Rachael Blackmore the firm favourite to win World Sport Star of the Year in stacked field
Rachael Blackmore is favourite to lift the World Sports-star of the Year at the BBC Sports personality of the year awards. As the 2021 calendar draws to a close, it is once again time to look back on the sporting achievements of the year and at the top of the pile are those of Tipperary […]
4 years ago
Single-minded Davison in it for the love of the horse
Brought to you by Horse Racing Ireland 6.00 in the morning and Jack Davison is up and at it. Along with his team at Killarkin Stud in Dunboyne, Davison has around 25 horses to feed, to train, to wash and to guide through the day. It’s taken a whole load of graft to get here, […]
4 years ago
All roads lead to the Curragh for the weekend we’ve all been waiting for
Brought to you by Horse Racing Ireland Nothing signifies the start of summer quite like Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend, and the sun is nearly shining at this stage. It’s been a long winter, what with lock-ups, lock-downs, any sort of lock-out you can think of, and while all-weather racing has been a decent appetiser, in […]
5 years ago
Fantasy Cheltenham League is the only way to separate the spoofers from the experts
Brought to you by Horse Racing Ireland As the Cheltenham festival nears, the ‘experts’ emerge from the woodwork. There’s nothing like that famous week in March to draw the sunshine followers, the spoofers, and the know-it-alls. They may not have seen a horse since the same time last year but for one week in March, […]
5 years ago