irishracing.com’s goal is to create horse racing journalism that informs and entertains. We aim to provide the highest quality content across written, video and social media platforms to our audience of hundreds of thousands of users that regularly visit our site each month.
All our facts and stories are provided by credible and reliable sources and are double checked and cross-referenced by our team of experts with decades of experience in the horse racing industry.
We work to maintain our readers' trust through transparency, accountability, and integrity in everything we publish.
We aim to be reliable in all our editorial activities, including social media and video. With the risk of fake news and manipulation in the competition for clicks, irishracing.com editors and writers rely on reliable sources of information, endeavour to verify information before publication. This ensures our readers only ever get the highest quality content.
Sources are always disclosed and we operate intellectual property law meaning our photographs come from agencies who have agreements with Better Collective, the owner of irishracing.com.
We aim to be the quickest to any story or race result but that does not mean we prioritise speed over accuracy. This means we do not engage in clickbait. Users can trust headlines on our site and the content of stories match reader expectations. We never want users to feel tricked into clicking and will not engage in such practices.
Mistakes are an unavoidable part of the process but we do everything in our power to minimise them and take any learnings into the future. Mistakes are part of the process of development. All content undergoes an internal editorial review and fact-checking process before publication.
On the rare occasion we find errors or omissions in our articles, we promptly correct them and clarify where a correction has been made.
We are happy to receive corrections from our readers and encourage them to report any errors via email to Tina Scargill at [email protected] so we can take care of them quickly.
irishracing.com began life as part of The Irish Times before striking it out as its own URL back in 1997 and it has retained the core team since then. With decades of combined experience, you can view details of our team of journalists on our about us page,.
All articles on irishracing.com include author bylines and publication dates to ensure accountability and transparency.
Social media and video shows are a crucial part of irishracing.com. The editorial policy and publishing policies detailed here apply to our accounts across all social media platforms. We will still use irony and humour across social media, it is never our intention to offend, ridicule or incite violence. Our social media and video activity is there to entertain and inform and we firmly oppose all prohibited practices and hate speech.Â
irishracing.com opposes online discrimination, intolerance, violence. Unfortunately, this sometimes appears in our comments across YouTube and social media and when it does, we vigorously combat it. We are aiming for a space for substantive and civilized discussion.Â
We never attempt to be sensationalist or interfere with the private lives of figures within the horse racing industries and their families. We respect their right to privacy. Our journalistic integrity and ethics oblige us to adhere to these principles in our daily work.Â
irishracing.com is committed to transparency and quality in all published written and video content, including sponsored or promotional material.
All sponsored content is clearly marked ensuring that the user understands what they are reading.
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Our editorial content is created independently of our commercial teams. Advertising or affiliate partnerships do not influence our journalism or editorial decisions.”
