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MARK BOYLAN: If you're willing to take a bet, you should be willing to pay out
Mark Boylan
With the news that Ladbrokes have agreed to settle stable lad Dylan Phelan's six-figure double, Mark Boylan assesses an intriguing case for the betting and racing sectors
18 April 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: A basic requirement that should be at every race meeting
There have been bumper crowds at student racedays in Ireland of late, including at Limerick last week
11 April 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: The era of Aintree specialists is waning in the Grand National
After a sensational Grand National for Willie Mullins, Mark Boylan gauges the temperature of where the world-famous race is heading
MARK BOYLAN: If Netflix wants drama, try following two-mile hurdlers for a year
Another fall for Constitution Hill at Aintree this week only added to a season full of incident in the hurdling division
4 April 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Eight takeaways from an absorbing 2025 Cheltenham Festival
As the dust settles on an action-packed week in the Cotswolds, Mark Boylan picks out some talking points from the four days
22 March 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Where could this year's Cheltenham Festival multiples go down?
With a series of short-priced market leaders set to line up next week, Mark Boylan examines the record of odds-on favourites at the Festival
8 March 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: How have Irish-trained horses been treated in Cheltenham weights?
The averages suggest Irish handicap hurdlers face a tougher task than at last year's meeting
28 February 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: An odds-on graveyard? The Festival record that's a worry for Jonbon
Jonbon clearly is the standout two-mile chaser around, but the Queen Mother Champion Chase has delivered some of the biggest shocks in Cheltenham history
14 February 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Lossiemouth watch - how do last-time-out fallers run at Cheltenham?
After a nasty tumble in the Irish Champion Hurdle, Lossiemouth remains a 4/1 chance for her clash with Constitution Hill at Cheltenham
7 February 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Lack of British runners at DRF disappointing but understandable
Why is there such a lack of British-trained horses coming to Leopardstown this weekend? Mark Boylan looks into some of the factors at play
31 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Why some owners may prefer private sales to public auctions
The vast majority of Grade 1 winners in Ireland last season joined their existing owners privately
24 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Should Supreme favourite backers be worried by hood and tongue-tie?
Salvator Mundi split opinion when winning the Grade 2 Sky Bet Club Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle last weekend at Punchestown
17 January 2025 Racing columns