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Leopardstown Raceable At Present But Further Inspection Planned

Following 9am inspection on Saturday the track at Leopardstown was found to be raceable.

HRI Board Appointments

The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr John O´Donoghue TD, has approved the appointments of John Power, John Moloney and Dan Kirwan to the Board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI).

Dermot Weld

Grey Swallow in flying form

Leopardstown outlook improving

Monty´s on track for Aintree

Monty´s Pass is on course for another crack at the John Smiths Grand National after a satisfactory outing over hurdles at Limerick this afternoon.

Inspection at Leopardstown

Limerick Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Go Racing Enjoys Record Ratings

In 2004 Go Racing enjoyed successful ratings with 1.2 million viewers tuning in and 2005 is proving to be an even more successful year with over 800,000 viewers tuning in after only 6 episodes, 250,000 of which are brand new viewers.

Willie Mullins - trainer of Missed That

O´Connor Comments on Bumper Prospects

Festival Handicap Weights Revealed

Cyrlight To Be Aimed €170,000 Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle At Punchestown Festival

Kicking King To Miss Cheltenham

KICKING KING will miss the Cheltenham Festival after returning an unsatisfactory scope on Tuesday morning.

Moscow And Macs Please Harrington

Silent Witness, flawless as ever, makes it 15 wins for 15 starts

Every time he steps on the racecourse his name becomes engraved that bit deeper into Hong Kong racing folklore and yesterday´s events at Sha Tin were no exception: the genuinely sensational Silent Witness pummeled his way to a 15th straight success in the Centenary Sprint Cup (Gr.1-1000m).

Downpatrick Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Good to Yielding, yielding in places Weather - Fine

Thurles Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Yielding to Soft Weather - Overcast

Ballydoyle Appoints Fallon

Kieren Fallon has been named as the new retained jockey for Ballydoyle for 2005.

Web-site says it all for Silent Witness

Fairyhouse Transferred To Thurles

Saturday´s abandoned fixture at Fairyhouse has been transferred to Thurles.

Punchestown (Sunday) also cancelled.

Fairyhouse on Saturday cancelled.

Thurles Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Punchestown Unraceable At Present

Thurles Goes Ahead

All the leading contenders remain in John Smith?s Grand National

All of the leading fancies remain engaged in the #700,000 John Smith?s Grand National, following the first forfeit stage, details of which are revealed today, Wednesday, February 23.

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Thurles Thursday precautionary inspection.

10 Great Handicaps In Prospect

Following last week's announcement of outstanding entries for the three new handicaps at The 2005 Festival, an equally impressive list of possible contenders was revealedyesterday for the seven established handicaps that form such an integral part of jump racing's biggest meeting.
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The William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase
The Sporting Index Handicap Chase
The Fred Winter Juvenile Novices´ Handicap Hurdle
The Coral Cup (Handicap Hurdle)
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup H´cap Chase
The Jewson Novices´ Handicap Chase
The Mildmay Of Flete Handicap Chase
The Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle)
The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup
The Vincent O´Brien County Handicap Hurdle

Hardy Eustace Better Than Last Year

Trainer Dessie Hughes today issued a positive bulletin ahead of Hardy Eustace´s bid for a second successive Smurfit Champion Hurdle victory at the Cheltenham Festival next month.

Naas Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) Weather - Fine

Fairyhouse Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) Weather - Fine but cold

Clonmel Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places on Chase course) Weather - Overcast

Down Royal Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Hurdle/Bumper - Soft (Soft to Heavy in places), Chase - Soft (Yielding to Soft in places). Weather - Fine

Blue Square, new sponsors of La Touche Cup.

A new €50,000 bonus is up for grabs for cross-country racehorse owners. Bookmakers, Blue Square, are taking up the reins as sponsors of the Irish racing spectacular the La Touche Cup, Punchestown´s renowned cross-country race in April.

Trainers Shutts, George and Mitchell targeting John Smith´s Grand National

Cardinal Confirmed For Lingfield Showpiece

Punchestown Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

18 for Red Square Vodka Gold Cup

Navan Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Heavy Weather - Overcast

Daily Telegraph Festival Trophy Chase Analysis

39 in inaugural Daily Telegraph Festival Trophy Chase

Harchibald on course for Champion

Noel Meade reports Harchibald in good form as the Smurfit Champion Hurdle favourite builds up for the Cheltenham Festival in just over four weeks time.

Navan Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Beef update

Beef Or Salmon has been given a ´week off´ by Michael Hourigan after mucus was found in his lungs when runner-up to Rule Supreme in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown last Sunday.

Gowran Park Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Thurles Update. Going, Jockey Changes, Non-Runners

Going - Yielding to Soft Weather - Overcast, with light showers.

Cheltenham Preview at the Dunraven Arms

National Entries Compete at Thurles

Davids Lad and Over The First are among the 152 entries for the John Smith´s Grand National on April 9th and the duo hold engagements in the Rock Of Cashel Handicap Chase at Thurles tomorrow.

National Weights Reactions

GREY ABBEY 11st 12lb Trainer Howard Johnson: “If Grey Abbey doesn´t run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup he might go. It just depends on the ground with Grey Abbey - the softer the better.”

Hopes High For Timbera

Spencer quits Ballydoyle

Irish champion jockey Jamie Spencer has resigned as stable jockey at Ballydoyle.
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