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

You’d want to get yourself to Kildare this weekend. Two days, 16 races and only a little, tiny bit of rainfall on the Sunday. The Irish Champions Weekend is back and Leopardstown and The Curragh are set for a hive of activity across eight hours of horse racing. On Day 1 on the Saturday, the […]

8 years ago

“The sons… beat the father!”

8 years ago

Sun’s out and The Curragh is looking glorious. One day down for the Irish Derby Festival, two more scorchers to go. With Kisanga winning the SportsJOE Maiden on Friday, the crowds were entertained and drenched in sunshine but, on Saturday, there are eight races ahead for revellers. In the first three cards of the day, […]

8 years ago

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival did not disappoint on day one. The sun was out and the racing action was gripping at The Curragh, and we even picked the winner of our own race! The action got underway at 5.35pm JOE Handicap at 6.35pm and Shore Step [below, centre] was the deserved winner […]

8 years ago

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival is here. The sun will be beating down, the crowds will be out in their droves, some of the best race horses in the country will be taking to the Curragh over the next three days for an absolute feast of horse racing in the Kildare track. The […]

8 years ago