Life And Sport From An Armchair View
1.15: LUKE SHORT - EW - (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.45: ELEGANT LASS - EW - (SHEILA AHERN/TOM GIBNEY) 2.20: APRIL'S MOON - EW - (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.55: CHEMICAL ENERGY (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) The dynamic duo are reunited 3.30: BORN PATRIOT (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 4.05: MUTUAL RESPECT - EW - (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 4.40:... Continue Reading →
Tara - mere mention of the place sets the senses alight. Especially if you happen to be a subject of the Royal County. From Paddy Reilly's haunting rendition of The Harp That Once to Sean Boylan's legendary training sessions on the Hill, a golf club that's one of the great sporting institutions in the county... Continue Reading →
4.40: HMS ENDEAVOUR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.10: REDBUD (CIAN MAC REDMOND (7)/FOZZY STACK) 5.45: EGLISH - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.15: SHIMLA ROLANN (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/HILLARY MCLOUGHLIN) 6.45: BROSNA EMPRESS - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.15: GOLDEN VALOUR - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/RICHARD O'BRIEN) 7.45: LEO DE FURY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) Leo De... Continue Reading →
1.25: THE GREEK (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.00: KNOCK ON STEEL (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/BRIAN JORDAN) 2.35: SAMANTHA SUNSHINE - EW - (HUGH MORGAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.10: ALLY CAY (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) Jack Gilligan 3.45: WITHALLDUERESPECT (MIKE O'CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: DAKOTA BEACH - EW - (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: TOP BANDIT (JAMIE CODD/GORDON... Continue Reading →
Do you remember the old Batman television series from years ago? The one in which Adam West played the 'Caped Crusader' and Burt Ward was his trusty sidekick Robin, aka 'The Boy Wonder'. At the end of almost every episode, the Dynamic Duo would be left impaled in some precarious position in one of the... Continue Reading →
1.25: PIRATE JENNY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.00: NERO TULIP (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.35: RED LACEWING (ANDY SLATTERY/FOZZY STACK) Andy Slattery has been employed by some of the top trainers 3.10: OUR LOUISE (SIOBHAN RUTELEDGE (7)/LIAM MCATEER) 3.45: MUMAYAAZ (CHRIS HAYES/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 4.20: EUROCRAT (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.50: DOMESTIC GODESS - EW - (NATHAN CROSSE (3)/JESSICA... Continue Reading →
Rotor Volgograd - no, I'd never heard of them before (or since) either. Peter Schmeichel scored what this corner reckons was his only goal for Manchester United against the Russian outfit, in the UEFA Cup. Drawing the encounter on the night and indeed over the two legs. But the minnows went through via the away... Continue Reading →
1.35: THE SLIDING ROCK (BRYAN COOPER/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: BENTHAM (JAMES O'SULLIVAN (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.40: JACK HOLIDAY - EW - (GAVIN BROUDER (7)/JOHN GLEESON) 3.15: THAT'S LIFEBUOY (BRYAN COOPER/JOHN RYAN) Bryan Cooper should be among the winners at the foot of Mount Benbulben 3.45: EMIR DES ROTTES (RICKY DOYLE/CONOR O'DWYER) 4.15: FANCY FOUNDATIONS (BRYAN COOPER/GORDON ELLIOTT)... Continue Reading →
What is almost sixteen years ago now, Roger Loughran fell foul of racing's Brains Trust by pulling up the Dessie Hughes trained Central House too early - mistaking the winning post - in a major race at Leopardstown. The Cortown man was subsequently banned for 14 days in the wake of the incident, but it... Continue Reading →
1.30: RADIYKA (OISIN ORR/DERMOT WELD) 2.00: CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 2.30: OH PURPLE REIGN - EW - (DECLAN MCDONOGH/GORDON ELLIOTT) Gordon Elliott: First runner in six months 3.03: SHERKIN ISLAND (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.33: CHAMPION GREEN (WAYNE LORDAN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.05: AURORA PRINCESS - EW - (BEN COEN/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.40: JAZZ DREAMERS - EW - (WILLIE... Continue Reading →