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03 Sep 2010HARBINGER SOLD TO JAPAN

Harbinger, officially the highest-rated racehorse in the world prior to suffering a career-ending injury, has been sold to take up stud duties in Japan.The four-year-old was a devastating 11-length wi...

03 Sep 2010RIP LEADS CHAMPION SIX

Rip Van Winkle heads Aidan O'Brien's three-strong team as the Ballydoyle trainer seeks a sixth success in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.Stable jockey Johnn...

03 Sep 2010BETH BACK FOR MATRON MISSION

Bethrah heads the home defence as she makes her return to action in the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.The Dermot Weld-trained Marju filly will be having her first...

03 Sep 2010BANNER STARS IN SPRINT FIELD

Aidan O'Brien's Starspangledbanner features among a final field of 16 runners in Saturday's Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock.The ex-Australian speedball has already scored twice in Group One company on B...

03 Sep 2010RAJIK HAS CHANCE OF CLASSIC TILT

Charlie Swan is considering whether to supplement the quickly-improving Rajik for the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh on Saturday week.The five-year-old secured his third win in succession in a Ga...

03 Sep 2010LIGHT CAMPAIGN IN STORE FOR FLY

Willie Mullins is keeping his fingers crossed that this will be the season star hurdler Hurricane Fly finally gets his trip to the Cheltenham Festival.The six-year-old has won six of his eight starts ...

03 Sep 2010QUE TEAM AIMING FOR FESTIVAL TREBLE

Willie Mullins is eyeing a David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle hat-trick with Quevega ahead of the new National Hunt campaign.The six-year-old landed the Grade Two contest in devastating fashion once again ...

03 Sep 2010MIKAEL ON COMEBACK TRAIL

Mikael D'Haguenet is reported to be in good shape as he builds towards his first official racecourse outing since May 2009.The highly-regarded six-year-old missed the whole of the last campaign due to...

03 Sep 2010FORCE BUILDING UP HIS WORK

Connections of Workforce remain in no rush to decide on his next target after the Derby winner enjoyed a steady workout on Wednesday morning.The Khalid Abdullah-owned three-year-old appeared to have t...

03 Sep 2010PADDY POWER EXTENDS OPEN DEAL

Bookmaker Paddy Power will back the Paddy Power Gold Cup and two other races at Cheltenham's Open meeting until 2012 after signing a three-year extension to their sponsorship deal.The three-day Open t...

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02 Sep 2010RIP VAN WINKLE HEADS SELECT FIELD FOR THE GROUP 1 TATTERSALLS MILLIONS IRISH CHAMPION STAKESRip Van Winkle heads a small but select field set to contest the Group 1 Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday, the feature event on a day of top quality racing at the Foxrock racecourse.
02 Sep 2010BALLINROBE RACECOURSE TEAMS WITH CONCERN WORLDWIDE TO HELP PAKISTANThe Committee of Ballinrobe Racecourse announced today that they will donate all the admissions fees at the next race meeting, the final day of their race season on Monday 20th September to Concern for their work in Pakistan.
02 Sep 2010ROZANNA PURCELL ANNOUNCED AS LADIES DAY JUDGE FOR THIS SATURDAYS CHAMPION STAKESMiss Ireland Universe Rozanna Purcell was on hand in St. Stephens Green today as she was announced as co-Ladies day Judge along with her mentor Andrea Roche at Leopardstown racecourse this Saturday 4th September to Judge the Diamant Best Dressed Lady competition on Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes day.
01 Sep 2010AUTUMN FESTIVAL OF RACING AT THE CURRAGH 11TH AND 12TH SEPTEMBERThe Autumn Festival of Racing taking place at the Curragh on 11th and 12th September combines exceptional racing with great fashion, food and fun over two days.
30 Aug 2010THE CURRAGH RACECOURSE AND IRISH PONY CLUB LAUNCH EXCITING RACE DAYThe Irish Pony Club will join forces with The Curragh Racecourse on Sunday September 26th when the inaugural Irish Pony Club Family Race Day takes place at the famous County Kildare venue. The top class program of racing features the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes (Group 2), CL Weld Park Stakes (Group 3) and Hackett’s Bookmakers Irish Cesarewitch.
26 Aug 2010CELEBRATION OF IRISH SPORTING CHAMPIONS AT TATTERSALLS MILLIONS IRISH CHAMPION STAKES DAY

Leopardstown today launched a partnership with the Irish Paralympic team ahead of the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday September 4th.

 

26 Aug 2010MICHAEL KINANE - CELEBRATING AN IRISH LEGENDThe Curragh Racecourse in association with Horse Racing Ireland announced today that it will celebrate the magnificent achievements of HRI’s 2010 Flat Ambassador Michael Kinane by staging an exhibition of his racing successes during the Autumn Festival of Racing on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September.
06 May 2010MICHAEL KINANE ANNOUNCED AS HORSE RACING IRELAND'S 2010 FLAT AMBASSADORHorse Racing Ireland today (Thursday 6th May) along with top Flat Jockeys Kevin Manning and Fran Berry unveiled the retired top Flat jockey Michael Kinane as HRI’s 2010 Flat Ambassador. During a brilliant riding career that spanned 35 years, Mick Kinane established himself as Irish racing’s most successful international Flat jockey before retiring last December.
07 Dec 2009IRISH FORM BOOK & RACING CALENDAR 2010The Irish Form Book is the official record of racing in the 32 counties. It lists the results of all races held in Ireland between 1st January and 31st December each year.

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