#Longines Irish Champions Weekend

The eyes of most punters will be focused on the Curragh, where four Group Ones light up a tremendous card for day two of Longines Irish Champions Weekend. The Eddie Lynam-trained Soffia gets the nod in what promises to be an intriguing clash with British raider Mabs Cross in the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes. The former was hugely impressive…

Harry Allwood kept a close eye on the racing action at Leopardstown and the Curragh over the weekend and selects five horses who are worth adding to your Racing TV tracker. The 2020 Longines Irish Champions Weekend certainly did not disappoint, and we were treated to some stunning performances from some equine stars, as well as some potential…

Irish champion flat trainer Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 12 of the 72 entries for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, 1 May 2021. The first Classic race of the British flat season, which will be staged on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course, will see the Irish handler bid for an incredible 10 QIPCO 2000 Guineas success. The…

Day Two of the Irish Champions Weekend features two more Breeders' Cup Challenge'Win and You're In' race, when Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Highfield Princess heads a big field of 19 as she heads for as G1 hat-trick in the Flying Five. Sponsored by Dubai's Al Basti Equiworld, the sprint is the first of four successive G1 races at the Curragh on…

Magical: won a high-class running of the Irish Champion Stakes last year It's almost here. Longines Irish Champions Weekend takes place this Saturday and Sunday, with leading international performers doing battle across a host of divisions at Leopardstown and the Curragh. First introduced in 2014, the massive two-day meeting begins with eight races…

The cream of the flat racing crop assembles at The Curragh and Leopardstown over the course of the weekend for Longines Irish Champions Weekend. As Aidan O'Brien said: " It's an unbelievable two days' racing, we're very lucky to have it, and we want to run as many as we can." O' Brien will run plenty judging by the five-day declarations. The…

There are few forces more unstoppable than a trainer on a roll and, in the case of Simon and Ed Crisford, the father and son combination maintained their irresistible run of form on Longines Irish Champions Weekend when Jadoomi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) burned his rivals off from the front in the G2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang…

Leopardstown's Longines Irish Champions Weekend meeting is one of the highlights of the Irish Flat-racing season. The 2022 edition of this prestigious event promises to be right up there with the very best and, of course, bookmakers have plenty of free bets available throughout the weekend. The meeting is split between Leopardstown (Saturday) and…

Day 1 of Longines Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown, featuring the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes, saw €29.5 million bet into World Pool. Gross turnover for World Pool bets increased by 33% on 2021's figure of €22.2 million. As a collaboration of global Totes, World Pool enables racing fans from all over the globe to bet into a single pool.…

Chris Hayes celebrates after winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes on Tahiyra during day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at The Curragh Racecourse in Kildare. PIC: Sportsfile THERE was success for Limerick jockeys across the Longines Irish Champions weekend. DAY ONE LEOPARDSTOWN Paddy Twomey's remarkable season hit another high as 16/1 shot…

Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:54 pm |Back to: Europe, Blairmayne: has been a stable star for Natalia Lupini | Racingfotos.com By Natalia Lupini may only have a string of 16 horses in her Gilford yard in County Down but the Milan native is hoping to make a major impact on Longines Irish Champions Weekend. This season has been Lupini's best yet.…