Tag: Brian Acheson
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Selections for Punchestown – Nov. 13th 2021
12.00: BOB OLINGER (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.38: CAPE GENTLEMAN (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 1.13: LUNAR POWER (BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 1.48: THE NAME’S JOCK – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/JOHN KIELY) 2.23: CARRAREA (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 2.58: STOCKDALE – EW – (JONATHAN MOORE/BRIAN HAMILTON) 3.30: MINELLA CROONER (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 2021
3.40: ENA BAIE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (7)/LIZ DOYLE) 4.15: SULLY DOC AA – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (3)/ANTHONY HONEYBALL, IN GB) 4.50: STAND UP AND FIGHT (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 5.25: FRENCH DYNAMITE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MOUSE MORRIS) 6.00: LYNWOOD GOLD (ROBBIE POWER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.35: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: MAGIC DAZE (RACHAEL…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 15 (Cheltenham Festival Day 3 2021)
Today was all about the wonderful stories the Cheltenham can throw up, between the great Tiger Roll recording a remarkable fifth Festival success while an even more remarkable story was that of the Paul Hennessy trained Heaven Help Us. Kilkenny’s Hennessy is much more synonymous with the the Greyhound Racing scene – where winning owner…
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So near, yet so far away
New Year’s Day, 2011. Beginning another round of the calender in Fairyhouse. Same as it ever was. Except in that case it was anything but that. For about 18 months beforehand, dad and his best friend, the late former undertaker Oliver Cunningham, were tipping around with a few horses in training with Tom Taaffe. Spruce…