Life And Sport From An Armchair View
4.20: BIG CHALLENGE (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (3)/JAMES MCAULEY) 4.55: FLYIN HAWAIIN (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.25: BEN SIEGEL (CHRIS HAYES/NOEL MEADE) 5.55: IDES OF AUGUST (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) The Champion Jockey and his boss could have a good trip lnto the west 6.25: NO THANKS (SAM EWING/MATTHEW SMITH) 6.55: PHOENIX COWBOY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.25: BALLINLOUGH... Continue Reading →
Meath.....1-13 Dublin......2-16 Tears. The first reaction that comes to mind. Emotion for very personal reasons, immense pride at a performance woven thick with the acrylic of the famed Meath never-say-die attitude and then finally heartache at what felt like one that certainly got away. Items two and three are what need to be focused upon... Continue Reading →
1.20: HAVINAGOODTIME (RACHAEL BLACKMORE**/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.50: FUSAIN (DYLAN ROBINSON/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.20: NELSONS POINT - EW - (PHILIP ENRIGHT/ROBERT TYNER) 2.55: MISTER BELLS (HUGH MORGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 3.30: TOP OF THE CHARTS - (JAMES O'SULLIVAN (2)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.05: ALPINE COBRA (KEVIN BROUDER/CATHAL BYRNES) 4.40: BENTHAM - EW - (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.15: AN DROICHEAD EILE... Continue Reading →
1.35: KERKIYRA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.10: ORDER OF AUSTRAILA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 2.45: ISIYOU BABY (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 3.20: NEW HILL (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 3.55: CREATE BELIEF (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.30: SHINPACHI (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 5.00: ALEX D (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.30: YOUNG ANGEL (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) Dermot seldom leaves a big meeting without a... Continue Reading →
No secret has ever been made of the fact that being able to write about sport is the nearest I will ever get to filling the void left by not being able to partake therein. Especially in more recent years when being involved in team management was no longer an option. Now read on... The... Continue Reading →
1.10: MANU ET CORDE (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 1.45: THREEBAGSFULL (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.20: BEAUTY INSPIRE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.50: MEASURE OF MAGIC (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.25: NICEST - W/O TWO - (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 4.00: HIGHTIMEYOUWON - EW - (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (3)/DERMOT WELD) 4.35: GEALACH - EW - (AINE O'CONNOR (5)/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.10: EVER... Continue Reading →
4.25: BREFFNI BRAVE (DENIS O'REGAN/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.00: WILD SHOT (SIMON TORRENS (3)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.30: CANFORD LIGHT (JACK FOLEY (7)/TOM MULLINS) The Mullins brothers could both be among the winners tonight 6.00: BLOWING DIXIE (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 6.30: CROBALLY BOY - EW - (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 7.05: TULLYBEG (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 7.40: DUNDEEDY LAD... Continue Reading →
1.40: PRESENTINGNEWYORK (PAUL TOWNEND/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: GRINN - EW - (SEAN FLANAGAN/DAVID O'BRIEN) 2.50: TECH TALK - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 3.25: MERRY POPPINS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 4.00: BATCIO - EW - (SHANE O'CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH) Ted Walsh could have a second winner in 24 hours 4.35: SHAWSHANK (BRYAN COOPER/PAUL NOLAN) 5.10: SEMPO (DONAGH... Continue Reading →
A nice variety in this week's edition, including a couple that are sure to require the thinking caps!
4.00: BUTTERFLY ISLAND (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 4.30: DIXIE BLUEBELL (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 5.00: FIT FOR FUNCTION (TOM KIELY-MARSHALL (7)/JOE MURPHY) 5.30: CAIRDE GO DEO (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.00: UP HELLY Aa - EW - (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.30: MCPHERSON (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.05: SIMPLY A DREAM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.40: PUNTERS POET (WAYNE LORDAN/MATT SMITH)... Continue Reading →