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Irish eyes smiling with longing happiness!
It’s almost impossible to quantify the magnitude of what Meath undertook in 1968 when – as ‘outgoing’ All Ireland Champions – the headed for Australia. To be honest, not a whole lot is known about the expedition but – and if the following is incorrect please advise – what is known (I think!) is that […]
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Selections for The Curragh – Sept. 25th 2022
1.25: DARK SIDE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.55: HASIYNA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.30: FREEDOM FALLS (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 3.05: JUST BEAUTIFUL (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.40: KEEP IN TOUCH – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.15: CLEVELAND – EW – (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.45: SEMBLANCE OF ORDER (BILLY LEE/ANDY OLIVER) 5.20: ZOFFMAN (DYLAN B. […]
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 24th 2022
1.20: ACE AUSSIE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/JOHN HANLON) 1.55: CHAMP KIELY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: ALVARO – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/ERIC MCNAMARA) 3.05: SIMPATICO – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (5)/COLM MURPHY) 3.43: MARELLY – EW – (GARY NOONAN (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.18: SIL VER KLASS (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 4.53: IT COULD BE YOU – EW […]
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Selections for The Curragh – Sept. 24th 2022
1.05: NEW IMAGE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.35: ADELAIDE RIVER (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.10: LOKADA – EW – (LEIGH ROCHE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 2.45: PURE CIRCLE – EW – (JAKE COEN (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: HE’S A MONSTER – EW – (HOLLIE DOYLE/ARCHIE WATSON, IN GB) 3.55: STRONG JOHNSON – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DENIS CULLEN) 4.30: STAR OF CASHEL […]
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One step forward, at least four back
The inner sanctum of the GAA at any given time and its surviving elders are about as receptive to change as one would be to a fart in a space suit. To that end, it’s actually quite astounding that initiatives like the Back Door, the introduction of red and yellow cards and the belated adoption […]
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Selections for Dundalk – Sept. 23rd 2022
5.00: CREATIVE POWER – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.30: COMETH THE MAN (ADAM CAFFREY (7)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.00: SISTER LOLA – EW – (JAKE COEN/JAMES MCAULEY) 6.30: PERSEIDS (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.00: STATE OCCASION (ROSSA RYAN/RALPH BECKETT, IN GB) 7.30: CHAOS CONTROL – EW – (BILLY LEE/ANDY OLIVER) 8.00: TWO TWO TIME – EW – […]
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 23rd 2022
1.40: THE SHORT GO (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.15: GLAN – EW – (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: MY FRIEND THE WIND – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 3.25: BATTLE OF BENBURB (KIEREN BUCKLEY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 4.00: CAHIRDOWN BOY – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 4.35: SNUGSBOROUGH BENNY – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/SHANE BRODERICK) 5.10: SANDHURST […]
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A poignant thought provoking day
Reliance on or repetition of clichés is one of the greatest foibles in this business. Yet sometimes they are unavoidable. Hereafter details one such of those days… ‘Horses for courses’ is one which, naturally enough, has its origins in horse racing. Though it has readily morphed into being useful in many other facets of life. […]
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 22nd 2022
1.25: LARK IN THE MORNIN (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.00: SHEILA (SEAN BOWEN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 2.35: WESTERNESSE (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.10: THE BLUE PANTHER – EW – (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 2.45: BUTTERFLY GARDEN – EW – (JESSICA O’GORMAN (10)/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 3.20: FLYING DOLPHIN (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.55: THE VERY MAN – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) […]
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 21st 2022
2.00: NO RISK NO FUN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.35: UNCLE PHIL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: ANOTHER CHOICE (PAUL TOWNEND/MATTHEW SMITH) 3.45: INFLUENTIAL LADY – W/O FAV – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 4.20: EARLY DOORS – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.55: LIFE IN THE PARK (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: NO. 1