Tag: Cheltenham Festival
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Big two dominate during a great weekend for Royal racers
The clip of Johnny Murtagh’s Champs Elysees rattling home to score during Champions Weekend at Leopardstown is still fresh in the memory. There was nobody but the trainer and his wife Orla in stand celebrating a milestone success for the Cortown man. Seagulls were the only competition they might have had for a spot. As…
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Reserving the right to be confused
In the world of the GAA long ago, there was a utility player who was all the rage. He could fill in at any position from goalkeeper to left corner forward. He was the perfect manifestation of the ‘roving role’ in that he was availabe to each of the 32 counties. London and New York…
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Selections for Limerick – Oct. 10th 2021
1.10: SERENITY GROVE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.40: TOP BANDIT (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: MRS MILNER (BRYAN COOPER/PAUL NOLAN) 2.45: BUCK ROGERS – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/LIAM CUSACK) 3.20: KARL DER GROSSE (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: MISTER FOGPATCHES – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/PAT FAHY) 4.30: BIG DEBATES (JACK FOLEY (7)/ROBERT TYNER) 5.05: ARTURUS –…
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Selections for Sligo – Aug. 5th 2021
4.30: DON’T HAVE TIME (PAUL TOWNEND/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.00: MARS HARPER (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.35: GENERAL MORIVIERE (MARK WALSH/SHANE BRODERICK) 6.05: BLOODSTONE (MIKE O’CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.35: THE BANGER DOYLE – W/O FAV – (JODY MCGARVEY/KEITH WATSON) 7.10: SHES SOME DOLL (CONOR MCNAMARA/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.45: NOS NA GAOITHE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections For Killarney – July 13th 2021
4.20: FICTITIOUS LADY – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.55: PUNAKHA (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 5.25: CHUMMIE – EW – (CHLOE BYRNE (10)/TED WALSH) 5.55: WEE PABLO – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (3)/PAT MARTIN) 6.25: JEFF KIDDER (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.55: LORD OF THE MANOR (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.25: MAGIC CHEGEGA – EW – (OISIN…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 14 (Cheltenham Festival 2021 – Day 2)
Thankfully, things got off to a pleasantly surprisingly good start today with Appreciate It handsomely lived up to his billing as the Irish banker while Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore made history in the Champion Hurdle, But, not for the first time, the Meath racing fraternity made their mark on the day’s business. It was especially…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 3
Plenty of variety in this week’s sporting fitness test. Watch out for next week’s installment which will be a horse racing special to coincide with one of the sporting highlights of the year – The Cheltenham Festival.
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Selections for Naas – Feb. 13th 2021
12.35: CAPTAIN KANGAROO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: DREAMINGANDHOPING – EW – (DECLAN QUEALLY/x2) 1.40: ELIMAY (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.15: THE ECHO BOY – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 2.50: DRUIDS ALTER (HUGH MORGAN (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: JUNIOR RATTLER (PAUL CAWLEY/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 4.00: PETITBONOME (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.35: WIID HUNT – EW – (PADDY MULLLINS/DENIS…