The Druids Nephew enhanced his claims for the Crabbie’s Grand National when striding out a ready winner of the Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase at Cheltenham. 

A seaside hotel with a history of 219 years is for sale in Waterford.

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The shamefully predictable yet entirely avoidable death of Battlefront during the first race over the Grand National fences at Aintree belies the worth of the recent changes made to the course.

Evan Williams is no hurry to make plans for his John Smith’s Grand National hope Cappa Bleu.

Ruby Walsh, twice a winner of the Grand National but forced to miss last Saturday’s race for the second time in three years following a fall from Zarkandar in the Aintree Hurdle earlier on the card, feels the changes to the great race have gone far enough already.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised is becoming increasingly likely to take his chance in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree next Saturday.

Post mortems are due to take place today on the body of a man and a woman found by the Grand Canal in Dublin yesterday.

The British Horseracing Authority confirmed several changes to the start of this year’s John Smith’s Grand National.

RICKY HATTON is relishing the opportunity to prove himself the best fighter on the planet after contracts were signed yesterday for his December super-fight against Floyd Mayweather.

Trabolgan defied top weight to hold French raider L’Ami in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury.

Aidan O’Brien will saddle both Grand Central and Down Mexico Way in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Why Now benefited from a positive ride by Neil Callan to run out the convincing winner of the Betfred Maiden Stakes at Southwell today.

CHURCHES and conversion are no strangers to one another, and a hotel building at Church Bay outside Cork harbour is a place prime for conversion.