Life And Sport From An Armchair View
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) Balkito is a useful handicapper for 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... Continue Reading →
1.00: BURNING VICTORY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) Cheltenham Festival winner Burning Victory 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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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) Derek O'Connor pictured with his wife Carol 6.40: MAGIC DAZE (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)... Continue Reading →
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*) Run Wild Fred (near side) 5.40: CHAVI ARTIST... Continue Reading →
12.00: MICRO MANAGE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: SNAKE OIL - EW - (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) SNAKE OIL is on my list of horses to follow 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... Continue Reading →
FERNY HOLLOW (WILLIE MULLINS) Cheltenham Bumper winner 2020 - Ferny Hollow 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) Lieutenant Command could be the pick of a nice bunch of young horses in Noel... Continue Reading →
1.30: ZOOM ZOOM BABE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.05: ROBINNIA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: KAREN'S GIFT (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) 3.15: HELLO PILGRIM (PETER J. KAVANAGH (7)/COLIN BOWE) 3.50: CAPTAIN GUINNESS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) This Guinness could be good for Rachael and Henry 4.25: GLENQUIN CASTLE - EW - (MARK WALSH/MARTIN BRASIL) 4.55: CRACK ON CORRIE... Continue Reading →
1.05: PERRY OWENS - EW - (DENIS O'REGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.35: SHEER LISS (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: KING ALEX (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) Barry Connell with former retained rider Denis O'Regan 2.40: FAIRYHILL RUN (SEAN O'KEEFFE/JOHN RYAN) 3.15: BAILY THUNDER (PHILIP ENRIGHT/MICHAEL MORRIS) 3.50: LE HACHETTE (SEAN O'KEEFFE/JOHN RYAN) 4.25: WEIHNACHTS (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL)