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MARK BOYLAN: From the Ballydoyle Haka to classy Keane, Irish are set for battle
Mark Boylan
It's Breeders' Cup time at Del Mar, where Mark Boylan has been on track this week and hearing from the leading overseas connections
24 October 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Latest Cheltenham Festival schedule changes miss the biggest issues
After further amendments to the Festival's programme were announced last week, Mark Boylan assesses whether they will really make a difference to the meeting
19 October 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Intriguing to watch how this sire features in Coolmore mating plans
It was nearly a Group 1 double for Starspangledbanner at Newmarket, and his progeny have a fine record when mixing with daughters of Galileo
MARK BOYLAN: Irish Cesarewitch an advertisement for no-cotton-wool campaigning
There was a theme with two of the first four home in the most valuable handicap in Europe this year
10 October 2025 Columns
OPINION: Allez les verts! Irish joy in Paris gives fuel to O’Brien's record bid
Aidan O'Brien is two Group 1 winners behind where he was at this stage in 2017 when he set the world record for most top-level winners in a calendar
8 October 2025 Columns
IRISH CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL: TALKING POINTS - New Group 1 in 2026 needs an uplift
Mark Boylan weighs in on some talking points to emerge from the Irish Champions Festival
19 September 2025 Columns
OPINION: O’Brien-Gosden ‘whinge’ comments were refreshing - we need more like it
In this week's exclusive subscriber-only newsletter for The Irish Field readers, Mark Boylan explores recent comments from Aidan O'Brien and John Gosden
12 September 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Huge opportunities at Champions Festival after jockey rollercoaster
After injuries, suspension and commitments elsewhere, several of the top Leopardstown jockeys are out of action on Irish Champion Stakes day
12 September 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Which Irish jockeys have been most underestimated this season?
Mark Boylan assesses the riders that have been achieving more than the market expects of them most often in 2025
30 August 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Champion Keane has hands full as Browne McMonagle turns up the heat
With Colin Keane away in Britain last Saturday, Dylan Browne McMonagle was in scintillating form with a five-timer across the Curragh and Tramore
22 August 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Small-field struggles continue for Ireland's top two-year-old races
Mark Boylan asks whether changes are needed after another five-runner Keeneland Phoenix Stakes last weekend
15 August 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Five talking points from the 2025 Galway Festival
With dust having settled on Ballybrit's seven-day spectacular, Mark Boylan examines some of the prominent topics from the week
8 August 2025 Columns