#Pat Smullen

Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years. A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…

The jumps season is coming to an end but there is more great action to follow this week and our man Garry Owen is back for some Thursday selections. With packed cards at six courses across the UK and Ireland it's a good day to follow some good racing tips. KISSESFORKATIE (2:40) looks very appealing in the Catesby Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham.…

Well done: Eydon gets a pat from David Egan after landing the Feilden Stakes Thursday: Newmarket The classy Mishriff burst on to the scene when winning a Listed race on the Rowley Mile in 2020 and two years on owner Prince Faisal looks to have unearthed another jewel in Eydon, who ran away with the featured Feilden Stakes. Roger Varian's…

Crystal Ocean (left) wins the Hardwicke Stakes with any amount in hand Sir Michael Stoute believes it is time to be brave with Crystal Ocean and pitch him back into the highest company in the King George with a return to Ascot next month. The evidence of a textbook success at odds of 4-7, the shortest-priced winner of this year's Royal Ascot,…

Five-time Irish flat racing champion jockey turned trainer Johnny Murtagh believes Siskin will prevail in Friday's Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh racecourse. Ger Lyons' thoroughbred is one of 11 contenders who are set compete in the €250000 classic. The colt won three out of three races at the Kildare circuit last year and owner Prince Khalid…

It's day two of the April Meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse. Theatre Glory, Burrows Diamond and Barden Bella are among the tips for the seven-race card at Prestbury Park Top tip The Glancing Queen (centre) has course form at Cheltenham BURROWS DIAMOND is fancied to return to winning ways in the British EBF Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase Final (2.05)…

Pat Smullen won his maiden Epsom Derby title on Saturday, riding atop the Dermot Weld-trained Harzand, who overcame an injury scare earlier in the day to win. At 13/2, Harzand finished ahead of Aidan O'Brien duo US Army Ranger-the odds-on favourite-and Idaho. With a purse of £1545000, the 2016 Derby was "the richest race ever run in the UK,"…

Royal Ascot week is upon us, with thousands of people descending on the Ascot racecourse to witness Europe's oldest and most storied horse racing event. Sometimes considered to be more of a social event, the Royal Ascot brings the finest horses in British flat horse racing together for a week of non-stop action in the shadow of Windsor Castle. With…

Manning, 55, has ridden throughout most of his illustrious career for legendary trainer Jim Bolger, who is also his father-in-law. Together the pair have won a huge haul of major races across Ireland, the United Kingdom and France, as well as a Hong Kong Cup with Alexander Goldrun. Perhaps Manning's most famous success came in the 2008 Derby at…

A pair of individuals who specialise in contrasting areas of expertise brought another incredible week for Irish trainers in Royal Ascot to a breathtaking climax on Saturday. lade Power benefited from a typically no-nonsense Wayne Lordan steer to claim a famous Diamond Jubilee triumph for Eddie Lynam, before Pique Sous excelled under a similarly…

Dermot Weld has been around the track enough times to know never to get too high or too low about his stable's latest'good thing'. But even at this time of his career, the 74-year-old master of Rosewell House hardly bothers to contain his enthusiasm for his superstar filly, Homeless Songs. The three-year-old Irish 1000 Guineas winner will be back…