The number of fixtures to be staged in Ireland next year will be 355, the same as in 2015.

FORMER owner Tony Shead paid tribute to Barry Hills after the legendary Lambourn trainer announced his retirement from the sport.

JOHNNY MURTAGH is expecting Makfi to prove a “tough nut to crack” in the Sony-sponsored Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot today.

KIEREN Fallon believes St Nicholas Abbey will have to be a “freak” if he is to make a winning return to action in the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Pat Eddery has booked Olivier Peslier to ride Hearts Of Fire in the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas – and believes his colt is overpriced for next month’s Newmarket Classic.

Hearts Of Fire provided the Pat Eddery team with Italian Group One glory in the Gran Criterium at San Siro racecourse in Milan.

Ahmed Ajtebi upstaged Frankie Dettori by beating Godolphin's number one jockey into third as the Dubai national struck aboard Vale Of York in the Peter Willett Stakes at Goodwood today.

Paul Eddery has been appointed assistant trainer to his brother Pat but will also continue his career in the saddle.

Fleeting Spirit will be prepared for a crack at the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot after setting a new course record in the betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock.

Pat Eddery was on the mark with Moral Duty in the second division of the EBF Maiden Stakes at Windsor for a victory which evoked memories of years gone by.

Kevin Shea was seen at his very best on Herman Brown's Linngari as the pair became the first to record successive victories in the Group Two Al Fahidi Fort, the mile grass feature at Nad Al Sheba this evening.

WHEN Pat Eddery talks about horses, you listen.

Trainer Bryan Smart and jockey Paul Eddery have had their appeals in the Ben Casey affair upheld.

Spectait has shot to the head of the market for Saturday’s totesport Victoria Cup after notching an impressive victory at Kempton.

Pat Eddery trained his first turf winner when Cavort took the opening contest at Goodwood’s May meeting.

Peter O’Sullevan has become an owner with Pat Eddery Racing after the veteran broadcaster bought a share in Alfresco, a two-year-old colt by Mtoto.

Pat Eddery has given the new all-weather surface at Kempton Park the thumbs up after riding work on two unraced horses.

Pat Eddery made an encouraging start to his training career when sending out Perez to fill the runner-up spot at Wolverhampton on Saturday evening.

Pat Eddery made an encouraging start to his training career when sending out Perez to fill the runner-up spot at Wolverhampton on Saturday evening.

Pat Eddery is itching to get started on his new career after being granted a training licence by the Jockey Club.

Pat Eddery is itching to get started on his new career after being granted a training licence by the Jockey Club.

It was a Blue Monday for punters but a black Saturday for bookmakers, who estimate losses of “almost £10m industry-wide” after jockey Steve Drowne and trainer Roger Charlton helped land a massive gamble in the totesport Cambridgeshire Handicap.

Pat Eddery has announced that he will join the growing band of ex-jockeys in the training ranks.

WE have two cracking classics to look forward to at the Curragh this weekend, the 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas, as well as some strong supporting races, particularly the Group One Tattersalls Gold Cup.

Pat Eddery has put up the name of Darryll Holland as a contender to take over the job as retained jockey to Michael Stoute.

Former 11-times champion jockey Pat Eddery is to be awarded an honorary OBE in recognition of his “services to horse racing”.

Frankie Dettori will have his appeal, against a two-day ban imposed by the Sandown stewards last week, heard by the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel tomorrow.

More than 30 years after his first Group One success, Pat Eddery today gained his final big-race victory as a jockey as Balmont was promoted to first place in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys.

Pat Eddery signed off after an illustrious career as a jockey with three rides in Mauritius today, but there was no fairytale ending.

Pat Eddery could become a surprise addition to the training ranks “in a year’s time”.

PAT EDDERY will be taken on by some of the world’s best riders when he finally retires from the saddle after the Air Mauritius/Beau Rivage International Jockeys’ Challenge in Mauritius on Sunday week.

Pat Eddery will be taken on by some of the world’s best riders when he finally retires from the saddle after the Air Mauritius/Beau Rivage International Jockeys’ Challenge in Mauritius on Sunday week.

Pat Eddery brought down the curtain on his glittering career on a losing note at Doncaster today, but he still received the biggest cheer ever to greet a beaten odds-on chance.

The complete professional. That is the unanimous view of all those who have worked with and ridden against Pat Eddery.

Newmarket are to mark Pat Eddery’s retirement with a special presentation during racing on Saturday.

MARK JOHNSTON has issued an upbeat report on star filly Attraction who is currently sidelined with a fractured pedal bone.

PAT EDDERY signed off with a winner at one of his favourite racecourses as Desert Quest took the spoils in the Tote Exacta Stakes at Windsor yesterday.

Pat Eddery signed off with a winner at one of his favourite racecourses as Desert Quest took the spoils in the Tote Exacta Stakes at Windsor today.

Trainer Jamie Osborne nominated the Italian 2000 Guineas as a target for Milk It Mick after the youngster gave him his first Newmarket Pattern-race success yesterday.

PAT EDDERY is banking on Westmoreland Road to give him a fairytale fifth victory in the Seabiscuit St Leger at Doncaster today.

John Dunlop was left to wonder what might have been after Discreet Brief ran right away with the ACMC Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster yesterday.

PAUL EDDERY ended an 11-month spell without a winner by riding a 135 and a half to one double for trainer Derek Haydn-Jones at Southwell yesterday.