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Fri 18th Sep 2026
12 9 26 Leopardstown Hotazhell and Shane Foley win the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes Group 1 Healy Racing Photo

Jockey Angle with Paddy Flood: 'Riding to win at all costs'

9.00AM

Thu 10th Sep 2026
Johnny and Orla Murtagh

Johnny Murtagh selects his best chance and potential 'stakes horse' at this weekend's Irish Champions Festival

2.36PM

Mon 7th Sep 2026
Andre Fabre

Fabre backs Leger to 'come back into fashion'

3.17PM

Fri 4th Sep 2026
Bellewstown

\"There's no real blame game here\" - Paddy Flood on the Bellewstown abandonment

5.47PM

Jockeys Mark Walsh and Paul Townend with retired racehorses Easy Game and Al Boum

Retraining of Racehorses new weight rules are right: Why isn't it being enforced by Treo Eile in Ireland?

5.17PM

Fri 28th Aug 2026
Galopin Des Champs pictured outside his stable at Closutton in October 2025

Paul Townend ''Galopin Des Champs is a horse I'll never forget''

11.11AM

Wed 19th Aug 2026

'This is box-office stuff' - Johnny Ward on the 'Fair Hill Five' gamble that cost British bookies millions

11.12AM

Thu 13th Aug 2026
Julian Pietropaolo

Jockey Angle: Julian Pietropaolo is a rider on the rise in Ireland - here's why

2.34PM

Bloodstock: The Hidden Cost of the Heatwave for Studs - Will small farms in the UK have smaller foals next year?

1.44PM

Wed 5th Aug 2026

Close Calls: What can racing learn from two stalls incidents?

11.00AM

Fri 7th Aug 2026
Talk Of New York finishes second to Shayem at Goodwood

Jockey Angle: 'William Buick is a top-class jockey but he got this ride very badly wrong'

8.00AM

Thu 6th Aug 2026

Jockey Angle: 'He won that Grade 3 very snugly and I think the Galway track probably does not suit him'

8.05AM

Wed 5th Aug 2026

Jockey Angle: 'This could be one of the best rides of all time in Galway'

8.00AM

Tue 4th Aug 2026

Paddy Flood - 'I did agree with Danny getting a slap on the wrist. I am not sure €3,000 was justified'

2.29PM

'We could lose him to England because all the big jobs are filled here' - What makes Dan King so good?

9.50AM

Fri 31st Jul 2026

Friday Galway fancies from Ruby Walsh: 'I thought he was crying out for this distance'

12.37PM

Thu 30th Jul 2026

'I wouldn't be in a rush to swap Murcia for anything' - Paul Townend looks ahead to Galway Plate

3.42PM

Shark Hanlon with a day 4 treble at Galway: 'He's won his last four in Ireland'

11.55AM

Ruby Walsh avoids the favourite in the Galway Hurdle and offers up tips at 14-1 and 12-1

11.31AM

What does it take to win a Galway Hurdle? Former Galway Hurdle-winning jockey Paddy Flood tells us

10.25AM

Wed 29th Jul 2026
Gordon Elliott

Gordon Elliott thinks Nowwhatdoyouthink has 'a beautiful weight on his back' in the Plate

1.52PM

Paul Townend

Paul Townend believes 'the penny has dropped' with Plate ride Funiculi Funicula

11.56AM

Ruby Walsh (right) with Willie Mullins

Ruby Walsh on the Galway Plate: 'I thought at 25/1, he was too big a price'

11.24AM

Tue 28th Jul 2026

Paul Townend on his Day 2 rides in Galway: 'It's a track he seems to have a liking for'

9.14AM

Thu 23rd Jul 2026

Bloodstock focus on Galway: The weight of greatness on Annie Power's son in the Bumper

9.12AM

Wed 22nd Jul 2026

Tipperary's ambitious redevelopment: 'It could be the way forward for trying to get new trainers started'

1.36PM

Tue 21st Jul 2026

'His strike-rate is under 9% over the last three weeks' - Is Aidan O'Brien out of form?

5.32PM

Irish Flat Championship: 'Dylan is the best rider in Ireland and I'm sticking to my guns'

3.51PM

Wed 15th Jul 2026

Bloodstock: The people that handle our yearlings at the sales can make or break them

2.54PM

UK affordability checks are 'bleak news' for racing

12.36PM

Tue 14th Jul 2026

'Very disappointing' - former coach to Brandon Wilkie shocked at assault

12.46PM

Navan 11 7 26 Three winners on the card for trainer Paddy Magee before a fourth at Limerick

Johnny Ward on Magee's four-timer: 'He should be in the running for one of the HRI Awards'

12.15PM

Thu 9th Jul 2026

'She got a bit lonely in front': Paddy Flood picks a smart two-year-old for your horse tracker

1.44PM

Sat 4th Jul 2026
A Boy Named Susie enhanced his reputation

A Boy Named Susie enhances reputation in Eclipse defeat

3.43PM

Tue 23rd Jun 2026
Andre Fabre

Andre Fabre against proposal to allow geldings to run in the Arc

3.31PM

Wootton Bassett

Bloodstock: The rise and domination of Wootton Bassett

1.19PM

Thu 18th Jun 2026

Bloodstock: Equine flu outbreak and incomplete vaccinations raises questions

12.39PM

Fri 19th Jun 2026

Royal Ascot Tips Day 4: Coronation Stakes preview

9.00AM

Wed 17th Jun 2026

Paddy Flood on Tom Kelly ride: 'If the trainer says, \"No, I wasn't happy with the ride,\" then they're scot-free'

1.45PM

Tue 9th Jun 2026

'There's a strong basis for what they did' - Irish Angle team divided on Benvenuto Cellini

12.08PM

Thu 4th Jun 2026

Paddy Flood - 'If it was Sean O'Keeffe putting Philip Byrnes out, he probably wouldn't get 21 days'

1.19PM

Tue 19th May 2026

'Henry de Bromhead does very well with his flat string. They're really flying'

4.00PM

Paddy Flood - 'Albert Einstein is probably a glorified handicapper with a good name!'

9.42AM

Thu 14th May 2026

Who will win the Irish Flat Jockeys' Championship? Our panel give their verdicts

10.26AM

Tue 12th May 2026

Punter's €1,999.99 bet triggers debate over betting rules - 'Sadly, this is where the game has gone'

10.20AM

Mon 11th May 2026

'It was more about the ride than the ground' - Paddy Flood on Chester ground 'shambles'

5.12PM

Fri 8th May 2026

Three Flat Horses to Follow - 'Even waiting to see her coming up the gallop gets you excited'

10.57AM

Thu 7th May 2026

Paddy Flood on Wayne Lordan's Guineas ride - 'If you watch the overhead shot of True Love, it was brilliant'

10.02AM

Wed 6th May 2026

Paddy Flood on Bolger's Glebe House listing - 'I'd nearly want Jim's brain for the €4 million'

12.44PM

Tue 5th May 2026

Ten takeaways from the Punchestown Festival - 'It was a fairytale ending'

4.34PM

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