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Butterfly out for the season

Like-A-Butterfly, winner of the Irish Champion Hurdle, is understood to be out for the season after suffering a setback.

New Group Ones for Older Mares.

Fillies and mares received a major boost yesterday with the announcement of two new Group 1 races in Ireland next year.

Interesting Fare at Cheltenham

Always guaranteed to quicken the pulse of true jump racing fans, Cheltenham stages the second day of it´s first meet of the campaign and it sees some interesting young horses in action.

Cleary remains critically ill

Sean Cleary remains in a critical condition in hospital with severe head injuries following a fall at Galway on Sunday.

Apprentice Critically Ill After Galway Fall

Sean Cleary is critically ill with severe head injuries following his fall from All Heart at Galway on Sunday.

Chaparral makes history

Grey Swallow to take flight

Fallon rides Islington to victory

Islington, ridden by Kieren Fallon, won the Breeders´ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita racetrack today.

Holy Orders on target for Melbourne Cup

Santa Anita won´t be barrel of laughs for Irish raiders

Silken plain sailing for Noahs Ark

Europeans prepare for Breeders Cup

The European team completed final preparations for their challenge for Saturday´s Breeders´ Cup with a gentle stretch of the legs at Santa Anita this morning.

Second disqualification from last season´s morphine tests confirmed.

Truckers Tavern a possible for Down Royal feature.

Trainer Ferdy Murphy has indicated that last season´s Gold Cup runner-up Truckers Tavern is likely to make his seasonal debut in the James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal next month.

NOBODY TOLD ME INJURED

Nobody Told Me has pulled ligaments in her hind quarters and will be out of action for at least three months.
Arthur Moore

FORTRIA FOR UPMANSHIP

Fairyhouse Goes Ahead After Inspection

Falbrav and High Chaparral square up Stateside.

They may have failed in a bid to have the result of the Irish Champion Stakes amended in an appeal heard at the Curragh yesterday, but the connections of Falbrav now have a further chance for revenge.

Williamson retires on doctor´s orders

Leading jump jockey Norman Williamson has announced his retirement from the saddle at the age of 34.

Falbrav appeal rejected

Norman Williamson retires.

Alamshar signs off with disappointing effort.

Limestone Lad will miss entire season.

Michael Bowe yesterday admitted that his attempts to get Limestone Lad back onto a racecourse this season have failed, and the popular gelding will now be rested until next year.

Italian job for Kinane

Michael Kinane looks set to take the Italian job this weekend as the Aidan O´Brien team go in search of Group One success on both sides of the Atlantic.

O´Brien tries again

Aidan O´Brien has failed to hit the Group One mark overseas with his juveniles so far this season but Antonius Pius and Troubadour could remedy that in Saturday´s Dewhurst Stakes.

Beef on Leopardstown menu

MOSCOW EXPRESS RETIRED

The 1999 Galway Plate winner Moscow Express has been retired following his lacklustre display in Sunday´s Munster National at Limerick where he trailed in last.

Storied career comes to end

HRI to sponsor Irish Racing Awards

Horse Racing Ireland have announced that they are to sponsor the Irish Horse Racing Awards.

Alamshar and Nayef on course for Champion Stakes

Legendary American jockey Shoemaker dies

Vinnie Roe to bid for fifth St Leger success

Azamour looks a nice sort

Irish Raiders Triumphant

The Irish were smiling at two of Britain’s national hunt meetings yesterday, when Philip Rothwell and John Carr both made successful raids.

Dalakhani Retired

Derby winner Kris Kin is retired.

2003 Epsom Derby winner Kris Kin has been retired to stud, where he will command a fee of E8,000 at Hamdan Al Maktoum?s Derrinstown Stud.

Fallon decides against appeal

Kieren Fallon will miss the first two days of the Tote Cesarewitch meeting next week after deciding not to appeal against a four-day ban he received at Longchamp on Sunday.

Alamshar Sold To Japan

Eight Irish Racecourses To Get ?3.5m Grant

Beef Or Salmon on Curragh menu

Connections of Beef Or Salmon will look to the skies before deciding whether their star seven-year-old will make his reappearance in this weekend´s Hackett´s Bookmakers Irish Cesarewitch.

Soft ground blamed for poor Kris Kin showing.

Arc light focuses more and more on High Chaparral

Circumstances appear to be piling up against the long-time Prix de l´Arc de Triomphe favourite Dalakhani, who will have 13 opponents lined up against him in France´s greatest race tomorrow.

Enjoying the big time in the game of his father

Get behind Back In Front

Super Sunday ay Tipperary

Punchestown Saturday Preview.

Punchestown hosts an all National Hunt card tomorrow, where the first of seven races commences at 2.30pm.

Lynam wins appeal while Murtagh´s suspension is reduced.

Jockey Johnny Murtagh has had his appeal against a seven day suspension for 'making insufficient effort' on Eddie Lynam´s Dangle reduced to four days, while trainer Lynam has won his appeal against a E750 fine and a 42 day suspension for his horse.

Excitement Builds Ahead of Arc

The excitement in anticipation of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is beginning to grow as the week progresses and today the two main protagonists were the subject of encouraging reports from connections.

Gowran & Clonmel swap dates

Punchestown to face E750,000 tax bill.

Punchestown Racecourse´s recovery attempts were dealt a big blow as it emerged that the track faces a potential VAT liability of E750,000.
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