Tag: Aintree
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Jan. 28th 2023
12.26: BRONN (DARYL JACOB/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.01: HALSAFARI – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/MICHAEL BOWE) 1.36: TYRE KICKER (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.11: ASHROE DIAMOND (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.46: FOUND A FIFTY – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.21: BUDDY ONE – EW – (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 3.56: OTTOMAN STYLE (PADDY O’HANLON (2)*/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN)
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Grand National Shortlist
Right people, time to step up to the oche and fire a few darts at the expedition that is the Aintree Grand National… SCHOOL BOY HOURS (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE, 18/1) Yes a sentimental pick on my part BUT he is quietly fancied on merit too. A proven stayer, Paddy Power winner at Christmas, was running…
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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…