What was the first price you can remember for a packet of Tayto Cheese And Onion? For me, it was an old 10p. Back then, they were considered a major treat - usually during or after a Meath match or if some of the clan happened to be in the local watering hole it was... Continue Reading →
Selections for Listowel – Sept. 19th 2021
1.30: FEIGH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.00: FRENCH MADE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: CONQUERING TARA - EW - (JACK KENNEDY/MICHAEL KENNEDY) Jack Kennedy will be hoping for a good week on his home turf 3.00: ELITE DES MOTTES - EW - (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.30: WALL OF FAME (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: GRANGE WALK (BRYAN... Continue Reading →
Selections for Gowran – Sept. 18th 2021
1.35: HISTORY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 2.10: ADONIS (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.45: LADY LEONORA - EW - (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.20: FACETHEPUCOUT - EW - (KEVIN MANNIG/LEANNE BREEN) 3.55: IMPOSING SUPREME - EW - (CHRIS HAYES/TOM GIBNEY) 4.30: MODDY PODDLE (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 5.00: JO MARCH (HUGH HORGAN (4)/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.35: RIGHT TURN (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS)
Selections for Navan – Sept. 18th 2021
1.15: LUKE SHORT - EW - (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.45: ELEGANT LASS - EW - (SHEILA AHERN/TOM GIBNEY) 2.20: APRIL'S MOON - EW - (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.55: CHEMICAL ENERGY (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) The dynamic duo are reunited 3.30: BORN PATRIOT (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 4.05: MUTUAL RESPECT - EW - (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 4.40:... Continue Reading →
The seat of the High Kings – but no room for this seat
Tara - mere mention of the place sets the senses alight. Especially if you happen to be a subject of the Royal County. From Paddy Reilly's haunting rendition of The Harp That Once to Sean Boylan's legendary training sessions on the Hill, a golf club that's one of the great sporting institutions in the county... Continue Reading →
Selections for Dundalk – Sept. 17th 2021
4.40: HMS ENDEAVOUR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.10: REDBUD (CIAN MAC REDMOND (7)/FOZZY STACK) 5.45: EGLISH - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.15: SHIMLA ROLANN (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/HILLARY MCLOUGHLIN) 6.45: BROSNA EMPRESS - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.15: GOLDEN VALOUR - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/RICHARD O'BRIEN) 7.45: LEO DE FURY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) Leo De... Continue Reading →
Selections for Downpatrick – Sept. 17th 2021
1.25: THE GREEK (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.00: KNOCK ON STEEL (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/BRIAN JORDAN) 2.35: SAMANTHA SUNSHINE - EW - (HUGH MORGAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.10: ALLY CAY (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) Jack Gilligan 3.45: WITHALLDUERESPECT (MIKE O'CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: DAKOTA BEACH - EW - (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: TOP BANDIT (JAMIE CODD/GORDON... Continue Reading →
In the dog house now…or his bed at least!
Do you remember the old Batman television series from years ago? The one in which Adam West played the 'Caped Crusader' and Burt Ward was his trusty sidekick Robin, aka 'The Boy Wonder'. At the end of almost every episode, the Dynamic Duo would be left impaled in some precarious position in one of the... Continue Reading →
Selections for Naas – Sept. 16th 2021
1.25: PIRATE JENNY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.00: NERO TULIP (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.35: RED LACEWING (ANDY SLATTERY/FOZZY STACK) Andy Slattery has been employed by some of the top trainers 3.10: OUR LOUISE (SIOBHAN RUTELEDGE (7)/LIAM MCATEER) 3.45: MUMAYAAZ (CHRIS HAYES/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 4.20: EUROCRAT (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.50: DOMESTIC GODESS - EW - (NATHAN CROSSE (3)/JESSICA... Continue Reading →
Gap between the great and the good glaringly exposed
Rotor Volgograd - no, I'd never heard of them before (or since) either. Peter Schmeichel scored what this corner reckons was his only goal for Manchester United against the Russian outfit, in the UEFA Cup. Drawing the encounter on the night and indeed over the two legs. But the minnows went through via the away... Continue Reading →