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Six that can bring up the Cheltenham century for Mullins

Willie Mullins is the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival and on the brink of registering a landmark 100th winner at the showpiece meeting. He currently sits on 94 winners and if recent history is anything to go by, he ...

07 Mar 2024 at 15:00

Sport

Inthepocket and Fact To File backed to improve on promising chasing debuts

Connections are confident that both Inthepocket and Fact To File have a bright future over fences following their respective chasing bows at Navan over the weekend. Both novices are owned by JP McManus and rate as exciting prospects for the season ...

22 Nov 2023 at 13:18

Sport

Arkle hope Facile Vega to captain novice chase squad for Mullins

Willie Mullins considers the Arkle Trophy as the logical long-term target for Facile Vega, who will be part of a formidable team of novice chasers for the champion trainer this season. A son of the mighty racemare Quevega, the six-year-old ...

30 Oct 2023 at 12:34

Sport

Fact To File gets off the mark over fences

Fact To File impressed on his second start over fences in the Ballymaloe Relish Rising Stars Beginners Chase at Leopardstown. Second in the Champion Bumper in March, Willie Mullins elected to skip a season over hurdles and send him ...

28 Dec 2023 at 16:18

Sport

Fact To File comes home alone in Leopardstown Grade One

Fact To File came home in splendid isolation after his stablemate and only rival Gaelic Warrior departed at the final fence when already well beaten in Ladbrokes Novice Chase at Leopardstown. An initial field of five was reduced ...

04 Feb 2024 at 13:46

Sport

Berry pleasantly surprised by Fact To File performance

Connections of Fact To File are attempting to temper their enthusiasm slightly following his impressive display at the Dublin Racing Festival. With his sole rival and Willie Mullins-trained stablemate Gaelic Warrior failing to ...

09 Feb 2024 at 14:32

Sport

Nicholls expecting cheekpieces to ‘sharpen’ up Stay Away Fay

Paul Nicholls believes putting cheekpieces on Stay Away Fay for the first time could prove key to a second Cheltenham Festival success for his charge in Wednesday’s Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. The seven-year-old sprang ...

12 Mar 2024 at 12:52

National News

Fact check: The majority of prisoners in Irish prisons are Irish

A social media user claimed on X, formerly Twitter, that “61% of all prisoners in Ireland are foreign nationals”. The post also quoted figures which it claimed are from September 1 “this year” that 4,612 people are in ...

05 Nov 2024 at 15:40

Sport

Late call to be made on Spillane’s Tower supplementary decision

Connections will wait until Friday morning before deciding whether to supplement Spillane’s Tower for the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase. Jimmy Mangan’s stable star is the 4-1 second-favourite with the race sponsors ...

19 Dec 2024 at 14:26

Sport

McManus team to pause before plotting Durkan duo plan

Connections of Fact To File and Spillane’s Tower are in no rush to decide on future plans after the JP McManus-owned pair fought out a thrilling finish to the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase. Both Grade One ...

25 Nov 2024 at 13:19

Sport

Fact To File could yet enter the King George picture, says Mullins

Willie Mullins could still be represented in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase having raised the possibility of supplementing Sunday’s John Durkan Memorial winner Fact To File. The JP McManus-owned second-season ...

27 Nov 2024 at 15:57

Sport

Still so much to take for Mullins from return of Galopin Des Champs

Willie Mullins knows he is in a privileged position having both the current dual Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in his yard and the young pretender to his throne, Fact To File. Fact To File got one over on ...

27 Nov 2024 at 17:31

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