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The Irish Field is Ireland’s only newspaper dedicated to racing and equestrian sports. The Irish Field is available online from 10pm every Friday night and in all good newsagents every Saturday. If horses are part of your life, make The Irish Field part of your week.
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Mark Boylan hears from racecourse managers Emma Meehan (Down Royal) and Michael Moloney (Galway), and Peter Roe of HRI Racecourses about the surprising ways in which tracks are becoming more sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s been an eventful week in the world of horse racing, and The Racing Edge team are on hand to dissect all the key action. From a superb Champion Stakes to major Group 1 shocks, Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam look back on the main takeaways from British Champions Day at Ascot. There have also been some notable changes announced and touted for the Cheltenham Festival, which the panel weigh up, while there were further talking points involving William Haggas and Oisin Murphy, a major Melbourne Cup fancy and more. As usual, the team each nominate a horse to follow and look ahead to this weekend’s Group 1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr Jennifer Pugh talks to jockeys Shane Foley and Keith Donoghue about the challenges of being a professional jockey, and sports psychologist Dr Ciara Losty gives an insight into the mental toolkit for success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It all comes down to this. Ombudsman and Delacroix are set for a key third-round decider in Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, and hopes are high for a classic finish - though the pair will also have to deal with French star Calandagan and other top performers. Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff discuss the clash, as well as a host of talking points from the week in racing, including the Fillies’ Mile and Dewhurst Stakes fallout from Newmarket. There’s been some chat around Ireland’s first academy hurdle series race last weekend at Cork, and Anne Marie reports from Willie Mullins’ press morning to launch the National Hunt season in the last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How can those who own and care for horses do their bit to improve biodiversity? Helen Sharp hears some novel ideas from Dr Maria Fitzpatrick (Business for Biodiversity Ireland), Richard Mulcahy (100 Million Tree Project), Alan Creighton (Irish Equine Centre) and breeder Micheál Conaghan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It was heartache for Minnie Hauk backers in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and The Racing Edge team are back to assess a memorable feature race at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff to look at the weekend’s Group 1 talking points, while Amy Lynam weighs in on a strong Goffs Orby Sale that saw plenty of international interest. The panel also look ahead to the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket this weekend and nominate a horse to follow each. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Costello is joined by Stephen Robb (Irish Farmers Journal/Ear to the Ground), Robert Leonard (Dept of Agriculture) and Ruth Fennell (Teagasc) to discuss various state-backed supports available to horse keepers wishing to make their equine enterprise more sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is previewed by Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and special guest James Crispe, The Irish Field’s French racing correspondent. The team also review the big races from Newmarket last weekend and we speak to Listowel Races director Pat Healy about the success of the 2025 Harvest Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Costello is joined by Victor Quinlan (HRI), Cormac McCarthy (SEAI), racehorse trainer Kieran Cotter and Emer Conway (Community Energy Mentor) to discuss how people in all areas of racing can start saving money and energy at the same time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Judith Faherty moderates panel discussion entitled ‘How You and Your Business Can Start Your AI Journey’. Featuring Stephen O’Dwyer (Trojan Track), Diarmuid Byrne (EquiRatings) and Professor Tomás Ward (DCU). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kevin Blake moderates a panel discussion entitled ‘AI and Data Analytics in Equine Breeding Programmes’. Featuring Tom Wilson (Racing Squared), Anna Mackenzie (Pythia Bloodstock) and Dr Sonja Egan (Horse Sport Ireland). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Boylan moderates a panel discussion entitled ‘Performance Optimisation Using AI and Data Analytics’. Featuring Will Duff Gordon (Total Performance Data), racehorse trainer Patrick Harty and Valentin Rapin of Arioneo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shaymus Kennedy (HRI) opens the conference, following by a panel discussion moderated by Dr Lynn Hillyer, entitled ‘Smart Data. Safer Horses: Reducing Injury Risk Through Analytics’. Featuring Rob Sheppard (Ellipse Data), veterinary surgeon Marcus Swail and Annemarie O’Brien of Equimetrics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s that magical time of year which combines top-class flat racing and the excitement of thinking about the jumps season ahead. National Hunt ‘horses to follow’ expert Paul Ferguson joins Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff on this week’s episode and puts forward some names for your notebook. Racing Edge team also looks ahead to the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket and pays tribute to top stallion Wootton Bassett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After a glut of top-class racing at Leopardstown and the Curragh, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff join Mark Boylan to review all the action and talking points to emerge from the 2025 Irish Champions Festival. From Delacroix’s potential swansong in the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes to a first classic victory for Dylan Browne McMonagle on Al Riffa in the Comer Group International Irish St Leger, The Racing Edge team look back on the key winners and losers from Ireland’s marquee flat weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Irish Champions Festival time! Mark Boylan is joined by Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff to preview each of the Group 1 races across Leopardstown and the Curragh this weekend, including an intriguing Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes on day one. The team also take a look back at last weekend’s Sprint Cup and Arc trial action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff are back to discuss the week's talking points from the world of racing. With the news that Ryan Moore is on the sidelines with a fractured femur, the panel discuss whether Christophe Soumillon will be asked to mastermind another Irish Champion Stakes success on Delacroix for Aidan O'Brien, while Mark Boylan reports from this week's Irish Champions Festival press morning at Ballydoyle. A letter from Boardsmill Stud's William Flood on the topic of Irish prize money generated reaction this week. The team explore the points raised in that submission, as well as nominating their usual horses to follow and previewing Saturday's Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After an action-packed few days at the York Ebor Festival, The Racing Edge team is back to discuss all the main talking points from the week. Could Delacroix turn the tables on Ombudsman back at Leopardstown in the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes? Does a yearling spending spree at Arqana bode well for Irish vendors this autumn? Where does Lambourn stand after the dual Derby winner's defeat in the Great Voltigeur? Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to cover all the action, as well as nominating their latest horses to follow - including an unplaced 100/1 shot from the Curragh last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the eve of the 2025 Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York, Mark Boylan is joined by Amy Lynam and Anne Marie Duff to discuss the main races of the week. The usual team assess Diego Velazquez's Group 1 breakthrough at Deauville, whether Johnny Murtagh has found a Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes contender in Zahrann and discuss the week's main talking points. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The regular Racing Edge team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam are back to discuss the latest talking points from the world of racing. The panel chew over the main weekend action, including a Group 1 upset in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes thanks to Amo Racing’s Power Blue. With just a small field involved in the Curragh feature, Amy Lynam questions where all the big-money breeze-up purchases have ended up and whether they have contested as many of the premier two-year-old events as would have been expected. Teenage sensation Billy Loughane continues to make strides and just partnered his first Group 1 winner - is he be a champion jockey in waiting? Each of the trio nominate a horse to follow from the Curragh last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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