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Action-packed Curragh Eyecatcher one to follow

Aidan O’Brien’s Action is bred to be top class and there is plenty to look forward to judged on a debut full of promise at the Curragh. The apparent second string of three runners for Ballydoyle, the son of Frankel is a half-brother to dual Derby winner Lambourn, so the seven-furlong distance he faced in […]

Al Riffa makes class count with stylish Curragh Cup win

Joseph O’Brien’s Al Riffa stamped his class on the Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup. The dual Group One winner had played a supporting role in three previous outings this year, finishing third in the Neom Turf Cup in Saudi Arabia and fourth in the Prix Ganay in France before finding the globetrotting Rebel’s Romance too […]

Anthelia comes out on top in Super Sprint thriller

Rod Millman continued his love affair with the Weatherbys Super Sprint, as Anthelia regained the winning thread to deny Royal Ascot winner Havana Hurricane in a thrilling finish to the Newbury feature. The Devon handler credits the valuable two-year-old contest as salvaging his career when winning it for the first time with Lord Kintyre in […]

Plate smasher Cobden delivers with Ballysax Hank

Ballysax Hank completed a successful raid when partnered by Harry Cobden in the Unibet Summer Plate Handicap Chase at Market Rasen. The Gavin Cromwell-trained six-year-old was one of a handful of Irish horses to travel over for the valuable summer feature, with Cobden taking the ride in his quest for a third successive triumph in […]

Arizona Blaze sparkles in Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh

Arizona Blaze secured the biggest victory of his career to date in the Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh. Adrian Murray’s charge has run a number of excellent races in top-class company, finishing on the podium in the Norfolk Stakes, Railway Stakes, Phoenix Stakes and at the Breeders’ Cup last season, while just last […]

Rage Of Bamby is 33-1 winner of Hackwood Stakes

Rage Of Bamby produced a 33-1 shock in the Hallgarten And Novum Wines Hackwood Stakes at Newbury. The winner of a Listed affair at Newmarket in October, Eve Johnson Houghton’s charge was well adrift of her best in her first two starts of this season, but was back to something like when not beaten far […]

Cavern Club makes all the noise in Summer Hurdle

Cavern Club rolled in with a late run to land the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle for James Owen and Gavin Sheehan. The chestnut was last seen winning at Chester on the Flat in June, but has plenty of hurdling experience on his CV and was a good runner-up in a Cheltenham novice […]

True Love powers home for Railway Stakes demolition

Royal Ascot heroine True Love showed her male counterparts the way home with a scintillating display in the GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh. Aidan O’Brien had saddled 14 previous winners of the Group Two contest, with Rock Of Gibraltar (2001), George Washington (2005) and last year’s victor Henri Matisse (2024) among them, and it […]

O’Brien: Lake Victoria future not certain

Aidan O’Brien has revealed his Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Lake Victoria may not run again. The Frankel filly enjoyed a faultless juvenile campaign, winning each of her five starts including Group One strikes in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, the Cheveley Park and at the Breeders’ Cup. Following an interrupted preparation she could finish only sixth […]

Racing Bulletin for 19/07/2025

Latest News and Features Minnie Hauk has chance to join an illustrious roll of honour Wise Approach makes his mark in Newbury feature Powerful chance for Slattery colt in smart renewal of Sapphire Stakes Nico de Boinville healing ‘very well’, says Henderson Bethell hoping Regional outlook is favourable in Hackwood Stakes Sat TV Trends: 19th […]

Minnie Hauk has chance to join an illustrious roll of honour

Epsom heroine Minnie Hauk is all the rage to provide Aidan O’Brien with an eighth victory in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks on Saturday. Alexandrova (2006), Peeping Fawn (2007), Snowfall (2021) and Savethelastdance (2023) are among the Ballydoyle handler’s previous winners of the Curragh Classic and he is responsible for four of the six runners in […]

Wise Approach makes his mark in Newbury feature

Wise Approach was much the best when sauntering to success in the Ire-Incentive – It Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes at Newbury. Charlie Appleby’s Mehmas colt – who cost a million guineas as a yearling – is a half-sibling to the Group-placed Golden Mind and multiple Group One winner Perfect Power, and was […]

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