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Horse Racing Ireland gets back in the saddle with C&C events sponsorship deal

After a difficult year, Horse Racing Ireland has agreed exclusive ‘pouring rights’ with C&C across four racecourses in a deal that, it is hoped, will attract newer and younger audiences to the sport

Johnny Ward: How one photograph knocked Irish horse racing off its stride

As disgraced trainer Gordon Elliott begins his year-long ban from racing, the damage done to the sport is looking increasingly incalculable

Is the sport of kings heading for a fall?

Disturbing photos of top trainer Gordon Elliott posing on a dead horse have shone an unsympathetic spotlight on a sport that has a number of skeletons in its closet

Elaine Byrne: Horseracing’s rules on ‘integrity’ seem to apply only to the small folk

Gordon Elliott behaved crassly, but the infinitely more sinister behaviour of Sheikh Mohammed is being overlooked by the racing authorities

Matt Cooper: Davy has form, but it might not be business as usual this time

Financial sleight of hand and Davy have a history, beginning in 1993 with a corporate/political crossover scandal involving the sale of the state’s Greencore shares