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Articles By Vincent Finegan

Vincent Finegan

Vincent, who lives on the Curragh in Co. Kildare, is the editor of irishracing.com and has almost 40 years experience in the horse racing industry. He writes a weekly blog on this website covering all aspects of the sport and presents our Irish Angle video show on Mondays. He is a dual winner of The Irish Field naps table.

Mon 23rd Aug 2021

Former Mayo County Footballer Donie Vaughan sponsored 6 races on one day at Ballinrobe in 2015

Where have all the sponsors gone?

12.29PM

Mon 16th Aug 2021

Pre-Covid racing action

Racing Needs Crowds

11.01AM

Mon 9th Aug 2021

Chaotic scenes in the 3-y-o hurdle at Roscommon

Lucky Dip

12.02PM

Mon 2nd Aug 2021

Aurora Princess impersonating Alizarine at Galway

Aurora Princess

12.43PM

Mon 26th Jul 2021

Twenty four-year-old Pasghetti Hoops and twenty-year-old Hearthstead Dream

Martin Wasylocha talks about the Panorama Programme

3.12PM

High Expectations ended up in an abattoir

High Expectations

11.02AM

Mon 19th Jul 2021

Snowfall on her way to another scintillating performance on the track at the Curragh on Saturday

Stormey Waters

11.58AM

Mon 12th Jul 2021

Galileo pictured at Coolmore Stud in 2018

Will To Win

12.35PM

Mon 5th Jul 2021

St Mark's Basilica winning the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday

Smoking Gun

1.05PM

Mon 28th Jun 2021

Racegoers arriving to Derby Day

Wasted Opportunity

1.10PM

Mon 21st Jun 2021

Poetic Flare won impressively at Royal Ascot

Four days good; Five days better?

1.51PM

Mon 14th Jun 2021

Jim Bolger pictured with his stable jockey Kevin Manning

Bolger back on the drugs bandwagon

12.25PM

Mon 7th Jun 2021

Faugheen arriving at The Irish National Stud with groom John Codd (Photo carolinenorris ie)

A tale of two horses

12.40PM

Mon 31st May 2021

Many racing fans watched 2020 Irish Derby weekend from the public road

Light at the end of the tunnel

1.30PM

Mon 24th May 2021

Mary Smullen Frances Smullen with children Hannah, Sarah and Paddy at The Curragh (Pic Peter Mooney)

Pat Smullen remembered at Curragh

2.47PM

Mon 17th May 2021

St Mark's Basilica winning Sunday's French 2000 Guineas at ParisLongchamp

A La Carte sanctions

1.42PM

Mon 10th May 2021

Rachael Blackmore was a late replacement on the Sam Curling trained Call Me Freddie

Cash is king

2.35PM

Mon 3rd May 2021

Champions Paul Townend, Simon Torrens, Willie Mullins, Jody Townend & Patrick Mullins

Punchestown Reflections

1.38PM

Mon 26th Apr 2021

The cross country course at Punchestown

Peerless Punchestown to deliver epic end to season

1.05PM

Mon 19th Apr 2021

A delighted Lorna Brooke after her Fairyhouse success

A sad day for the sport

3.45PM

Mon 12th Apr 2021

Rachael Blackmore

Extraordinary Times

2.32PM

Mon 5th Apr 2021

On-course bookmakers

A raw deal for punters

12.02PM

Mon 29th Mar 2021

The Point-to-Point season has been suspended due to Covid

Slow Progress

11.22AM

Sun 21st Mar 2021

Rachael Blackmore with her Leading Rider trophy at Cheltenham

A Breath Of Fresh Air

12.12PM

Mon 15th Mar 2021

Cheltenham Racecourse

A Festival Like No Other

2.40PM

Mon 8th Mar 2021

Gordon Elliott

Chelliottenham

3.36PM

Mon 1st Mar 2021

Gordon Elliott pictured with his string on the Cullentra gallops.

Oh Gordon what have you done?

3.52PM

Mon 22nd Feb 2021

Goshen is 9/2 to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham

Are there more Viking Hoards waiting to be found?

1.36PM

Mon 15th Feb 2021

Rachael Blackmore and Paul Townend jump the last in unison in a Maiden Hurdle at Naas last Saturday

Actions speak louder than words

1.27PM

Mon 8th Feb 2021

Willie Mullins shows off the prize for one of the nine races his horses won at Leopardstown

A great weekend's entertainment

4.56PM

Mon 1st Feb 2021

Brazos leads Falcano over the last at Navan

Punters given a raw deal by Naas stewards

4.15PM

Mon 25th Jan 2021

Tramore stable yard where Viking Hoard was drugged

Viking Hoard case creating a headache for authorities

5.22PM

Tue 19th Jan 2021

Viking Hoard winning for Charles Byrnes at Killarney in July 2018.

Good week for IHRB

7.08PM

Thu 14th Jan 2021

On-course bookmaker Orla McCartan at Dundalk in 2019

Bookmakers holding all the Aces

4.16PM

Thu 7th Jan 2021

Al Boum Photo in the stable yard at Tramore. He is one of 17 Irish trained horses entered in Gold Cup

Weather doing racing a favour

2.28PM

Mon 5th Oct 2020

irishracing.com update

8.40AM

Sun 16th Aug 2020

The betting ring at Gowran Park is now a jockeys' car park

Strange Times

11.43AM

Fri 8th May 2020

Worrying times ahead for Irish horse racing industry

1.24PM

Wed 6th May 2020

Horse racing industry still waiting for news of resumption date

9.27AM

Tue 12th Nov 2019

Listen Dear

Listen Dear to run under new ownership as Supreme dispute rumbles on

10.22AM

Fri 1st Nov 2019

Listen Dear winning at Limerick prior to the sale

Supreme mess over sale of Listen Dear

10.51AM

Wed 30th Oct 2019

Willie Mullins

All systems go for Mullins despite Supreme setback

3.57PM

Mon 12th Aug 2019

Racegoers at Galway

A Day At The Races

9.05AM

Mon 27th May 2019

The Curragh

The Curragh getting better but problems persist

1.26PM

Tue 7th May 2019

A large crowd attended the opening fixture at the Curragh

Mixed reviews as Curragh Racecourse opens to public

10.54AM

Wed 17th Apr 2019

The grandstand viewed from the new parade ring which has been increased to accommodate 30 runners

Curragh Development Delivers On Many Levels

4.08PM

Sun 20th Jan 2019

The Betting Forum

The Betting Forum Review

10.44AM

Mon 13th Aug 2018

Racegoers availing of reduced admission prices

Owners Versus Punters

9.14AM

Tue 19th Jun 2018

Merchant Navy winning the Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh last month

Merchant Navy on course for Harry Angel clash

10.46AM

Tue 12th Dec 2017

Ruby Walsh

Walsh Confident Of Cheltenham Return

6.26PM

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