Mick Easterby wants to reach 100 years of age!
He has been training horses at Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire since the era of JFK and Harold Macmillan but, as he turns 90 on Tuesday, Mick Easterby is adamant […] [...]
Mystic Guide leads the way in Dubai World Cup
Godolphin won the Dubai World Cup once again but this time with an American-trained horse as Mystic Guide justified favouritism in the carnival’s feature. Michael Stidham’s four-year-old Ghostzapper colt came […] [...]
Not a ‘Van der Merwe’ joke
25-year-old South African scores twice in historic win for Scotland! Duhan van der Merwe, born and raised in George, Southern Cape, scored two tries for Scotland in their historic Six […] [...]
McCarthy looks to future after cocaine ban
JOCKEY Adrian McCarthy said he was looking to the future after revealing during a disciplinary panel hearing on Thursday that he had been battling with alcohol and cocaine abuse and […] [...]
One man’s “Catch From Hell”
Wrong seat, wrong time for innocent fan Steve Bartman! JONNY GOULD COLUMN, 24 MARCH On February 26, 2004 a baseball, purchased for almost $114,000 on behalf of the iconic Harry […] [...]
Shadwell’s Sheikh Hamdan passes away
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and one of the world’s most accomplished racehorse owners has passed away. His brother, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al […] [...]
IRc Q&A: Carly Booth
The vivacious golfer with the adventurous spirit Carly Booth became the youngest ladies’ club champion in Britain at the age of 11, in 2003. Then, in 2017, she became the […] [...]
Elliott saga: The head lad caused all the trouble!
Simon McGonagle has been disqualified from racing for nine months at a referrals hearing of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board after being found responsible for taking the photograph that led […] [...]
Star mare Queen Supreme to be aimed at Breeders’ Cup
Dual Gr1 Cartier Paddock Stakes winner, Queen Supreme, will be aimed at the Breeders’ Cup Championships scheduled for Del Mar, San Diego, in the first week of November 2021, reports […] [...]
IRC Q&A: Paul Townend
TOP JUMPS JOCK, ALWAYS TRYING Paul Townend became the number one jockey to the powerful Willie Mullins yard when Ruby Walsh retired. The now 30-year-old Irishman was Irish jump racing […] [...]