Tag: Barry Geraghty
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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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He’s only gone and done it again
It’s hard to know which is the most surprising, that the bookies let Lord Lariat go off at 40/1, or that yours truly forgot to put a few bob thereon having had the pleasure of spending an evening in the company of the steed’s wonderful trainer, Dermot McLoughlin. Sometimes though, it’s not about the punting.…
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Keeping it local – a key part of the Boylesports Irish Grand National story
They say home is where the heart is. Seldom if ever has an adage been more applicable than in the case of the Boylesports Irish Grand National, the 150th incarnation of which was launched in Dunboyne Castle Hotel this evening. Just think of some of the names associated with Ireland’s greatest race. The Moore family,…
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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.