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

Fans were treated to two fantastic days of racing at the Longines Irish Champions Weekend in Leopardstown and the Curragh on Saturday and Sunday. The Longines Irish Champions Weekend is a sporting and social weekend filled with glamour, excitement and prestige that shows off Ireland as a world centre of excellence in horse racing and breeding. […]

8 years ago

What a weekend of racing. Whether you are a casual fan, just there for a bit of craic, or a racing aficionado if you were one of the 25,000 people who descended on Leopardstown or The Curragh last weekend for the Longines Irish Champions Weekend you won’t have come away disappointed. There were losers and […]

10 years ago

High in the hills that form the natural border between Kilkenny and Carlow can be found one of Ireland’s most famed racing operations. Since the early 1980s Jim Bolger has been breeding and training some of the country’s finest flat horses in Coolcullen – Group 1 winners like New Approach, Teofilo, Finsceal Beo and Dawn Approach. This weekend […]

10 years ago