Leopardstown
# leopardstown - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Sir Des Champs sees off Flemenstar to win Hennessy Gold Cup
The Willie Mullins winner edged out the favourite in today’s feature race.
# leopardstown - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Mark your Card: your best bets on a bumper day of horse racing
It doesn’t get much better than today’s double whammy at Cheltenham and Leopardstown. Declan Smyth picks the winners.
# leopardstown - Friday 28 December, 2012
Mark Your Card: the best bets for today’s Grade racing
The big question on everyone’s lips is ‘will Flemenstar stay?’ Your answer may be just a click away.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
Mark your Card: your best bets for the St Stephen’s Day Super 6
Horse racing waits for no man – Declan Smyth picks the winners from a bumper day of Grade racing in Ireland and the UK.
# leopardstown - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Sizing Europe to miss King George
Former champion chaser set for Leopardstown appearance instead.
# leopardstown - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
Sizing Europe may swerve King George
Trainer Henry de Bromhead is “leaning” towards a Leopardstown run for Sizing Europe this Christmas.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Bobs Worth leads field of 27 for Lexus Chase at Leopardstown
Hennessy Gold Cup winner will be joined by a number of racing’s big names.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Catch up on everything you need to know this morning.
# leopardstown - Sunday 12 February, 2012
Mark Your Card: your best bets for Hennessy Gold Cup day
Declan Smyth gets us ready for a big day of racing at Leopardstown. Here are his selections.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
Dream turns to nightmare as Elliott pulls Jessie from Leopardstown
Jessies Dream may not run at all this season, Gordon Elliott said as he withdrew the horse from Sunday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.
# leopardstown - Monday 30 January, 2012
The Morning Score: Monday
Get it while it’s hot – here’s your Monday morning round-up of all the sports news.
# leopardstown - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend’s racing
“It’s Trials Day, Trials Day, gotta get down on…” Ah, forget it. Check out Declan Smyth’s tips here.
# leopardstown - Friday 27 January, 2012
Don’t touch that dial: here’s the sport on TV this weekend…
Let me take your coat darling. You sit down… I’ll pour you a drink. It’s been a long week.
# leopardstown - Monday 23 January, 2012
Voler’s Champion Hurdle chances hinge on the rain
Colm Murphy is likely to pull Voler la Vedette from Sunday’s BHP Irish Champion Hurdle unless the ground softens considerably.
# leopardstown - Thursday 12 January, 2012
The Morning Score: Thursday
Check in for your early round-up of all the biggest sports stories.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Betfair to compensate some customers for Leopardstown fiasco
The exchange says it will make payments to some customers affected by its decision to void in-running bets on the woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle.
# leopardstown - Friday 30 December, 2011
‘I was devastated’ says Betfair chief after Leopardstown blunder
Betting exchange boss Stephen Morana says lessons have been learned from Christmas Festival fiasco.
# leopardstown - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Unaccompanied claims the Festival Hurdle for Weld
Demot Weld’s filly got up to win the feature race on day four at Leopardstown, beating favourite Thousand Stars into second place.
Betfair defends decision to void Leopardstown bets
The gambling giant has moved to repair its reputation after an “obvious technical fault” saw them void €25m of winning bets yesterday.
The Morning Score: Thursday
Here’s everything you need to know this morning – apart from the price of membership down in your local gym.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
Synchronised times it perfectly to take the Lexus
JP McManus’s Synchronised won the feature race on day three at Leopardstown, the Lexus Steeplechase.
Betfair pins €25m Leopardstown blunder on ‘obvious technical fault’
The exchange has voided all in-running bets on the woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown after €1.9m was matched on the winner at 28/1.
Hurricane Fly misses Leopardstown Festival
Willie Mullins has pulled the Champion Hurdle winner from Thursday’s Istabraq Festival Hurdle.
Mark Your Card: Rubi to Light up the Lexus
Mark Hobbs helped shake off any festive fatigue by advising an 11/1 winner at Leopardstown yesterday. Get his thoughts on today’s card here.
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Here’s everything you need to know this morning – apart from the best before date on that cranberry sauce.
# leopardstown - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
Mark Your Card: Tuesday the big occasion for Big Zeb
Colm Murphy’s stable star bids to land a hat-trick in the Grade One over an extended two miles, and comes in to the race in as good form as ever.
# leopardstown - Monday 26 December, 2011
Mark Your Card: the madness of King George
Ready for a busy St Stephen’s Day of racing? So are we…
# leopardstown - Saturday 24 December, 2011
Mark Your Card: Christmas crackers in store for racing fans
“The ordinary person on the street might pinpoint the 25th of December as one of the highlights of the year, but for a punter it’s an awful, monotonous and frustrating day,” writes Mark Hobbs.
# leopardstown - Monday 31 January, 2011
Nolan: Joncol fit and ready for Gold Cup defense
Trainer Paul Nolan is pleased with the defending champ’s preparations for Sunday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown
# leopardstown - Tuesday 28 December, 2010
Leopardstown gets the go-ahead
Racing gets the green light as racecourse passes inspection this morning.
# leopardstown - Friday 24 December, 2010
The Morning Score: Christmas Eve
The bad weather continues to bite as sport over the festive period is hit.
# leopardstown - Wednesday 22 December, 2010
Leopardstown St Stephen’s Day meeting postponed
Bad news for racing fans.
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Munster lodge an appeal against Paul O’Connell ban, the axe is set to fall in Cork again and Rafa is out of a job.
# leopardstown - Tuesday 21 December, 2010
Leopardstown’s Christmas racing is threatened by adverse weather
Conditions need to improve quickly if we’re going to get any racing at Christmas.
# leopardstown - Monday 22 November, 2010
Weld makes decision on Rite Of Passage future
To hurdle or not to hurdle, is the question for renowned trainer.





















































