Tag: John P McManus
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Selections for The Curragh – Mar. 25th 2023
1.40: SPANISH CARA – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 2.15: LAUGH A MINUTE – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/ADO MCGUINNESS) 2.50: HONEY GIRL (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: GOOD HEAVENS – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.57: KERKIYRA (SHANE KELLY/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.32: BROADHURST (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.07: CLIFFS OF FREEDOM – EW – (GARY HALPIN/CHARLES…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 4
1.30: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PIED PIPER – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: FAVORI DU CHAMPDOU – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CHRISS DREAM – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.30: NO ORDINARY JOE – EW – (LUCA…
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Selections for Naas – Mar. 12th 2023
1.57: NICK ROCKETT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.32: IRISH POINT (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.07: FALVIO – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 3.42: HANDS OF GOLD (MARK WALSH/ARTHUR MOORE) 4.17: LIMERICK LACE (MARK WALSH/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.52: THE TACK ROOM (SIMON TORRENS/JOHN KIELY) 5.27: FANCY GIRL (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Dempsey departure GAA peculiarity at its finest
Temptation was to begin this piece with reference to people starting things and not finishing them and having form for same. Perhaps best to leave that parked though. If only because Ray Dempsey could hardly have started much in Limerick and today he departed after just five league games. Ironically only days after getting their…
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A hard habit to break
Meath…2-11 Limerick…0-17 In what turned out to be Mick O’Dowd’s last game as Meath manager, his charges led Derry by seven points at half time in an All Ireland SFC Qualifier before capitulating spectacularly after half time. This corner cannot recall whether it had happened prior to that, but it certainly has been a habit…
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Two changes for Treaty trip
The Meath team for Sunday’s crucial Allianz NFL clash with Limerick shows two changes from that which lost out to Louth last weekend. Both alterations are enforced, with Seneschalstown’s Cathal Hickey replacing the suspended Harry O’Higgins and the experienced Padraic Harnan making his first appearance of the season. The Moynalvey clubman is listed to start…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 25th 2023
1.35: ZENTA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PURSE PRICE (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: LYSER – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (5)/BARRY CONNELL) 3.20: AFTER THE ROAR – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/EMMET MULLINS) 3.55: CAREFULLY SELECTED (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: BRIDESWELL LAD – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/SEAMUS NEVILLE) 5.05: PARK ANNONCIADE – EW – (BEN CRAWFORD (7)/STUART CRAWFORD)
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Selections for Naas – Feb. 11th 2023
1.05: BYKER (PHILIP ENRIGHT/CHARLES BYRNES) 1.40: HANDS OF GOLD (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.15: RAGLAN ROAD (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.50: LOOK DONT TOUCH – EW – (MARK MOLLOY (2*) /DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.25: MAGIC DAIZE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: ANNAMIX (JAMIE CODD/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 8th 2023
12.45: INSTIT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.15: SHANTOU LUCKY – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.45: CAPE GENTLEMAN – W/O FAV – (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN HANLON) 2.20: ONE LAST TANGO (AIDAN KELLY (7)/EOIN GRIFFIN) 2.50: CIRCUS ACT – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (5)/JAMES NASH) 3.20: LITTLE FLOUR – W/O FAV – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 3.50:…
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Selections for Punchestown – Jan. 30th 2023
12.47: DIVERGE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.22: SUNDIAL (SIMON TORRENS/PADRAIG ROCHE) 1.57: PINK IN THE PARK (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.22: CASTLE FIELD BOY – EW W/O FAV – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/PAT FOLEY) 3.07: SA FUERER (ROB JAMES (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.42: THEFAITHFULINDIAN (SIMON TORRENS/AIDAN HOWARD) 4.17: ESTHER’S MARVEL – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/KEN BUDDS)