Tag: Big Red Bench

  • It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

    It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

    Italia ’90 – even now, mention of the words together conjures so many memories. Pat Bonner’s grimace before that booming kickout against the Dutch, Genoa, Penalties, Bonner again, David O’Leary, the pub scene from The Snapper. Now read on… Another recollection from that glorious summer prompted what you are about to intake. A proclamation by…

  • Selections for Cork – Sept. 7th 2022

    Selections for Cork – Sept. 7th 2022

    4.05: TARAWA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.40: GAMBLE VELOCI (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.10: HEARTRATE (DECLAN MCDONOGH/KIERAN COTTER) 5.45: IVA BATT – EW – (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 6.15: KING OF SCOTIA (LEIGH ROCHE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 6.45: SPIRIT GAME (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.15: MIRACLES IN MAY – EW – (BEN COEN/MARK CAHILL)

  • Selections for Cork – July 22nd 2022

    Selections for Cork – July 22nd 2022

    5.15: ULTRAMARINE (MIKEY SHEEHY (3)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.45: FASTMAN – EW – (JAMIE POWELL (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.15: QUEEN OF OURS (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.45: PICTURE BLUE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.15: WARRIOR BRAVE – EW – (JAKE COEN (5)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 7.45: GOOD HEAVENS (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.15: LINGER FOR LONGER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/AUSTIN LEAHY)

  • Selections for Cork – June 2022

    Selections for Cork – June 2022

    5.05: SILMANIYA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.40: DE VELARA (WAYNE LORDAN/LIAM BROWNE) 6.10: PEARL PALINKA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.40: GEOCENTRIC (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.10: THUNDER KISS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.40: SAFECRACKER (SHANE KELLY/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.10: GOLDEN DAYS (RONAN WHELAN/TRACEY COLLINS)

  • Selections for Roscommon – May 23rd 2022

    Selections for Roscommon – May 23rd 2022

    4.30: SCHIELE (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: LASMUIGH – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: FASTMAN – EW – (CILLIAN MCCONNELL (4)*/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.00: SPASIBA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.30: ROSCARBERY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.00: FORGETMENOTBLUE – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: BLACK HAWK EAGLE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE)

  • Selections for Cork – May 18th 2022

    Selections for Cork – May 18th 2022

    5.05: RELEVANT RANGE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.40: MIDNIGHT TOKER (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.10: HARMONY ROSE – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) 6.40: BALLYSAX – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/BILL FARRELL) 7.10: MARHABA ASHMAYNE (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.40: URBAN OASIS (JAMIE POWELL (4)/JOHNNY FEANE) 8.10: ALHAAJEB – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS)

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 18th 2022

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 18th 2022

    1.50: TENZING (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: RICKY BOBBY – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (3)/JOHN JOE WALSH) 2.59: WHISKEY WEALTH – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/EOGHAN O’GRADY) 5.19: LARGY HILL (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.54: BELLE THE LIONESS (DAVY ROCHE (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) ** I’ve deliberately left the Hunter Chases out of my selections as I…

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 17th 2022

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 17th 2022

    1.10: EVERGREEN AND RED (DENIS O’REGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.45: VIA ROSA – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 2.20: CAYD BOY (SIMON TORRENS/LIZ DOYLE) 2.55: THE PRIESTS LEAP – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.30: MINELLA TIMES (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.05: CROSSHILL – EW – (JACK FOLEY (5)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.40: SIR BOB – EW –…

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 3rd 2022

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 3rd 2022

    2.05: LIFE IN COLOUR – EW – (RORY CLEARY/WILLIE MCCREERY) 2.37: LEVEL PITCH (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 3.12: POWER UNDER ME (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.47: BEAUTY CRESCENT (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.22: PEARL PALINKA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.57: NO SHOW (JOEY SHERIDAN/JIMMY MANGAN) 5.30: NUSRET (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)