independent • 14th May 2022

May miracle for Tinahely family as champion mare has twins

The Rothwell family from Tinahely are the talk of the parish after their champion mare gave birth to healthy twin foals against all the odds. Twins in horses are extremely rare, and typically one or both are lost during pregnancy. Greenhall Dot, a former champion at the Dublin Horse Show, has never given birth to twins before, and these two colts are the first twins ever born on the farm of Derry Rothwell.

independent • 20th April 2022

‘Rollercoaster’ ride as Arklow groom Mick Molloy’s Grand National dream realised

“It’s the bugle that does it”, says Mick Molloy from Arklow as he tries to describe when it sunk in that the racehorse he was looking after, Noble Yeats, had won one of the biggest horse races in the world, the Randox Health Grand National. By now almost 500,000 people on Facebook alone have watched Mick’s techno-beat dance as he punched the are to cheer Noble Yeats home, standing on the turf opposite the finishing line at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool in England. Millions more have watche

GDC • 19th June 2019

Darren Yates - A Magnificent Journey Continues

What would life be like for successful businessman and eminent race horse owner Darren Yates now if he hadn't won a massive £550,000 betting on Frankie Dettori to win seven races on one day at the Ascot Races in September 1996? It's 23 years since the “magnificent seven” delivered a huge stroke of luck for the Lancashire man and now he's hitting the headlines for spending outrageous sums on horses to win for him - recently breaking the spending record acquire a relation of the brilliant Sprinte

GDC • 19th June 2019

How Fox Chapel Became Royal Ascot's First 100/1 Winner

Rain changed everything at Royal Ascot in 1990. It was all going swimmingly for punters and connections alike until Thursday’s downpours that led to the meeting’s first ever 100/1 winner.

GDC • 1st May 2019

Ruby Walsh: Nothing Ever Bettered Papillon

When Ruby Walsh reflects on 24 years at the top of jumps racing, the same day always comes out as his best: Papillon.

GDC • 29th April 2019

Meet The Man Who Runs The €3.2million Punchestown Festival

A storm had set in. Wind battered the enclosures, testing every tether. Crowds huddled in the entrance building, shoulder-to-shoulder, growing restless. Punchestown just could not let anyone in. General manager Dick O'Sullivan could see the patience draining. There were teas and coffees, and biscuits, but their remedy was short-lived, he needed to cause a distraction.

Gamblecast • 4th March 2019

Racehour Extra from Gamblecast! Stable Tours Mullins, Henderson & Elliott ahead of the Festival

A Racehour extra podcast from Gamblecast! Three stables, two weeks to go and a chat about the latest ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. Hear Nicky Henderson, Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins on their stable stars.

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder • 30th January 2019

David versus Goliaths

There are things David Marnane has achieved that no champion trainer has, with a fraction of the resources available. Does that make the Royal Ascot winner better than a champion trainer? It certainly suggests he has the skills to be competing in that bracket.

GDC • 16th January 2019

Khan Can Bounce Back At Dublin Racing Festival

Gordon Elliott has warned not to underestimate Mengli Khan when he bids to bounce back to form in the Grade 1 Irish Arkle at the Dublin Racing Festival in two weeks' time.

GDC • 2nd November 2018

Willie Mullins Stable Tour - Gambling.com

We went down to Carlow for the launch of the Winter Jumps and got the low-down on Champion trainer Willie Mullins's stars in this Stable Tour.

GDC • 1st November 2018

Willie Mullins Stable Tour

Find out which horse Willie Mullins thinks is in the same league as Ryanair Chase favourite Footpad, in our stable tour with the Irish champion jumps trainer.

GDC • 30th October 2018

Who is Willie Mullins's One Horse To Follow for 2018/19?

Champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins has a yard full of household names, but they were all once unknowns, and this season the one horse he feels will step out of that shadow is a new recruit.

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder • 6th September 2018

Australia the land of opportunity

Rookie trainer Eddie O’Rourke admits he would not be a trainer at all if he had stayed in his native Ireland, instead of relocating to Australia seven years ago.

Racing Certainty • 12th March 2018

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Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 1st March 2018

Caravaggio bumps Greenland, further WRC inspections

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 1st March 2018

Derek O'Connor's latest record

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 14th February 2018

The Trials of Warren O'Connor

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 2nd February 2018

How Samcro became - Part 2

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 1st February 2018

How Samcro became - Part 1

Thoroughbred Owner Breeder Magazine • 1st March 2017

Ward's goose not cooked after all