Shay Barry is looking forward to a trip to the Cheltenham Festival with Bentelimar following his fine performance at Punchestown.

L’Ami Serge has done "seriously well" since winning the Tolworth Hurdle and appears among 84 entries for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham on March 10.

The Bryan Cooper-Gigginstown House Stud combination struck again at Grade 1 level at Leopardstown yesterday when Don Poli, trained by Willie Mullins, landed a red-hot Topaz Novice Chase.

Philip Fenton has withdrawn an appeal against the severity of a three-year suspension from training imposed by the Turf Club.

THE Board of Horse Racing Ireland is to set up a high-powered working group to ensure the industry’s drug testing regime is as robust as possible and operates at the highest international standards.

Jim Culloty is looking forward to getting his Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere back on the course in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown on Sunday.

Philip Fenton appeared to be "less than truthful and uncooperative", according to a Turf Club report detailing the trainer’s disciplinary hearing at the weekend.

Horse racing trainer Philip Fenton has been disqualified from holding a licence for three years following an Irish Turf Club hearing at the weekend.

Philip Fenton has been disqualified from holding a trainer’s licence for three years following an Irish Turf Club hearing on Saturday.

Liz Doyle’s Kauto Grand Mogol, a half-brother to Kauto Star, certainly shapes as a horse for the future, on the basis of an impressive debut over jumps in the www.limerickraces.ie Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

The Tullow Tank made an impressive return from a lengthy layoff as he claimed the Fairyhouse Membership 2015 On Sale Now Beginners Chase on his fencing bow at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Dual Grade One-winning hurdler The Tullow Tank makes his eagerly-anticipated debut over fences at Fairyhouse today.

Trainer Philip Fenton faces an investigation by horseracing’s regulatory body after being found guilty of eight counts of possessing unlicensed animal remedies, including a "potent" anabolic steroid.

A leading Irish racehorse trainer has been fined €6,000 for possession of steroids and other banned substances at his stables.

Veterinary inspectors waited four weeks to give a leading Irish racehorse trainer a list of steroids and medicine allegedly found in a cardboard box in his stables, a court has heard.

Tammys Hill, having a first outing since winning the Foxhunters at the Cheltenham festival in March, landed the Christmas Party Package Handicap Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

The Tullow Tank will have his first race for Dessie Hughes in a beginners’ chase at the end of this month.

Desertmore Stream survived a blunder at the second last flight to land the Kilbeggan Patrons Club Hurdle at Kilbeggan’s final meeting of 2014 last night, providing trainer Philip Fenton with a timely boost and giving jockey Brian O’Connell the second leg of a near 40/1 double.

A full day has been set aside to hear the case against racehorse trainer Philip Fenton, who is alleged to have had possession of unlicensed animal medicines, including anabolic steroids, in his yard.

A leading Irish racehorse trainer had one kilo of anabolic steroids in his stables when veterinary inspectors carried out a raid, a court has heard.

"You wouldn’t have given him a better ride than that yourself," quipped course commentator Dessie Scahill to Charlie Swan in the winner’s enclosure, after Jonathan Burke had partnered the trainer’s The Game Change to land the featured Download The Free Racing Post Mobile App Handicap Hurdle at Killarney last night.

Johnny Murtagh trained his first winner at the Galway Festival when Dalkova turned over hot pot, Dermot Weld’s Trusted, in the Listed Arthur Guinness EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes yesterday.

JP McManus claimed another significant landmark in an esteemed racing career when Thomas Edison gave the powerful owner a first victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

An enterprising, front-running ride by Brian Cawley saw the versatile Rodriguez land the featured Leo Dolan Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon last night.

Globe-trotting stayer Simenon could make a surprise first appearance over hurdles for a year and a half at Tipperary on Saturday.

A leading Irish racehorse trainer has failed to have a prosecution for alleged possession of banned animal remedies, including steroids, thrown out of court.

Philip Fenton’s Bentelimar gets the nap to beat Aidan O’Brien’s Shield in the Wellingtonbridge Novice Hurdle at Wexford tonight.

The Galway Plate is on the agenda for both Art Of Logistics and Away We Go following wins at Punchestown last evening.

A half-day of legal argument will be made before a judge next month in the case of racehorse trainer Philip Fenton who is accused of having illegal animal medicines, including anabolic steroids, at his training yard in 2012.

Faugheen, over a two-mile trip believed to be well short of his best, was hugely impressive in winning the Grade 1 Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

Faugheen, a winner over two miles and five furlongs at the Cheltenham Festival, will drop down to two miles for the first time over jumps in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Tuesday.

The Punchestown festival will see the end of the National Hunt season in the dying days of this month and into early May.

If we saw a star of the future in action at Limerick yesterday then it was surely the Tony Martin-trained Noble Emperor in the INH Stallion Owners' EBF Maiden Hurdle.

Barry Connell must feel like kicking something.

Henry de Bromhead’s Aupcharlie got back on track at Clonmel yesterday when landing the Suir Valley Chase.

Philip Fenton, who has endured a torrid few weeks, might have reason to smile after the INH Stallion Owners EBF Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Navan this afternoon.

I have had over a week now to come to terms with the injury I suffered on the last day of the Cheltenham festival and am just making the best of things at the moment.

The case against racehorse trainer Philip Fenton over the alleged possession of banned animal medicines has been put back again until May.

Trainer Philip Fenton will have to wait at least another several weeks to defend himself against charges of possession of steroids.

Leading Irish horse trainer Philip Fenton will have to wait at least another several weeks to defend himself against charges of possession of steroids.

The case of leading trainer Philip Fenton for alleged possession of steroids is due to be heard in court today.

The case of leading Irish trainer Philip Fenton for alleged possession of steroids is due to be heard in court tomorrow.

Owner Michael O’Leary says he is “very comfortable” with the prospect of Irish hopeful Last Instalment running in today’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Philip Fenton has been forced to call time on the career of Dunguib after he pulled up lame in the Coral Cup at Cheltenham on Wednesday.