Tag: Merry Gale

  • Another of the ‘Dreaper Lads’ heads for the gallops above

    Another of the ‘Dreaper Lads’ heads for the gallops above

    No matter what one’s interests are in life, if they become a big enough part of your life, it moves away from the realm of pass time to something more significant. Then, if you happen to be blessed like me, it can be how you earn your few bob as well. I wouldn’t call it…

  • 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…