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.

AP McCoy tips Fact To File to line up in Ryanair at Cheltenham instead of Gold Cup

Noel Meade targets Imperial Cup glory with Messerschmitt in Sandown feature

Cheltenham Festival celebrity forecasts: Willie Mullins wins to be in the single digits?

Predictions vary for the number of Irish winners at festival

JP McManus: Racing’s most famous gambler has a stronger grip than ever before on the sport

Extent of dominant owner’s racing empire prompts ‘succession stakes’ speculation

Galopin Des Champs ruled out of Cheltenham Gold Cup

Willie Mullins-trained star was fancied to join Kauto Star as a three-time Gold Cup winner

Ominous for Cheltenham if festival does not follow attendance trends

Rachael Blackmore promoting festival’s ‘Ladies Day’ in bid to boost spectator appeal

Cheltenham Festival: Mullins keeps punters guessing on races for star performers

Wednesday marks latest acceptance stage for day-one festival card featuring Champion Hurdle

Supreme remains ‘most likely’ Cheltenham option for Talk The Talk

Joseph O’Brien waiting to make late decision on Banbridge festival target

Irish racing stars waiting to find out when they can fly home from Dubai

Meydan’s Super Saturday action turned ‘surreal’ with explosions in the sky during racing

IHRB chief says organisation policing drug cases needs to ‘sharpen up’

The results of two hearings into positive tests in races going back to October 2024 were only published last week

Colin Keane takes on Rebel’s Romance in Dubai aboard his father’s Crystal Black

Six-time champion flat jockey set to team up with The Mourne Rambler in Cheltenham’s Champion Bumper

Willie Mullins 5/1 to saddle record number of winners at Cheltenham

Gordon Elliott tries to extend lead in trainers championship with Found A Fifty in Navan feature

Anglo-Irish rivalry being relevant again is good news all round for Cheltenham Festival

British team has faded in recent years due to unprecedented dominance by raiders

If it is too dangerous for Constitution Hill to race at Cheltenham, what does it say about jump racing?

At one point Constitution Hill looked like maybe the greatest hurdler ever. Now we’ll never know about that

IHRB plans to take Luke Comer to court over costs involved in doping case

Billionaire businessman lost his licence to train racehorses for three years

IHRB disqualifies same horse twice in a year over positive tests for prohibited substances

Two separate trainers fined after Art Of Unity won races at the Curragh and Bellewstown

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