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.

O’Brien hoping for bittersweet July Cup victory with Mission Central

Odds on Precise comes up short in Falmouth Stakes as Colin Keane wins on Blue Bolt

Stack turns to Soumillon as trainer chases first European Group One success at Deauville

Cheltenham festival-winning trainer Pat Kelly’s licence suspended with immediate effect by IHRB

Legitimate questions about IHRB’s governance restructuring require answers

Regulator’s head of governance & legal is the latest official to leave with position scrapped

Aidan O’Brien aiming for record sixth July Cup with gelding Mission Central

Top Royal Ascot sprinters in line for Group One showdown in Europe’s top sprint prize

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

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