These are the only two races globally that have any political influence and are the two that suffer the entire burden of the image of the sport.

Il Est Francais will guarantee there are no hiding places for those wishing to collect Micheal O’Leary’s money in the Ryanair

Cheltenham’s second day looks to deliver thrilling clashes, big predictions, and Jonbon’s Champion Chase bid. Who will rise to the occasion?

The Cheltenham Festival will get underway on Tuesday with a race renamed this year in honour of Micheal O’Sullivan.

We have all the declarations for this weekend's action, but until tomorrow morning, ante-post betting is still an option for the Cheltenham Festival. I doubt there is any value left hanging about.

Part of me would love to see the National launched shortly after Christmas, with the Cheltenham Festival being the cut-off date for the new qualifications I would introduce.

Micheal O’Sullivan's background is the backbone of this sport, and whatever he learnt and saw as a boy, his dream was to ride the jockey's roller coaster 

It's hard to believe that a sport as big as horse racing has its first all-ticket event this weekend, but it does, and it's not before time.

At Gowran Park on Thursday, Nick Rockett's win in the Thyestes showed the joy that National Hunt racing can bring. 

Ruby Wlahs can't understand why more UK-based trainers haven’t realised Irish handicaps are winnable with English horses, especially in the two-mile chase division. Today’s Dan Moore chase is ripe to be plucked by the superior English two-mile handicappers, yet not even one was entered.