Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Racing Correspondent

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column.

Emmet Mullins pitches two hopes in to valuable Kempton highlight

British champion jockey Sean Bowen reaches 200 winners for the season and has McCoy record in his sights

Willie Mullins rules Triumph Hurdle favourite Narciso Has out of Cheltenham

Three Card Brag is Jack Kennedy’s pick for prime Grand National trial at Fairyhouse

Change of mindset needed to make Irish racing’s regulation fit for purpose

Putting regulation under Horse Racing Ireland banner is rearranging deckchairs on a sinking ship

Constitution Hill strikes out into the unknown at Southwell

Jump racing legend takes his flat racing bow at age of nine

Inothewayurthinkin still on track for Cheltenham but needs to impress in his work

JP McManus’s champion still a 16/1 shot to defend Gold Cup title despite three disappointing races this season

IHRB and former security boss set to enter WRC adjudication process

Regulator confirms process to find new betting patterns monitor is ongoing

Wexford stewards adamant on not holding inquiry into Byrnes unseat

No British Horseracing Authority tender bid for new IHRB contract to monitor betting patterns

Saudi Cup’s status in global schedule underlined by Forever Young double bid

Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien saddle runners on undercard of $35m Riyadh extravaganza

Freezing conditions threaten weekend jumps action in Ireland and Britain

JP McManus’s Jonbon has 12th Grade One victory in his sights in Ascot Chase on Saturday

Irish racing needs to wake up and pay for professional stewarding

Fallout from Redwood Queen unseat at Wexford should be the spur that propels the sport to act

Willie Mullins looks to time his Cheltenham festival challenge to perfection

Champion trainer likely to leave vital decisions on Fact To File, Gaelic Warrior and Lossiemouth until late

Joseph O’Brien closing in on 1,500 winners as a trainer in advance of Saudi raid

Former French champion jockey Pierre Charles Boudot set to team up with O’Brien’s Andab in Qatar

Impaire Et Passe could return to action in Gowran’s Red Mills Chase

Dan Skelton points Deafening Silence at Haydock National Trial in advance of potential Aintree bid

One month out from Cheltenham, Gordon Elliott likes the look of Brighterdaysahead

Co Meath trainer also cautioned against writing off Nicky Henderson’s Constitution Hill

IHRB stands over process that saw no enquiry into controversial Philip Byrnes unseat

Race-day officials did not consider ‘threshold for a stewards enquiry to be met’, says regulator

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