Author: Brendan
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Selections for Tramore – Aug. 13th 2022
4.55: RIVER RAIN (MIKEY SHEEHY (3)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.30: EXPLORERS WAY (MIKEY SHEEHY (3)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.00: BUTTERFLY GARDEN (GARY HALPIN/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 6.30: LEMON ICE (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.00: TOO BRIGHT – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 7.30: STELLIUM – EW – (BILLY LEE/MICK GRASSICK) 8.00: WALNUT BEACH (JAKE COEN (5)/PAT FLYNN)
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Selections for The Curragh – Aug. 13th 2022
1.45: POP STAR (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.20: MEGGY MOO (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 2.25: PRISONERS DILEMMA – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/JOHNNY LEVINS) 3.30: TREASURE TROVE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.05: POINT GELLIBRAND – W/O FAV – (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.40: SEARCH FOR A SONG (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 5.15: ARISTOVIC – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOHNNY LEVINS) 5.50: […]
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Selections for Tramore – Aug. 12th 2022
4.50: POPONG (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.20: WALKING THE WALK (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.50: SO SCOTTISH (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 6.20: DAISY DUFRESNE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.55: DOT COTTON – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 7.30: YOUNG FITZY – EW – (JACK FOLEY (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 8.05: DOWN AROUND – EW – (HARLEY DUNNE […]
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Media’s loss, gain or a potent mix of the two?
You sense it must be like a drug to him. To the best of my knowledge, he’s a non drinker and non smoker. Furthermore, you never hear of him having any interest or involvement in other sporting codes. Those are the reasons it was highly surprising to see Davy Fitzgerald step away from his role […]
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Selections for Tramore – Aug. 11th 2022
5.30: PYTHION (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICK WINTERS) 6.00: TRUE FAITH (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.30: BETTY DUTTON – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 7.00: DOWN THE CELLAR (PHILIP ENRIGHT/EDDIE O’GRADY) 7.30: MINELLA YOUNGY (SEAN FLANAGAN/GAVIN CROMWELL) 8.00: ECHOS OF FAMILY – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY (5)/E & P HARTY) 8.30: RUSSIAN DIAMOND (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/EMMET MULLINS)
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Selections for Leopardstown – Aug. 11th 2022
5.20: LIBRARY (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.50: HASTEN SLOWLY – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.20: ONLY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.50: NECTARINE – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 7.20: BOUNDLESS OCEAN (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 7.50: POINT KING (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.20: ZAHEE – EW – (CILLIAN MCCONNELL (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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There’s always something to make you think twice
Willie Mullins recently ran a horse in a bumper owned by the Curb Your Enthusiasm Syndicate. Whether the steed won or not cannot be recalled, but is not relevant to the remainder of what you will read hereafter. Now read on… When I got into farming in my own right nearly a decade ago, one […]
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Selections for Gowran Park – Aug. 10th 2022
4.20: ESCULENTA -EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.50: BARRETSTOWN – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 5.20: DIDNTHAVEMUCHTODO (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.55: VICTORIA ROAD (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.30: MASSAMAN – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 7.05: ENDLESS SEASON – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/MICK HALFORD) 7.35: FASTMAN – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 8.10: INUIT […]
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Boylan’s Sporting Wordle – No. 34
Tempestuous but highly talented Tennis player. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=gmijtso
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Watch “Digging Early Crop Spuds – on wheels!” on YouTube
My first attempt at using a GoPro – well, a cheaper version of same, to be truthful – so please be kind! Here, you get a steering-eye view as I dig and wash two thirds of our Early Crop spuds. Sown on March 13th, harvested on July 14th, yielding 56 potatoes in total, with the […]