in charge in Ballybrit

Piazza San Marco opens up a path to stakes company

4.39PM

Freya Frain

Frain graduates to the track for Ballydoyle

12.10PM

Zahrann and Ben Coen

'It is a nervy week but nice nerves' - Murtagh on Zahrann ahead of Irish Champion Stakes

10.21AM

Mon 8th Sep 2025
Maximillian Lady sails home clear

Maximillian Lady an emphatic winner of mares' bumper

7.46PM

Solly Attwell and Jordan Gainford with connections

Solly Attwell makes it a double for Collins

7.28PM

Rocky's Diamond winning under Michael Kenneally

Rocky's Diamond shines on first crack at fences

6.52PM

Sporting Glance, right, begins to assert after the last

'Onwards and upwards' for Sporting Glance

6.20PM

Lord Erskine runs on strongly

Evergreen 12-year-old Lord Erskine keeps winning

5.16PM

Leave In Secret heads for home before the last

Leave In Secret avails of a drop in class

4.46PM

Money Dancer, far side, comes to collar Firebrand on the run-in

Money Dancer takes the spoils in Ballybrit

4.17PM

Dunum and Seamie Heffernan winning at Galway in July

Dunum back for more in Sovereign Path

11.28AM

Hotazhell

Workout and weather will clarify Hotazhell's weekend option

11.06AM

Vera's Secret and Seamie Heffernan

Feane looking forward to stepping Vera's Secret up in class

10.04AM

Fri 5th Sep 2025
Alba Chiara and Wayne Hassett, red cap, take the Ulster Cesarewitch

Lupini enjoys brace of winners through Alba Chiara

8.08PM

Eleven A and Ben Coen in winning form

Coen at double on Eleven A

6.25PM

Mon 1st Sep 2025
Whats New has his rivals toiling in the closing stages

Whats New a ready winner for Slatterys

7.34PM

Clear Quartz, green and blue, has all angles covered

Harnett partners his third winner courtesy of Clear Quartz

7.09PM

James Ryan

Ryan gets his Roscommon brace on Sea Lantern

6.47PM

Viking Invasion, cheekpieces, in winning form at Roscommon

O'Brien plunders a double through Viking Invasion

6.40PM

Earls heads for home under Gary Carroll

Earls gets his conditions at a track he loves

5.39PM

Selective Power with James Ryan, Tom Coyle and the Urban & Rural Boys Syndicate

Selective Power leads home 1-2 for Coyle in Elphin Handicap

5.07PM

Summer Is Tomorrow, yellow and blue, comes in by three-parts of a length

Summer Is Tomorrow in rain-soaked Roscommon

4.31PM

Eclairage out in front in Dundalk

Eclairage aims to enhance Murphy's Mercury Stakes record

10.41AM

Ascending, far side, winning the Ascot Stakes

Irish Cesarewitch on Ascending's agenda

10.11AM

Fri 29th Aug 2025
Happy Jacky, far side, beats Tullybeg by a neck

Happy Jacky resolute in the north

8.36PM

Eastmore and Philip Byrnes, far side, pip Desert Haven

Eastmore gets his favoured ground in the north

8.30PM

Mon 25th Aug 2025
Person Of Interest up and over the last

Person Of Interest gives Hanlons a brace of winners in north

6.11PM

Penny Perfect, near side, collars Mavetherave over the final flight

Penny is Perfect in Downpatrick for Elliott and Gilligan

5.24PM

Thu 21st Aug 2025
Parnell Street in cruise control

Parnell Street another bumper winner for Slattery

8.46PM

Onemoredance, noseband, and Patrick McGettigan

Onemoredance earns a shot at Irish Champions Festival

8.28PM

Embittered comes home clear

Embittered gives McNamara a 1,379/1 across-the-card treble

8.17PM

Falls Of Acharn, Shane Foley and owner Kate Harrington

Foley at double aboard Falls Of Acharn

7.51PM

A Nod To Getaway on his way to victory

A Nod To Getaway and O'Keeffe a winning tandem

7.09PM

Floresta in the clear at Foxrock

Impressive Floresta has Murtagh eyeing Group races

6.54PM

Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy with the Sam Maguire

What's Up Darling relishes every yard in Killarney

6.44PM

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