Tag: Barry Connell
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 29th 2022
12.00: TEMPTATIONINMILAN – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES (2*) /CHARLES BYRNES) 12.35: GOOD LAND (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (5)/BARRY CONNELL) 1.10: QUEENS BROOK (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: GAILLARD DU MESNIL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: VAUBAN (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.55: SPIRIT OF LEGEND – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: FASCILE MODE – EW – (CHARLIE MULLINS (7)/TOM […]
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Barry Connell, Bective Stud, Boylan Talks Sport, Boylan Tips Winners, Charlie Mullins, Christmas Racing, Dave Nevison, Foxrock, Gigginstown House Stud, Good Land, Gordon Elliott, Horse Racing, Irish Racing, Leopardstown Christmas Festival, Mark Your Card, Meath GAA, Michael O’Leary, National Hunt, Noel Moran, Patrick Mullins, Racing Post, Racing Tips, Racing TV, Rich Ricci, Sharjah, The Irish Field, Thursday Tips, Tom Mullins, Vauban, willie mullins -
Trusting your own judgement and reserving it on others
One of the perhaps lesser known drawbacks of dealing with depression, or indeed any mental health difficulty is the ferocity and rapidity with which it can decimate a body’s confidence. Conversely, it can then take millennia to rebuild. Thus, having got myself physically and mentally strong enough to go to the Fairyhouse Winter Festival, there […]
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Bar One Racing, Barry Connell, Bective Stud, Better Days Ahead, Boylan Talks Sport, Boylan Talks Sport Horses To Follow, Boylan Tips Winners, Brian Acheson, Caldwell Construction, Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Festival, Cleve Hill, Drinmore Novice Chase, Fairyhouse, Fairyhouse Winter Festival, Gordon Elliott, Hattons Grace Hurdle, Henry De Bromhead, Honeysuckle, Horse Racing, Kenny Alexander, Klassical Dream, Leading The Field, Marine Nationale, Michael O’Sullivan, Mighty Potter, Rachael Blackmore, Robcour, Royal Bond Novice Hurdle, Teahupoo -
Selections for Wexford – Oct. 31st 2022
1.00: IMAGINE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.30: ITWASFATE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.05: LASER FOCUS (MIKEY O’CONNOR (2*) /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.40: HARRY DES ONGRAIS (DAVY RUSSELL/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.15: FRONTAL ASSAULT (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.25: GOOD LAND (FINNY MAGUIRE/BARRY CONNELL)
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Bank Holiday Bets, Bank Holiday Bonus, Barry Connell, Boylan Talks Sport, Boylan Tips Winners, Colm Murphy, Dave Nevison, Finny Maguire, Horse Racing, Irish Racing, Jordan Gainford, Mark Your Card, Monday Moneymakers, National Hunt, Racing Post, Racing Tips, Racing TV, The Irish Field, Wexford, Wexford People, Wexford Racecourse, Wexford Winners, Winter Jumping, Winter Racing -
Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 3rd 2022
1.45: THE MODEL KINGDOM (BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 2.20: ALPESH AMIN – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ERIC MCNAMARA) 2.55: BALKITO (MIKEY O’SULLIVAN (7)/BARRY CONNELL) 3.30: CITIZEN’S ARMY – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 4.05: SO SCOTTISH (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.40: INDIE BELLE (JJ SLEVIN/ROBERT WIDGER) 5.10: KILTA (JODY TOWNEND (3)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN)
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Balkito, Barry Connell, Boylan Talks Sport, Boylan Tips Winners, Dave Nevison, Eugene O’Sullivan, Horse Racing, Limerick Junction, Mark Your Card, Mike O'Sullivan, Monday Moneymakers, National Hunt, Nenagh Guardian, Racing Post, Racing Tips, Racing TV, Ross O'Sullivan, The Irish Field, Tipp FM, Tipperary Star, Tipperary Tracks, Winter Racing -
Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 23rd 2022
1.00: BURNING VICTORY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.35: NONBINDING (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: RAMILLIES (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: MY IMMORTAL (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 3.15: OUR MISS POWER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EOGHAN O’GRADY) 3.50: BLUE MARKIE – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/ANDY MCNAMARA) 4.25: HAPPY DREAMS – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/MICHAEL MCDONAGH) 5.00: IMAGINE (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Barry Connell, Betfair, Boylan Talks Sport, Boylan Tips Winners, Boylesports, Burning Victory, Dave Nevison, Gary Moore, Go Racing In Kildare, Gordon Elliott, Goshen, Healy Racing Photography, Horse Racing, Imagine, Jamie Codd, John Lennon, Ladbrokes, Mark Your Card, Midweek Moneymakers, National Hunt, Paddy Power, Punchestown, Racing Post, Racing Tips, Racing TV, Shona Dreaper, The Irish Field, Triumph Hurdle, Wednesday Winners -
Small fish get swallowed up in a big pond
The year and a bit spent as Racing Manager-ish for the late Ollie Cunningham and my father- even though the latter always denied any official involvement – was among the happiest time I’ve spent on this big old ball. Mostly because it was probably the nearest these wheels will ever get to racehorse ownership. Not […]
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Ambrose McCurtin, Ballinrobe, Barry Connell, Boylan Talks Sport, David Broad, Dingle, Foxrock, French Made, Fungi, Horse Racing, John B. Keane, KERRY, Listowel, Listowel Harvest Festival, Listowel Writer’s Week, No Memory, Paul Townend, Punchestown, Racing Tips, Racing TV, Ring Of Kerry, Ted Walsh, William Coleman O'Brien, willie mullins -
Selections For Galway – Sept. 6th 2021
4.05: YOUNG FITZY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.35: OUTLIER – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FLYNN) 5.05: JAZZAWAY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.40: CAPTAIN JIMMY – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN (7)/PAT KELLY) 6.10: FARRAWAY BAY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/MARK MOLLOY) 6.40: MAGIC DAZE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.10: TWILIGHT GIRL (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 7.40: […]
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Selections for Fairyhouse – April. 5th 2021
2.05: BIG KING – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL 2.40: TEAHUPOO (ROBBIE POWER/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.15: KLASSY KAY – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: STORMY IRELAND – EW – (A. N. OTHER/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: FAKIR D’OUDAIRIES (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: RUN WILD FRED (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.40: CHAVI ARTIST – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/TOM […]
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150th running, Barry Connell, Boylesports, Brian Hayes, Conor McNamara, Cullentra House, Danny Mullins, Denise Foster, Fairyhouse, Fairyhouse Easter Festival, Gigginstown House Stud, Horse Racing, Irish Grand National, Jack Kennedy, Jerrysback, Jody McGarvey, John P McManus, Leading The Field, Mark Bolger, Mark Your Card, Mouse Morris 70th Birthday, National Hunt, Peter Roe, Philip Hobbs, Rachael Blackmore, Racing Tips, Racing TV, Richard Johnson, Robbie Power, Robcour, willie mullins -
Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 26th 2020
12.00: MICRO MANAGE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: SNAKE OIL – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) 1.05: HA DOR W/O FAV (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.40: BIG KING – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) 2.15: BLACKBOW (DAVID MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: JAN MAAT – EW – (HUGH MORGAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: GATEAU DU MIEL – EW – […]
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HORSES TO FOLLOW 2020/’21
FERNY HOLLOW (WILLIE MULLINS) DARK VOYAGER (WILLIE MULLINS) APPRECIATE IT (WILLIE MULLINS) STATTLER (WILLIE MULLINS) QUIILIXIOUS(GORDON ELLIOTT) CHEMICAL ENERGY (GORDON ELLIOTT) SIR GERHARD (GORDON ELLIOTT) DUFFLE COAT (GORDON ELLIOTT) LIEUTENANT COMMAND (NOEL MEADE) HE’S A HARDY BLOKE (NOEL MEADE) BARBURY MASTER (NOEL MEADE) SNAKE OIL (BARRY CONNELL) ANY GIVIN SUNDAY (TOM TAAFFE) ON EAGLES WINGS […]