#Mick Fitzgerald

The Cheltenham Festival doesn't exactly have a rich musical heritage. True, the Irish folk duo who played the nearby Prince Of Wales pub every evening for seemingly 30 years did perform a wonderful rendition of The Ballad Of Dawn Run twice-a-night. And twice-a-night ratings experts took exception to the line "And Wayward Lad, he knew he'd met the…

We've got five days of Flat racing fun to look forward to - and you can watch this year's Royal Ascot for FREE with Paddy Power. It's set to be a jam-packed week with 35 races on the schedule and our brilliant live streaming service is all you need to catch every section of the action. Our traders have been busy pricing up every single renewal and…

It's been a wild ride over the last four days at the Royal Ascot festival, and there could be a few more ups and downs to come with a cracking card of seven races to round it all off. And our top team of tipsters will be holding on tight with their best bets for Saturday's action. Matt Chapman, Ruby Walsh, Jason Weaver, Mick Fitzgerald and Rory…

Its been a pretty hectic month for Paddy what with his Pick 5 giveaways and pay out on Jonbon to win the Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - but is he finished? No he's not. Because the big man is front-and-centre again at Cheltenham on Saturday as the main sponsor of the feature race, the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Woof! And a card of such…

An increase in odds suggests punters have gone cold on Champion Hurdle titleholder Honeysuckle, but ITV's Matt Chapman was happy to keep his faith in Henry De Bromhead's frontrunner One of the biggest favourites for Tuesday's opening salvo of Cheltenham Festival action has started to fade at the 11th hour, but ITV pundit Matt Chapman can't…

PUNTERS have been celebrating after Paddy Power paid out a Cheltenham Festival bet five MONTHS early. The bookie settled all bets on Jonbon to win the Arkle - even though the horse might not even run in the race. One punter showed his £50 bet on Jonbon to win at 15-2 returning a tasty £425. The Irish bookmaker said they decided to pay out after…

Richard Kingscote: jockey said he hit the front far too soon on Derby winner Desert Crown Richard Kingscote has revealed that winning the Derby has changed how he is perceived in the sport as he looked back on an extraordinary breakthrough season that also saw him land the Champion Stakes two weeks ago. Kingscote was speaking to the Racing Post for…

A RACEHORSE trainer's freak prediction came true when two of his horses won the SAME race. In what is believed to be a historic dead-heat in this country, Keiran Burke oversaw a crazy draw between The Height Of Fame and Maroochi at Newton Abbot on Monday. Jockey Gavin Sheehan looked to be in control aboard the former but a mistake at the last…

There was top class horse racing action on both sides of the Irish Sea over the weekend as a number of horses impressed in their respective races. Shishkin and Energumene served up arguably the race of the season so far in the Clarence House at Ascot on Saturday, while the Inaugural Winter Million festival took part at Lingfield. In Ireland, there…