BOYLAN TALKS SPORT

Category: RACING

  • Grassroots have to be the fulcrum of any sport

    Grassroots have to be the fulcrum of any sport

    Over time, living with a disability, the realisation dawns that there are certain things you simply will not be able to do. Often a very long period of time. Furthermore, at no point is the possibility or mere nation of acceptance guaranteed. Foremost among them, and the latter point applies here more than anywhere else,…

  • Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 4 (Cheltenham Festival Special)

    Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 4 (Cheltenham Festival Special)

    There is absolutely no problem in this corner admitting that of the four quizzes produced thus far in this series of sporting acumen fitness tests. As it recalled some beloved sporting memories of old and whetted the appetite to the point of salivating for the best four day’s sporting action of this or any year.…

  • The last man who never made a mistake was crucified on a Good Friday – there was no need for a replay

    Many of you will know by now that I was assigned a new care company a few weeks ago. Well, it is a great relief and absolute pleasure to reveal that the change of ‘stables’ has been akin to winning the Lotto. Not only because some of the ‘new’ team were in fact not that…

  • Word play at its most devious

    In a recent interview,  St Peter’s, Dunboyne and Meath star Emma Duggan said  it was “very tough” to be preparing for her Leaving Cert without the distraction of GAA matches and/or training. The audaciously talented 18-year-old went on to say that “You have to realise it’ll be back soon enough. That’s what’s keeping me going…

  • The great Tom Foley passes away

    ‘Danoli, Danoli, you’re the pride of ‘Neill and Foley/You’re our hero sweet Danoli’. So sang the incomparable Richie Kavanagh of the horse which introduced Tom Foley to the rest of the racing world. And in so doing, got people attuned to horse racing that otherwise would have as much inclination of so doing as a…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Clonmel off but Cheltenham clues possible across the water

    This afternoon’s intended fixture at Clonmel has been abandonned after the Co Tipperary venue having failed an early morning inspection. With the River Suir running quite close to the track, it’s not unusual for Powerstow Park to run into weather trouble at this time of year. Thankfully, all three National Hunt fixtures in the UK…

  • Fairyhouse off as weather causes further havoc

    Today’s meeting at Fairyhouse was called off due to the Co Meath venue being unfit for racing. Though not a surprise, it’s another setback to whatever semblance of normalcy there remains to aid one’s circumnavigation of the big ball on which we reside during these present times. More than that, however, it’s a blow to…

  • Life’s a Beach as Meath men make a splash

    So here we are, another little example of how Covid-19 put paid to what once passed for ‘normal’ life. The last Thursday in January. Thyestes Chase Day in Gowran Park. Which means the annual outing for a busload from Brady’s of Dunboyne – and a van load from our yard – descending on the banks…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Navan off

    Though hardly a surprise, regrettably today’s Irish racing at Navan has been abandonned due to a frozen track. As if sport hasn’t been thrown into chaos enough owing to the dastardly Covid-19, the weather is now throwing its iron into the fire to disrupt matters just a little bit more. Local trainers Noel Meade, Gordon…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Clonmel off due to frozen track, Fairyhouse doubtful

    Today’s intended fixture in Clonmel has been lost to inclement weather after sections of Powerstown Park were deemed to be frozen. In a statement, the IHRB tweeted: “Following an inspection this morning, parts of tbe track @clonmelr were found to be unraceable. Therefore, today’s scheduled fixture has been cancelled”. Meanwhile, with Fairyhouse having already lost…