Nine-time Irish champion jockey Pat Smullen has joined the TDN team as our new weekly columnist to bring us invaluable insight on the racing and breeding scene as he continues his recovery from illness. There was a great turnout for the trial run day at The Curragh last week, which was very well organised. It [...]

We're right in the middle of the trials season, not just for the Classics, but for the new-look Curragh Racecourse, which yesterday had a trial run to test all the facilities. A couple of horses were galloping and all race-day procedures came under scrutiny to make sure everything is in place and working properly before [...]

Nine-time Irish champion jockey Pat Smullen has joined the TDN team as our new weekly columnist to bring us invaluable insight on the racing and breeding scene as he continues his recovery from illness. It was an informative card at Leopardstown on Saturday with a few solid Classic trials. I suppose the main talking horse [...]

Nine-time Irish champion jockey Pat Smullen has joined the TDN team as our new weekly columnist to bring us invaluable insight on the racing and breeding scene as he continues his recovery from illness. I got a lot of enjoyment out of watching the Dubai World Cup meeting on many fronts. It was a great [...]

It's great to be back on the turf and we had a very informative first day of the season in Ireland, even though the ground was very testing. The horses needed to be fit to win, but what we learned is that Jim Bolger has hit the ground running and has his horses in tremendous [...]