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BIG INTERVIEW: TOM MARQUAND - 'There's no off-switch, but I just love winning'
Mark Boylan
Fresh from taking out both of Leopardstown's Group 1 prizes last weekend, the leading jockey speaks to Mark Boylan about a memorable Irish Champions Festival
20 September 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Beaten Leopardstown runners to forgive from Champions Festival
Prominent rides appeared to be a central theme to many of the winners on day one of this year's Irish Champions Festival
20 September 2024 Racing columns
IRISH CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL: Unrealised potential
Amy Lynam gives her thoughts on the Irish Champions Festival, where she felt some elements failed to match the calibre of racing
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Putting on a show
The lack of atmosphere at the Leopardstown Irish Champions Festival meeting proved a big talking point this week
20 September 2024 Racing columns
TONY KEENAN: Economics displays a terrific attitude
Tony looks back at the top performances of the Irish Champions Festival action and suggest a few unlucky runners to note
20 September 2024 Racing columns
ANGUS McNAE: Sectional Times - Kyprios is one of the best horses in training
Angus McNae analyses the data from four out of the six Group 1 races ran at Irish Champions Festival
20 September 2024 Racing columns
HRI reports 'positive feedback' on Irish Champions Festival
The advance marketing for the event attracted criticism and there have been comments on the lack of atmosphere at Leopardstown
20 September 2024 Racing News
CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL: The meeting with everything - except people and atmosphere
Mark Costello checked out every corner of Leopardstown and the Curragh last weekend
20 September 2024 Racing features
IRISH CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL: Cheering on the Champions?
Anne Marie Duff reflects on a two-day Irish Champions Festival that generated some positive and negative comments
20 September 2024 Racing News
CURRAGH SUNDAY: TALKING POINTS - Ger Lyons speaks out on prize money concerns
Mark Boylan reflects on some of the themes to emerge from the second and final day of the Irish Champions Festival
20 September 2024 Racing News
CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL: 'The big race deserved a better crowd than that'
Two prominent bookmakers give their views on the two Irish Champions meetings
20 September 2024 Racing features
LEOPARDSTOWN SATURDAY: Porta Fortuna cements leading lady status
All roads now lead to Del Mar for Porta Fortuna, where she will line up in the Breeders' Cup Mile
20 September 2024 Racing News