Horseracing

If flat racing is the "sport of kings," steeplechasing is the "sport of commoners." In Ireland and Britain and as a spectacle, it has few sporting equals. Niall O'Donovan reports.  Hanafin, Milligan, Mulligan, McManus, O'Mahoney, O'Mara, O'Rourke. Great Irish writers? No, just the lyrical impression that a line of bookmakers made on a visiting English writer to a little … [Read more...] about The Thrill of the Chase