Tag: Aidan Coleman
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JP catches racing clan cold with Cobden call
There is a sneery element of Irish society and, it pains me to say, the media, whose greatest function in life seems to be bandwagoning on people’s misfortune. Or at the very least finding fault with every scintilla of what they do in life. Now read on… There’s one particular hack at national level –…
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Selections for Wexford – Oct. 30th 2022
1.00: THE MEDIATOR (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: AIDE DE CAMP – EW – (AIDAN COLEMAN/DENIS HOGAN) 2.05: MARTHA DEVINE (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 2.40: FOX LE BAI – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/LIZ DOYLE) 3.15: GOLD CUP BAILY (DARYL JACOB/STUART CRAWFORD) 3.50: OPTIONAL MIX (JORDAN GAINFORD/EOIN DOYLE) 4.20: GLORY LISS (DAVY KIELY (7)/JOHN KIELY)
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Selections for Roscommon – Sept. 26th 2022
1.50: AIDE DE CAMP – EW – (AIDAN COLEMAN/DENIS HOGAN) 2.25: EDGE OF MY SEAT – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (7)/AIDAN HOWARD) 3.00: BETTY DUTTON – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.35: HASCOEUR CLERMONT (KIEREN BUCKLEY (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.10: SIT DOWN LUCY (SEAN FLANAGAN/PETER FAHEY) 4.45: MISS POLLY SHELBY – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/RONAN MCNALLY)…
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Racing’s revolving doors
‘Form lines’ is a phrase often deployed in horse racing. Generally in reference to competing steeds who have crossed paths previously. It tends, also, to be put to use in team sports where two entities develop a rivalry over time. The line’s appearance here has nothing to do with either of the examples utilised thus…
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McGrath in demand as Dons move breaks down
Athboy man Jamie McGrath is in big demand during the current transfer window. The midfielder began his professional career overseas with St Mirren having caught the eye of talent scouts with St Patrick’s Athletic and Dundalk. However, what appeared to be a ‘done deal’ move to Aberdeen fell through after the player – who became…
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Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 3rd 2021
1.00: ANNIE G (AIDAN COLEMAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.30: JASON THE MILLITANT – W/O FAV – (HUGH MORGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.05: HALLOWED STAR (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 2.40: ARCTIC LIGHT – EW – (MARK WALSH/TOM MULLINS) 3.15: GLENQUIN CASTLE (MARK WALSH/MARTIN BRASSIL) 3.45: GIN ON LIME (ROBBIE POWER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: WESTERN SEA (CATHAL LANDERS/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 4.55:…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 2nd 2021
1.00: IBERIQUE DU SEUIL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: HELISONE (AIDAN COLEMAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.10: CASAMARI ABBEY – EW – (A. N. OTHER*/PAT FAHY) 2.45: TULLYBEG (JORDAN GAINFORD (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: EASY GAME (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: O’CONNELL STREET (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: FULLY CHARGED (HUGH MORGAN (3)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.05: GOLDEN SPREAD – W/O FAV…
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Smashing the glass ceiling with the passing of the baton
The first jumps meeting of the season at Fairyhouse, usually in early October, is generally when the racing radar in this seat really becomes hyper sensitive. That isn’t to say one wouldn’t be attuned to goings on prior to that date. Just that the fixture in question is generally the cue for things to ratchet…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep 17
This episode was filmed over two evenings in order to cast an eye over as much of what was a truly remarkable Easter weekend’s racing both at Faryhouse and Cork. Three days packed with stories, each of which would be worthy of being a seasonal highlight in their own right.