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Tue 24th Jun 2025

Epsom vs Curragh: Your Guide to Irish Derby Costs in 2025

The Irish Derby takes place on the last Sunday in June, following the Epsom Derby on the first Saturday of the month.

3.49PM

Irish Derby Festival: Key Tips For This Weekend

3.22PM

'Dream Start' - Colin Keane Thrives with 'Stunning' Royal Ascot Win for New Employers

2.58PM

Zarigana (right)

Summer break for Zarigana before plans for rest of the year are made

1.47PM

Andre Fabre

Fabre relishing ‘proper competition’ for Sosie in the Eclipse

1.28PM

Green Impact and Shane Foley

Foley excited by Green Impact in Irish Derby

11.50AM

Lake Forest (left)

Lake Forest could be back in action at York on Saturday

10.49AM

'£360,000 out the ring' - Star Sports reflect on 'massive' Royal Ascot

9.54AM

Cercene and Gary Carroll (left) win the Coronation Stakes Fillies Group 1 from Zarigana

Irish Oaks bid on the cards for surprise Coronation winner Cercene

8.22AM

The Curragh

Selective watering taking place ahead of Derby Weekend

9.24AM

Mon 23rd Jun 2025

Heather brings up first double for rising star Burns

Heather (11/4) completed a first double for rising star of the weighroom Nicola Burns, as she just prevailed in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap.

9.02PM
Magnetic North is ridden out by Nicola Burns

Burns guides Magnetic North to a 13th win

8.22PM

Curroy Lady (black & blue silks) leads home her rivals under Colin Keane

Curroy Lady benefits from well-judged Keane ride

7.43PM

Si Senior leads home her rivals under Julian Pietropaolo

Success for Senior despite slow start

7.07PM

Autumn Twist (nearest) and Molto Amichi battle it out, with Janes Harbour back in third

Twist in the tale as Autumn upstages market principals

6.30PM

Nobler & Dylan Browne McMonagle lead home Ulysses Rose & Gary Carroll

Nobler makes the breakthrough in first time blinkers

6.01PM

Lady Plimsoll and Rory Mulligan lead home I Do Believe and Jamie Powell

O'Donoghue & Mulligan strike with Lady Plimsoll

5.32PM

Nostrum

Nostrum poised to debut for David O'Meara at York

4.20PM

Charlie Johnston with his father Mark

Middleham Park looking to the Curragh skies for Lazy Griff

3.57PM

The late Kevin Prendergast with Declan McDonogh

International Stakes to be run in honour of Prendergast

4.01PM

Brian Ellison

Ellison hopeful of bold Plate defence from Onesmoothoperator, despite weighty burden

2.28PM

Delacroix

Delacroix pencilled in to join Camille Pissarro at Sandown

2.04PM

Docklands (left) wins the Queen Anne Stakes Group 1 from Rosallion

Champions Day seen as an ‘obvious’ target for Docklands

1.24PM

Never So Brave and Ryan Moore (blue and yellow) winning The Halliwell Jones Handicap Stakes Chester

Provisional plans outlined for Never So Brave and More Thunder

1.03PM

William Haggas trainer of Merchant

Goodwood set to be next port of call for Merchant

11.54AM

One Punter Strikes Gold: £10,168.40 from Royal Ascot Trixie

9.46AM

D. Wayne Lukas

American great D. Wayne Lukas retires amid health battle

8.48AM

Ballinrobe

Going updates

9.41AM

Sun 22nd Jun 2025

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1.25PM
Trainer Ralph Beckett

Allonsy takes Listed honours in Pontefract feature

3.39PM

American Affair

Goldie cool on idea of Goodwood for American Affair

3.26PM

Almaqam

Ombudsman heightening excitement for Walker with Almaqam

2.24PM

Colin Keane rode Flowerhead

Clover still on cloud nine following Royal effort of Flowerhead

2.12PM

Los Angeles

O’Brien working back from the Arc with Los Angeles

1.07PM

Willie Mullins

‘A giant of the game’ – Willie Mullins adds his tribute to Kevin Prendergast

11.45AM

Tokenomics (left) winning in Cork

Marnane drawing a line through Ascot performances

11.46AM

Ruling Court

Ruling Court to step up in trip after Ascot defeat

10.22AM

Cercene

Irish Oaks a possible for Cercene

11.13AM

Shane Foley

Foley excited by Green mount in Irish Derby

9.10AM

The Curragh

Good ground at Curragh ahead of next weekend

9.00AM

Sat 21st Jun 2025

Trawlerman triumph highlights fruitful Royal Ascot for Gosden team

Trawlerman’s Gold Cup win capped a magical week for John and Thady Gosden, who edged out Aidan O’Brien to top the trainers’ standings at Royal Ascot.

6.07PM
Light Up The Dark (centre) leads home her rivals under Scott McCullagh

Light Up The Dark completes O'Brien four-timer & McCullagh double

6.23PM

Billie Frechette wins by a couple of lengths

Lee grabs treble through Billie Frechette

6.13PM

God Of Thunder leads home his rivals under Dylan O'Connor

O'Connor guides Thunder to victory in deteriorating conditions at Limerick

5.57PM

Denim And Diamonds and Ronan Whelan quicken clear

Joseph O'Brien completes cross-card treble

5.41PM

Seamie Heffernan rider of Get It

Get It makes all for Wokingham win

4.21PM

Vorfreude and Gary Carroll pictured after their Ulster Derby success

Further joy for Murphy & Carroll as Vorfreude lands Ulster Derby

5.10PM

Joao Moreira

Moreira narrowly fails to weave Ascot magic for Japan

4.09PM

Kieran Shoemark

Noble just Champion for Walker and Shoemark

3.41PM

Uluru is ridden out by Chris Hayes to beat Lemsairbat

Uluru upstages stable companion in Limerick feature

4.41PM

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