Full coverage: horse racing

Michael Halford has trained horses for the Aga Khan and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. However, his operating company is now in liquidation and documents reveal how much debt it has left behind – and to whom it is owed.

A string of companies linked to John Magnier’s Coolmore Stud have issued legal proceedings against Glanbia. Trainer Aidan O’Brien and his son Donnacha are also listed as plaintiffs in the case.

Barney Curley's gambles became horse racing legend and he made the big betting coup the model for others to follow.

Despite the absence of fans in sports arenas, Irish company Future Ticketing continues to grow in lockdown, sealing two new deals and working through more in the pipeline.

A company organising high-profile horse racing meetings was found to be liable to pay corporate tax, with betting revenue featuring prominently in the Revenue’s case on appeal.

With no prize money handed out and betting shops closed, Covid-19 is taking its toll on racehorse owners, whose costs have remained high. A cascade of bloodstock sales trickling down all the way to breeders is now under threat.

From an alleged vendetta to "little Hitler syndrome", the stakes get higher as the lawyers move in. Trainers make claims of heavy-handed tactics during anti-doping inspections and the Turf Club's security chief files for defamation.

He started an anti-doping fight in Irish horse racing and ended up standing in the crosshairs. Six years on, Chris Gordon of the Turf Club has triumphed after a hard-won legal battle. In the first of a three-part series, The Currency looks at how a bruising rift engulfed the top echelons of the sport.