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.

Aidan O’Brien starts 30th season at Ballydoyle as flat campaign kicks off

Brazilian trainer Robson de Aguiar hoping to make an immediate impression at the Curragh

Ireland edges festival tally 15-13 but Cheltenham rivalry rejuvenated

Willie Mullins saddles record-equalling seventh Triumph Hurdle winner with 50/1 shot

Paul Townend makes it a record fifth Cheltenham Gold Cup on Gaelic Warrior

Occasion marred as veteran Envoi Allen collapses and dies after finishing his final race

Rebecca Curtis plotting Gold Cup heist for Haiti Couleurs from west Wales racing outpost

Trainer and jockey Sean Bowen looking to end 36-year wait for a Welsh-trained winner of steeplechasing’s most coveted prize

Harry Redknapp aiming for Cheltenham Gold Cup glory with The Jukebox Man

Friday 13th ‘Blue Riband’ success would be lucky for more than the former Spurs and West Ham manager

Ask Brewster’s Cheltenham win brings happy end to tumultuous week for training team

Teenage Irish jockey Shane Cotter wins Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival: Fifth-time lucky for ‘superstar’ Home By The Lee in Stayers’ Hurdle

Willie Mullins and JP McManus critical of ground conditions after Fact To File defection from Ryanair Chase

Declan Queally and Nico de Boinville shake hands after Davy Russell acts as peacemaker

Irish amateur said fellow jockey Nico De Boinville directed ‘horrific’ abuse at him on Wednesday

‘Shark’ Hanlon and Hewick gear up for ultimate fairytale result at Cheltenham

Father and son team fancy their chances of Stayers’ Hurdle glory on Thursday

Inevitable ‘what if’ will hang over Fact To File if he wins Ryanair Chase for second year

Ballyburn could upset established order in Stayers’ Hurdle clash

Four Irish jockeys suspended at Cheltenham as Declan Queally says he was abused by Nico de Boinville

‘I was being abused by an English rider, Nico de Boinville, and it’s not very nice,’ Queally said

Irish jockey Declan Queally accuses Nico De Boinville of racial abuse at Cheltenham

Incident occurred after chaotic start to Turners Novice Hurdle

Willie Mullins hits top gear with Il Etait Temps the highlight of Grade One hat-trick at Cheltenham

Top flat rider Colin Keane makes immediate Cheltenham impression with Bumper victory on The Mourne Rambler

Cheltenham day two tips: Willie Mullins’s best hope in the opener and picks for each race

Irish trainer has six shots at notching an eighth victory in the race

Declan Queally: ‘Irish racing likes when smaller stables are able to compete against bigger ones’

Waterford trainer is relishing underdog status as I’ll Sort That lines up in the Turners Novice Hurdle

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