Here is my own tribute to Pat Smullen from today’s @RacingPost edition. He used his time well. https://t.co/SqkQqkZVzM

BREAKING NEWS: With three years to go until the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, reigning 400m hurdles World champion 🇳🇱 Femke Bol has announced she’ll shift her focus to the 800 meters starting in 2026. She leaves behind one of the most accomplished résumés in hurdles history: 🏆

Jack Davison is set to saddle his first runner at the Breeders' Cup with his stable star She's Quality travelling to Del Mar following another huge sprint effort when third in the Abbaye last weekend https://t.co/Wg6ZyWEgq2

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐞: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 After his life-changing injuries, the former jockey is interviewed by close friend @Niallhannity in an impactful programme. First playouts at 11:30 and 17:45 this Sunday, and available online from Monday.

This wk's col: Arc weekend at Longchamp, everything the ICF aspires to be and everything the British equivalent ought to be. (£)

This wk's col: Arc weekend at Longchamp, everything the ICF aspires to be and everything the British equivalent ought to be. (£)

Willie Mullins criticises Irish racing's 'extraordinary' new hurdles initiative as a 'sales ploy, nothing else'

Follow that, Ascot! Champions Day's shortcomings are laid bare by a glorious weekend in Paris Read with Racing Post+ 👇

"This is the pinnacle" Daryz camp in dreamland after thrilling Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe success over Minnie Hauk https://t.co/N4UDdVl4jY

Do we do enough to promote the start of the jumps season? This week’s column in the @RacingPost 👇

"I never saw Hansen do that!" 👀 High praise for Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish! 🔥

Result of that rain in West Cork at Borlin Valley with road badly damaged and flooding. Glengarriff recorded 107mm since midnight.

Gold Cup-winning jockey Mark Walsh aiming for return to the saddle 'early next month' 🏆 https://t.co/Bb7NuuHbyK

This wk's col, which was described by one colleague as the most shameless about turn he had ever seen in terms of tipping. There's no point in being wrong twice, though. My take on the Arc, pre-draw. Might change my mind again yet. (€)

⭕️ THE BIG READ ⭕️ 🗣️ "I do gym work from half four in the morning - there aren't enough hours in any day and you have to stay well and healthy" Aidan O'Brien sits down with @DavidJenningsRP in this must-read interview Read with Racing Post+ 👇

"The way they've handled this situation by paying his wife and children all the money from his contract is not normal in football" ❤️ Arne Slot couldn't believe how Liverpool's fans, players and owners conducted themselves after Diogo Jota's passing 🙏

This wk’s col; Cheaper beer is all okay but Cheltenham tweaks are mere window dressing in absence of much-needed changes to festival programme (€)

This wk’s col; Cheaper beer is all okay but Cheltenham tweaks are mere window dressing in absence of much-needed changes to festival programme (€)

Jim Crowley: "Leeds General Infirmary did a fantastic job and the doctors and nurses were amazing. I snapped my fibula and tibia, broke my pelvis in a couple of places and had some internal bleeding that needed surgery, so I’ve been through the mill and it was without doubt the

"Precluding horses who haven't run over hurdles from contesting the Triumph Hurdle is insular, reactionary nonsense on the back of Poniros's 100-1 shock in March" @R_Forristal has his say on the Cheltenham changes Read with RacingPost+ 👇 https://t.co/MBEyB0TQcD

Willie Mullins, the leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival, said he is pleased to see some changes for jump racing's marquee meeting but feels the biggest issue impacting crowds is the cost of accommodation for racegoers coming from Ireland. Read more with Racing Post+ 👇