Tag: Evening Echo
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On the road again as we get back on the horse
To venture into Rebel territory or not, that is the conundrum whirring here after the fixtures for the opening round of this year’s All Ireland SFC were confirmed this morning. I am in the happy and very blessed position that if the bullet is bitten and the run is attacked, my long suffering and extremely…
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The CCCC and The Hooter
It was this morning announced that CCCC of the GAA – formerly the Games Administration Committee – have decided that henceforth once the Hooter sounds in a Gaelic Football match play stops immediately. Bullshit. Had that system been in place during this season’s championship, Ciaran Moore’s magnificent winner for Donegal against Mayo would never have…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 2nd 2025
2.15: REXEM (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.50: COURT CANYON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.25: COLLEEN DANU – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.55: DEMANDING GERRY – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (7)/JAMES A. FAHY) 4.25: WING BACK (PHILIP ENRIGHT/SAM CURLING) 5.00: OCEAN OF MERCY (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 5.35: ANDYOURBIRDCANSING – EW – (MICHAEL KENEALLY (7)/JOHN RYAN)
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Selections for Cork – July 25th 2025
5.05: PINTS IN PEACE (BEN COEN/DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN) 5.37: KANSAS (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.12: RED EVOLUTION – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 6.45: WASHINGTON STREET (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 7.20: ZARAGOZA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.55: SONORAN (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 8.30: WHAT’S NEW (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY)
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Selections for Cork – July 11th 2025
5.12: LUKER’S TIPPLE (KEVIN SEXTON/ANDREW KINIRONS) 5.45: HARRY’S LEGACY (KEVIN SEXTON/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.15: QASSID – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 6.45: ONEBRIGHTBLUEROSE – EW – (BRYAN CARVER/PAT CRONIN) 7.15: EMPIRE SUCCESS (SEAN FLANAGAN/GER O’LEARY) 7.45: PRAIRE DANCER (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.15: SALSINHA (JOHN GLEESON/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)
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Selections for Cork – June 13th 2025
4.52: HAVANNA ANNA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.25: PINAR DEL RIO – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/KIERAN COTTER) 5.59: KILMOOD SUSAN (SHANE FOLEY/DAN MURPHY) 6.34: MAGNUM FORCE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.09: BOLD OPTIMIST – EW – (BEN COEN/DAN MCLOUGHLIN) 7.44: BUBBLE GUM (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 8.15: TILANI – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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Selections for Cork – May 20th 2025
5.15: ROGUE LEGEND (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.50: JORGE ALVARES (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.25: CARRIGAN’S GROVE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/PAT FLYNN) 6.50: TWOTOLOSE – W/O FAV – (BEN COEN/DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN) 7.20: HIGHTIMEYOUWON (JACK KEARNEY/STEPHEN THORNE) 7.50: TSWALU (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.20: GARDONE – EW – (BILLY LEE/ERIC MCNAMARA)
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 20th 2025
1.55: BLAKE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 2.27: CRAMERS VALLEY – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.02: PROMONTORY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/SARAH J. CONNELL) 3.37: JACOVEC CAVERN – EW – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 4.12: SIR BOB – EW – (MARK WALSH/ROBERT TYNER) 4.47: CULLIG – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAT FOLEY) 5.22:…
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Davy Russell Bereaved
Mr Jeremiah (Jerry) Russell, father of three time Irish National Hunt champion jockey, Davy, passed away over the weekend. He was 85. The deceased ran a farm and a garage business in his native Youghal, Co Cork and was an avid supporter of the pony racing, point-to-point and racing under rules scene. All the routes…
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Selections for Cork – Dec. 12th 2024
12.00: KEL HISTOIRE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: MAGIC MCCOLGAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: WARDENS WHISPER – EW – (TIERNAN POWER-ROCHE (4*) /PHILIP ROTHWELL) 1.40: BARNAHASH PRIMROSE – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 2.12: LILLIAN BLAND – EW – (JOHN SHINNICK (5)/NIALL HENNESSY) 2.47: MAJESTIC FORCE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.22: BANJAXED –…