You know how it goes at this stage.

Willie Mullins emulated his father by training a mare to win the Stan James Champion Hurdle as Annie Power blew her rivals away in style at Cheltenham, setting a new course record in the process.

Thirty years ago, a stubborn mare piloted by a veteran jockey and trained by a quiet genius produced the most iconic, spine-tingling moment in Cheltenham Festival history

Limerick City planners have been left red-faced over their objection to two neighbours restoring their roofs to their original red slate colour.

Riverside City swooped late to foil top-weight Man From Van in the featured Toals Bookmakers Ulster Grad National in Downpatrick yesterday, providing the highlight of a double for Gordon Elliott and Davy Condon.

Retiring champion jump jockey Tony McCoy has quite a bit to thank Summerfield in Cork’s Carrigaline for.

Willie Mullins has admitted to feeling a mixture of dread and excitement as he prepares to unleash a scarcely believable army of equine talent on the Cheltenham Festival.

A local authority has called in the country’s top planning referee to decide if two suburban neighbours should get a yellow card over painting their roofs red.

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As most households look towards cutting down on water usage with a new tax next year, Limerick pensioner Paddy Mullins has splashed out on a large pond for his growing family of goldfish.

What a wizard this Michael Winters is! A year ago he produced Rebel Fitz to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle and returned to Ballybrit yesterday to win the race again, this time with the cracking mare Missunited.

Evanna McCutcheon has built up a tremendous rapport with her own horse Long Strand of late and the pair recorded their fifth success of the season in the open lightweight at the North Kerry Harriers point-to-point fixture outside Ballybunion on Saturday.

Belmont House was formerly the home of Dawn Run’s owner, writes Tommy Barker

SIX unanswered points in the final 10 minutes steered St Kieran’s to another Leinster trophy after they came from behind to deny a gallant St Brendan’s, Birr at Balinakill yesterday.

ST BRENDAN’S CS, Birr were the convincing inaugural winners of the All-Ireland Community and& Comprehensive Schools U-17½ hurling championship title after they overwhelmed Blackwater CS of Waterford at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny yesterday.

When I was a kid growing up with a huge interest in horses, there was one man you looked up to. That was Paddy Mullins. And as I grew older and competed internationally in eventing and became a trainer myself, that respect never lessened. If anything, it grew as you got to know him.

IT would be remiss of me this week not to start with Paddy Mullins, who was, quite simply, a genius and a legend.

PADDY MULLINS, one of the greatest trainers this country has ever produced, died yesterday aged 91.

JONJO O’NEILL and Frankie Dettori led the tributes following the death of legendary Irish trainer Paddy Mullins who passed away peacefully, aged 91, at 7am yesterday morning.

Jonjo O’Neill and Frankie Dettori led the tributes following the death of legendary Irish trainer Paddy Mullins.

Legendary Irish horse trainer Paddy Mullins has died, aged 91.

DAVY RUSSELL worked his magic on the hitherto disappointing Bootlegger, carrying the Cork Constitution rugby colours, in the Scarragh Maiden Hurdle at Cork last night.

CHINESE White scored her second Listed race success when landing the Hurry Harriet Stakes, named after the great Paddy Mullins 1973 Newmarket Champion Stakes winner, at Gowran Park last night.

IT might have taken Ferdy Murphy quite a long time to find his own feet in the racing business, but over the last ten years or so he has established himself as one of the top trainers in England.

RACEHORSES, stamps, artists, chefs and fashionistas. It seems there is nothing or nobody that doesn’t want to be associated with Ryder Cup guff… er, golf.

TOM HOGAN'S Kalderon has promised to deliver a decent pot for a while and he did it at the conclusion of the Tralee Festival yesterday when putting up a game display in the Listed Ruby Stakes.

Vincent O’Brien, Paddy Mullins and Dermot Weld are among 20 "racing heroes" to be honoured by Horse Racing Ireland on Ryder Cup race day at the Curragh on September 19.

“I'M going back to school tonight”, quipped 16-years-old Patrick Mullins, after he had partnered Diego Garcia to a smooth victory in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee yesterday.

JOCKEYS Johnny Murtagh and Fran Berry took time off from their duties at Royal Ascot to record doubles on last night's card at Leopardstown.

HORSE RACING fans are gearing up for a festival with a difference as the long-awaited four-day meeting begins today in Tramore, Co Waterford.

THE four day Tramore Racing Festival, which runs from tomorrow evening through to Sunday, is expected once more to deliver another major boost to the thriving racing scene in the south-east.

SEAMUS HEFFERNAN, set to ride as number two to Kieren Fallon at Ballydoyle this season, partnered his first winner of the jumps campaign when steering Brogella to an easy success in the Mares Novice Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

PADDY MULLINS, trainer of the legendary mare Dawn Run, announced his retirement at Thurles on Saturday.

Paddy Mullins, trainer of the legendary mare Dawn Run, announced his retirement at Thurles today.

BARRY GERAGHTY is fancied to ride three winners, for three different trainers, at Cork tomorrow.

Asian Maze gave a brave front-running performance to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle at Punchestown today with hot favourite Total Enjoyment well beaten.

Justified made a quick reappearance to make all and run out a smart winner under Shay Barry at Punchestown this afternoon.

THE Gerry Cully-trained Markason landed a tidy gamble in a division of the Clonee Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, providing jockey Davy Condon with his first triumph over hurdles.

IRELAND could be represented at Wetherby’s Charlie Hall meeting on Saturday with Eye Candy looking set to tackle the Constant Security Wensleydale Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle.

Ireland could be represented at Wetherby’s Charlie Hall meeting on Saturday with Eye Candy looking set to tackle the Constant Security Wensleydale Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle.

AN apple never falls far from a tree!