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.

Dermot Weld has Group One ambitions with progressive Purview

Curragh ‘cult figure’ Big Gossey secures 10th success at Irish racing’s HQ

Benvenuto Cellini puts Epsom furore behind him to secure Irish Derby glory

Aidan O’Brien saddles 1-2-3 at the Curragh to win Ireland’s premier Classic for an 18th time

Séamus Heffernan receives 24-day ban for overuse of the whip at Royal Ascot

Christope Soumillon will resume his appeal against an eight-day ban for ‘team tactics’ next week

Jockey Ronan Whelan hoping it’s Christmas again as he targets Derby double

Benvenuto Cellini is Ballydoyle number one as Aidan O’Brien pursues an 18th Irish Derby success

Epsom Oaks winner hoping to Thunder past older rivals in Pretty Polly Stakes

Joseph O’Brien-trained Thundering On is top-rated three-year-old lining up at Curragh over Derby weekend

Racing’s written rules overlooked far too frequently in favour of unwritten ones

Christophe Soumillon’s appeal against an eight-day ban for controversial Royal Ascot ride will be heard on Friday

World Pool ‘not a factor’ in stewarding decisions for nine-race Irish Derby card

Hong Kong Jockey Club co-mingling pool worth close to €700k to Irish racing on Sunday

Christmas Day and Benvenuto Cellini part of strong Aidan O’Brien team for Irish Derby

Wednesday’s cross-channel racing action reduced to a single meeting due to red-weather warning conditions

Unclear whether HRI and IHRB will meet Maurice Regan over controversial claims

Newtown Anner owner wants examination of starting procedures by both of racing’s ruling bodies

Major Irish hopes in Hardwicke Stakes that looks Group One in all but name

Ryan Moore opts for Japan’s Satono Reve in battle of top international sprinters at Royal Ascot

Precise overcomes poor start to finish a Coronation winner at Royal Ascot

Aidan O’Brien reaches six winners for Royal Ascot week as Causeway lands King Edward VII Stakes

Ryan Moore hoping to get it Precisely right in Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot

Commonwealth Cup will test theories about Albert Einstein’s relative greatness

Scandinavia wins Gold Cup thriller to earn Aidan O’Brien his 100th Royal Ascot winner

Ryan Moore and Scandinavia deny last year’s winner Trawlerman in epic renewal of famous race

Scandinavia aiming to become Aidan O’Brien’s 10th Ascot Gold Cup success

St Leger winner joined in marathon test by other Irish hopes Al Riffa and Carmers

Ombudsman looks a world beater with decisive Prince of Wales’s Stakes victory at Royal Ascot

Aidan O’Brien reaches Royal Ascot winner No. 99 through Victorious

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