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MARK BOYLAN: Should Supreme favourite backers be worried by hood and tongue-tie?
Mark Boylan
Salvator Mundi split opinion when winning the Grade 2 Sky Bet Club Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle last weekend at Punchestown
10 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Does a testing-ground Betfair Chase leave a mark on horses?
When the ground has been testing at Haydock for the Grade 1 contest, there have been poor results for next-time-out runners in the last decade
3 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Have we seen the Champion Bumper winner yet?
There was no standout, wide-margin bumper winner across the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown
MARK BOYLAN: 'He can mix it at Grade 1 level' - names to note for 2025
As we count down to the new year, Mark Boylan highlights his equine and human names to watch out for in 2025
2 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Why Mullins' megastars may have significant improvement to come
An intriguing Christmas period of racing lies in store with the likes of State Man and Galopin Des Champs seemingly set to take a sizeable step forward
6 December 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: New Grade 2 does little to help Limerick's Grade 1 Faugheen Novice
The Guinness 00 Faugheen Novice Chase has had an odds-on favourite in 11 of the last 13 runnings, and an average field of 5.5 runners since 2010
29 November 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: What Irish racing can take from Melbourne Cup Carnival success
This year's Melbourne Cup Spring Carnival crowd across the four days was the highest since 2018
15 November 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN'S MELBOURNE DIARY: A career-defining day for a proud Irishman
It was a momentous afternoon in the life of Kildare native Robbie Dolan at Flemington on Tuesday
8 November 2024 International Racing
MARK BOYLAN: Delay to disqualification over whip rules creates an avoidable mess
A breach in the whip rules saw Alphonse Le Grande disqualified from the Cesarewitch last weekend, but the call was not confirmed for nearly three days
18 October 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: The force behind Aidan O'Brien's highest strike rate in 20 years
Not since 2004 has the master of Ballydoyle had such a high strike rate in Ireland, and his two-year-olds are helping lead the way
11 October 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Who has unearthed the best sales value in Irish maidens this year?
With the past fortnight dominated by significant yearling sales on these shores, Mark Boylan looks at where Irish maiden winners have been hailing from in 2023
4 October 2024 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: National Hunt Chase left in no man's land by Cheltenham changes
Amateur riders have lost one of their three designated races at the Cheltenham Festival in a programme reshuffle
27 September 2024 Racing columns