Life And Sport From An Armchair View
They say timing is everything. So it would be hard not to feel there was an ulterior motive at play with the timing of the broadcasting of the recent Panorama programme on BBC entitled Racing’s Dark Side. Coming as it did in the lead up to both Gordon Elliott’s return from suspension and the Galway... Continue Reading →
Over the course of a lifetime, it is a sad reality that dreams very seldom do come true. Best laid plans come unstuck. If it looks too good to be true, it generally is. But then, there are those who don't read the script. Or peruse it and choose to ignore it. How else to... Continue Reading →
4.00: VICTORY MARCH - EW - (CHARLIE HART (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.30: HALLOWED STAR (JORDAN GAINFORD (2)/JOHN HANLON) 5.00: GETAWAY GORGEOUS - EW - (JACK FOLEY (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: TRONADOR - EW - (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) Chelenham Festival scorer Tronador can go in again 6.05: RUSSIAN DIAMOND (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 6.40: BATTLEOVERDOYEN (JORDAN GAINFORD (5)/DENISE FOSTER*)... Continue Reading →
4.35: TAX FOR MAX (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.10: LOW SUN - EW - (DONAGH MEYLER/DENIS HOGAN) 5.45: GIN ON LIME (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.15: CIEL DE NEIGE - EW - (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) The Champion Jockey is the man to follow on Thursday 6.45: PUNTERS POET (PAUL TOWNEND/MATTHEW SMITH) 7.15: BANBRIDGE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN)... Continue Reading →
4.35: VALENTINA LADY - EW - (SEAN O'KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) Paul Nolan has enjoyed big success at Ballybrit in the past 5.10: DARK VOYAGER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.45: LASPARAS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.15: OFF YOU GO - EW - (JODY MCGARVEY/CATHAL BYRNES) 6.45: DALTON HIGHWAY (JACK KENNEDY/DERMOT WELD) 7.15: STAR MAX - EW - (SHANE FITZGERALD... Continue Reading →
A week on and around the dinner table this evening the discussion was still about the short spell a week ago when it appeared Meath might, just might, rock the football world. Alas it wasn't to be, but as one national media outlet put it in the aftermath of the match that Meath's valiant effort... Continue Reading →
I was deeply saddened yesterday evening to learn of the passing of Tommy Mahon, pillar of Kilbride GFC, nurturer of generations of football talent in Meath, horse racing fan and, above all else, a dear friend to me and many over a long number of years. How fitting it was that only days before his... Continue Reading →
4.35: EMILLIE GRAY (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.10: RADIYKA (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.45: LUSSTOWN BABA - EW - (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) Lusstown Baba will be suited by an ease in the ground in Ballybrit 6.15: MOSALA - EW - (CHRIS HAYES/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.45: BASEMAN (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 7.15: ADAPT TO DAN - EW - (JOEY... Continue Reading →
4.10: DUKE DE SESSA (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 4.40: DAGODA - EW - (ROBBIE COLGAN/SHEILA LAVERY) 5.15: GODHEAD - EW - (GAVIN RYAN/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 5.45: MR COLDSTONE (WAYNE LORDAN/WILLIE MULLINS) Mr Coldstone winning over timber 6.15: DE NAME ESCAPESME - EW - (DEREK O'CONNOR/NOEL MEADE) 6.45: RAZDAN - EW - (GAVIN RYAN/MATTHEW SMITH) 7.15: CIEL D'AFRIQUE... Continue Reading →
It's all about the land this week, great to get out and about in the current exceptional weather. Firstly in my most beloved spot outside of my own as the Clarkes deal with a good looking crop of Winter Oats. Then, in the evening time, it was off out to visit one of my carers,... Continue Reading →