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Limerick bank holiday racing.

The feature race at Limerick this bank holiday Monday is the May Bank Holiday Handicap Steeplechase featuring this years James Nicholson Grade 1 chase winner Glenelly Gale from the Arthur Moore stable who is well represented in the race with four other runners including recent winner Jurado Express.

Persian Punch dies at Ascot

Star stayer Persian Punch died today from a suspected heart attack after running in the Bovis Homes Sagaro Stakes at Ascot.

Beef or Salmon serves up flawless display

Going now Good on Rowley Mile

Stalls in the centre for the Ultimatebet.com 2000 & 1000 Guineas

Swallow is expected to be first to arrive

Geraghty - Strong Double Prospects

Exciting Trio of Grade 1s for Thursday

Moscow lands first day feature

Moscow Flyer was billed as the star attraction on day one of the Punchestown Festival, and he didn´t let his legion of supporters down when justifying odds of 4/11 in the Betdaq.com Champion Chase.

King George aim for Lord Sam

Beef to take the Heineken

Stage set for superb Festival

Spencer to miss Necklace ride

Jamie Spencer will miss the ride on Necklace in the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas after his appeal against the ban he picked up at Leopardstown earlier this month was dismissed at the Turf Club Rooms at the Curragh today.

Fallon substitutes injured Hughes on Three Valleys.

Incredible season for Irish-breds

Beautiful heads for Oaks on mixed day for Spencer

Jamie Spencer had mixed fortune at Navan this afternoon, partnering a treble but also picking up a four day suspension.

Stars head for Grade 1 clashes at Punchestown

The recent spell of unsettled weather has been great news for the Punchestown Festival with mouth-watering clashes in prospect in the many Grade 1 races next week.
Trainer of Lucky

Lucky fancied for Group 3 glory

Iris´s fan club heads to Punchestown

A 50-strong supporting party will accompany owner Robert Lester to Punchestown next Thursday as the incredible Iris´s Gift bids to make another mark in the racing history books by becoming only the second horse to score in graded races at the Irish National Hunt Festival as well as at Aintree and Cheltenham in the same season.

Lord Sam heads for Ellier Developments Novice Chase

The brilliant unbeaten novice chaser Lord Sam, who has not raced since January, is set to contest the €42,500 Grade 3 Ellier Developments Novice Chase, the second race of the Irish National Hunt Festival at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Inca and Shakespeare set for Punchestown clash

Jamie Spencer

Spencer to appeal ban

Gowran passes morning inspection

Rhinestone´s options still to be decided

Gowran Park to Inspect

Gowran Park racecourse will hold a precautionary inspection at 7.30am on Wednesday to see if racing can take place.

Grey Swallow on course for English 2000 Guineas.

Cowboy on course for Punchestown

Spencer ban rules him out of fillies´ Classic

Yeats sticks to the script

Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats had little more than an exercise gallop when enjoying an easy all-the-way success in the P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown today.

Listowel Cancelled

Inspection at Listowel

A 7am inspection will take place at Listowel tomorrow morning to determine whether the track is fit for racing.

Grey Swallow warms up for Guineas

The first main Irish classic trails take place on an eight-race card at Leopardstown on Sunday, and all eyes will be on leading 2,000 Guineas hope Grey Swallow. Dermot Weld puts the finishing touches to the exciting son of Daylami with just a fortnight to go to the Newmarket showpiece.

Trainers´ Championship to go right to the wire as Nicholls relies on Le Roi Miguel.

The battle for this season´s Champion Jump Trainer takes another interesting turn today at Cheltenham where Paul Nicholls saddles Le Roi Miguel in the Faucets For Mira Showers Silver Trophy.

Cloy strikes late for Murphy

Timmy Murphy deservedly earned all the plaudits at Fairyhouse this afternoon when giving Hi Cloy an ice-cool waiting ride to take the Powers Gold Cup.

Murphy´s Grand feeling

Granit D´Estruval provided the perfect homecoming for Ferdy Murphy and Brian Harding with victory in an incident packed Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Weld could have a Direct Bearing

Rely on Fair Replacement

Magritte supported

McCoy reaches 200

O´Grady pair finished for the season

Edward O´Grady´s stable-stars Back In Front and Pizarro will not race again this season.

Arctic Jack tops National weights

Le Coudray run depends on rain.

Trainer Christy Roche has issued a warning that his Le Coudray may not contest the Irish Grand National on Easter Monday if the ground is too fast.

Superb entries for Irish National Hunt Festival

The nine early-closing races at Punchestown´s €1.7 million 2004 Irish National Hunt Festival - taking place from Tuesday, April 27, to Friday, April 30 - have attracted a total of 218 entries (up 25 on last year), of which no less than 68 hail from Britain. There are than nine winners from the Cheltenham and Aintree festivals chasing further glory at Ireland´s premier National Hunt meeting.

Racehorse owner Sangster dies

Fallon to face Jockey Club inquiry

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon and fellow rider John Egan are to face a Jockey Club disciplinary hearing over allegations made in a Sunday newspaper last month.

Timbera on course for National

Timbera on course for National

Xenophon heads betting despite chasing record

Punchestown Festival Preview

Hardy Eustace, Iris’s Gift, Moscow Flyer, Rooster Booster, and Harbour Pilot are just a number of the high profile horses that are set to go into battle for a share of the €1.7 million prize fund on offer at the Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival on the 27th – 30th April 2004.

Death of racing legend Fred Winter, aged 77.

Prize money hits record high as Newmarket celebrates two new group 1 races

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