Trainer Eric McNamara has lodged an appeal to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board against the massive penalties handed out ...

The most famous racehorse of all time was owned by Aga Khan, who died last week. But when the stallion was kidnapped over 40 ...

FORTY years after it started darkening the nation’s mood, the weight of EastEnders’ misery finally got to a suicidal Phil Mitchell last week, when he started talking to a pile of clothes. Whether ...

He also suggested finding a way to stage a rich long-distance feature – such as the erstwhile multimillion-rand, 3200m Gold ...

You’ll find snowdrops in shady, damp woodlands as well as churchyards, parks, on road verges and maybe in your own garden ...

The Grand National remains the race that captures the hearts and minds of the public, and there is an argument for saying the ...

On the back of her debut win at Punchestown in December, Mullins declared that Sainte Lucie 'looks right out of the top drawer'. Clearly, he holds her in relatively high regard and on that basis it ...

His charities ran hundreds of hospitals, educational and cultural projects, largely in the developing world OBITUARY | ...

James Cameron Todd founded one of the most prestigious private schools in South Africa with a legacy that continues to thrive ...

1966: The Government announces that a Fast Reactor will be built at Dounreay power station in Scotland. On the same day, singer/actress Sophie Tucker dies aged 79. 1967: Canadian conductor Percy Faith ...

Richard Kingscote and Declan McDonogh have been granted short-term licences to ride in Hong Kong. Kingscote and Australian ...

Australian racing’s newest superstar Ceolwulf gives trainer Joe Pride every impression his best is still ahead as prepares ...