Horseracing paused to remember Jacqueline O’Brien, wife of legendary horse trainer Vincent O’Brien, whose death at the age of 89 was announced yesterday.

There was a marked decrease in the number of instances of careless riding in 2015, the Turf Club yesterday revealed when releasing its integrity racing statistics.

Home Of The Brave has been stripped of his victory in the Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh in July after testing positive for a prohibited substance.

Jockey Eddie O’Connell is to appeal the findings of the Referrals Committee which earlier this week saw him banned for four years by the Turf Club.

The Turf Club is to significantly enhance its drug-testing regime from next January.

The Irish Turf Club is to significantly enhance its drug-testing regime from next January.

A second top Irish horse trainer faces charges over the possession of banned substances.

The trainer of Ireland’s leading Cheltenham Gold Cup candidate, Last Instalment, is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday charged with the possession of banned substances.

A story that appeared in the Racing Post on July 24, regarding the televising of stewards’ inquiries, didn’t half catch the attention of this observer.

Richard Hughes and Joseph O’Brien, reigning champion Flat jockeys in England and Ireland respectively, have been granted jumps licences to ride in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

The Turf Club have announced a change to the rules regarding the declaration of headgear.

The Turf Club have announced a change to the rules regarding the declaration of headgear in Ireland.

Tramore racecourse has been cleared to press ahead with its centenary festival next month after the death of four horses in one night provoked dual safety inquiries.

Jockey Jason Behan’s three-year ban handed out by the British Horseracing Authority has been reciprocated by the Turf Club after he failed to turn up at a hearing.

It seems the next generation of jockeys may be losing the battle of the bulge.

THE Turf Club yesterday announced that it will be hold a further information seminar on the new rules introduced which deal with the laying of horses.

EDWARD O’GRADY’S The Real Article is free to contest the Galway Hurdle on Thursday.

REMEMBER a horse called Ballyronan Boy, who was nabbed by the Tipperary stewards in May of last year?

THE Turf Club announced yesterday that the Referrals Committee has been asked to review the failure of the stewards to impose a sanction, following the running of the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary last Sunday.

An inquiry into the running and riding of The Real Article at Tipperary last Sunday will be held on Monday morning.

TRIBUTES flooded in yesterday for Jack Tyner, a promising young amateur jockey from Kinsale who died in the early hours of Monday morning, having suffered a serious head injury at Dungarvan point-to-point last Tuesday.

IRISH Racehorse Trainers’ Association chief executive Jim Kavanagh believes trainer Eamon Tyrrell and jockey Jason Behan have been “hung out to dry” by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after being disqualified for three years for not running Casela Park on his merits at Newcastle on August 4.

BALLINROBE last Monday night created a right bit of controversy.

IF Aidan O’Brien can get St Nicholas Abbey to win the Epsom Derby on June 4 then he can surely be mentioned in the same breath as Merlin - and we all know what his profession was.

THE Turf Club yesterday announced the Integrity Racing Statistics for 2009.

THE on-going dispute between the Turf Club and its employees, the Turf Cub Officials Association (TCOA) and their trade union, Mandate, warmed up yesterday when the Turf Club issued a statement.

TURF CLUB officials, currently in dispute with the Turf Club, are threatening to strike on Sunday February 28, an afternoon when racing is scheduled for both Leopardstown and Clonmel.

ALL five Irish Classics in 2010 and the 2009 Irish Field St Leger will be run at Leopardstown while the Curragh undergoes redevelopment.

All five Irish Classics in 2010 and the 2009 Irish Field St Leger will be run at Leopardstown while the Curragh undergoes redevelopment.

Aidan O’Brien is confident Coolmore will continue to support Kieren Fallon if the six-time champion jockey’s failed drugs test is confirmed.

Racing television personality John McCririck urged Kieren Fallon to retire after he was hit with a six-month ban for failing a drugs test.

Kieren Fallon has been left “dismayed” after he was hit with a six-month suspension by French racing authority France Galop.

Kieren Fallon is unlikely to be allowed to ride in Ireland while he serves a six-month suspension handed to him by French racing authority France Galop.

Developing the Curragh, breathalysing jockeys, fending off errant economists, cracking down on manipulated appeal hearings and dealing with Betfair is just part of the workload faced by the Irish Turf Club. Declan Colley finds out how they manage.

Irish racing is to benefit by more than four million euro under a new deal with an internet betting exchange, it emerged today.

The body regulating Irish horse racing is this morning assessing the damage caused by a major fire at its headquarters.

Statistics released today by the Irish Turf Club revealed riders were drug-tested on 75 occasions last year and all tests were negative.

The inquest into the death of a 22-year-old flat race jockey was adjourned today because the main witness was riding in India.

FRANKIE DETTORI took advantage of the absence of Kieren Fallon to extend his lead in the jockeys’ championship to 14 with a winner at Leicester yesterday.

TURF Club chief Denis Egan insisted last night that the integrity of Irish racing has not been affected by the alleged race-fixing scandal in Britain.

RACING at Kilbeggan last Saturday night came close to being cancelled when the jockeys’ valets said they would not work unless they were given a special payment of €130, which they got from the racecourses for working Saturday evenings last year.

JAMIE SPENCER’S woes continued yesterday after it emerged that he could have the four-day careless riding ban he picked up at Navan on Saturday increased.