In this strange year, racing is facing the might of the GAA championship at the wrong time of the year

The longest school holidays of my life are almost at an end. How I would have loved 24 weeks off school when I had to don a school uniform, but the days are closing in and the normality of a weekly routine is on the horizon.

Galway will grind its way slowly to a close tomorrow afternoon and it has been a grind for the few people that were there. In fact, the feel in Galway City and the surrounding areas didn’t resemble anything like I have ever known before.

The only part I really enjoyed about the Galway Hurdle was when it was over

You don’t need a crowd or an atmosphere to make a Galway Plate exciting for a jockey

I believe Enable will defend her King George crown today, writes Ruby Walsh

When the schedule was released for the much-altered post-Covid-19 lockdown racing program, I felt it would be York in August before the dust settled and the summer highlights on the flat took the shape they might ordinarily have.

At 10. 59pm on Saturday night, Barry Geraghty posted a tweet on his Twitter account that he was retiring from the saddle after a wonderful 24-year career.

Last weekend, three of the five Group 1 races on offer across Europe landed on these shores courtesy of Aidan O’Brien’s Oaks and Derby double, with the flawless Love and surprising Serpentine, and Donnacha O’Brien’s Fancy Blue in the Prix de Diane ...