The top stayer Solwhit will be a first runner at Auteuil for Co Limerick trainer Charles Byrnes when he lines up in tomorrow’s French Champion Hurdle (...)

Aidan O’Brien: attempts to secure classic glory in Paris tomorrow

Out of luck in Britain and America last weekend, Aidan O’Brien attempts to secure Classic glory in Paris tomorrow when he sends both Gale Force(...)

Davy Russell celebrates being crowned  Champion Jockey with his father Gerry on the final day of the  Punchestown Festival. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan

Willie Mullins ended his Punchestown Festival on a high as he claimed the final two Grade Ones of the week to take his tally for the meeting to(...)

Hurricane Fly lands the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.

Hurricane Fly’s credentials to be ranked as one of the all-time great champions were impeccable before his latest Grade One triumph at Punchest(...)

Alice Kelly, from Blackwater, Co Wexford at Punchestown races yesterday. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

The race of the day turned out to be the anti-climax of the day for the punters yesterday. Much of the anticipation was(...)

Marito ridden by Ruby Walsh was second to Rye Martini in The Stephens Green Hibernian Club Hurdle during Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle Day at the 2013 Festival at Punchestown. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The phrase ‘just a scratch’ is usually a dismissive term in the tough world of jump racing but a scratch cost Solwhit his chance of festival g(...)

 Davy Russell riding Sir Des Champs clear the last to win The Bet Online With Thetote.com Punchestown Gold Cup  from Long Run  at Punchestown yesterday. Photograph:  Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

There’s an irony in Willie Mullins supplying Davy Russell with the winner that might seal the jockeys championship but after Sir Des Champs landed (...)

 Davy Russell will pilot Sir Des Champs today.  Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Circumstances conspired against Sir Des Champs at Cheltenham but the Willie Mullins -trained star can make no mistake in today’s €150,000 Tote(...)

Barry Geraghty celebrates on Bobs Worth after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase. Photograph:  Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Festival form so often proves paramount and there are no better equipped horses for one week in March than Bobs Worth as he emerged triumphant (...)

Lord Windermere ridden by Davy Russell (left) head for home in the Royal Sun Alliance Chase.

Jim Culloty hasn’t taken a straight-forward road to Cheltenham festival success as a trainer but Lord Windermere made it all w(...)

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