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About 254 articles

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

Mon 4th May 2026

Ascot

Ascot to split from the Racecourse Association as governance rift deepens

9.19AM

Fri 1st May 2026

Bloodstock opinion: Clearance Rates and Reading Between the Lines

3.36PM

Wed 22nd Apr 2026

'You're going to hemorrhage money' - overwatering and the impact on summer jumpers

1.12PM

Tue 21st Apr 2026

'Too many breeders overestimate their mares' - Stop blaming the market - breeders are the problem

4.58PM

Paddy Flood on Laafi disqualification - 'He knows he's made a mistake'

12.25PM

Fri 10th Apr 2026

Aintree 5 4 25 Nick Rockett and Patrick Mullins win the 2025 Randox Grand National

My Aintree Grand National 1-2-3 - 'He has a young fearless rider on his back'

1.45PM

Tue 24th Mar 2026

Johnny Ward - 'The word 'whip' is misleading it brings up images of cruelty'

5.07PM

Wed 18th Mar 2026

Gaelic Warrior and Paul Townend won the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase

Gaelic Warrior: wow we always knew he could - or did we?

4.13PM

Thu 12th Mar 2026

'May have been overlooked' - Gold Cup day each-way plays

3.48PM

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