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Hales greeted winning jockey Harry Skelton with a shake of his walking stick, pointing at the main man in the saddle with the ...

Dublin Racing Festival is finally here, where the greats of national hunt racing converge on Leopardstown for two days of world-class jumps racing. Eight Grade 1s over two days are up for ...

Apple's Jade won an incredible 11 Grade 1s during her illustrious career, including three Hatton's Grace Hurdles ...

From the penultimate crop of the brilliant National Hunt sire Flemensfirth, the five-year-old gelding is a half-brother to Fury Road who was successful in the Grade 1 Neville Hotels Novice Chase at ...

This weekend hosts the two best days in all of National Hunt racing, fact. The Irish Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle are the headliners of eight Grade One events. British fans are now coming over in ...

Hales also won the Grand National with Neptune Collonges and secured ... He will be missed by so many in racing. RIP John.” ...

One Man was among the first racehorses the Hales family became involved with and while that may have been seen as amazing good fortune, he also provided them with the whole gamut of emotions that ...

Five of his stable stars will make the journey north to Leopardstown as he bids to battle with the heavyweights of National Hunt racing. "On cloud nine at the moment, the horses are running great ...

Five of his stable stars will make the 200-kilometre journey north to Leopardstown as he bids to battle with the heavyweights of National Hunt racing. "On cloud nine at the moment, the horses are ...

It’s a question I asked when penning a similar piece last year, before we’d seen the effects of another raft of amendments to the most important race in the National Hunt calendar. Tweaks to t ...