Tag: Boxing Day

  • Danish Tasty evokes memories of battles past

    Danish Tasty evokes memories of battles past

    MANCHESTER UNITED…1 NEWCASTLE UNITED…0 Several times over the years in this space, mention has been made of the fact that yours truly was in the very fortunate position of having Sky Sports in at home before it became commonplace for that to be the case. Prior to that, being carried up the stairs in Mulvany’s…

  • Some questions answered with more new ones created

    Some questions answered with more new ones created

    Before we even reach the starting tape here, one can but doff your cap to Nicky Henderson and his team at Seven Barrows. What an amazing job they have done. Not only in coaxing, cajoling, maybe even codding, Constitution Hill back to full health. Not only that, but doing so in such a manner that…

  • Selections for Down Royal – Dec. 26th 2024

    Selections for Down Royal – Dec. 26th 2024

    11.40: AIR OF ENTITLEMENT (SEAN FLANAGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.13: DOWNMEXICOWAY (SEAN FLANAGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.48: ST DENIS’S WELL – EW – (JACK SMITH (4*)/IAN DONOGHUE) 1.23: STEP OUT – EW – (LIAM QUINLAN (3)/STUART CRAWFORD) 1.58: FINNIANS ROW – EW – (PADDY O’BRIEN (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 2.33: ITS ON THE LINE (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/EMMET MULLINS) 3.08:…

  • ‘Also-rans’ cause carnage carving up the field

    ‘Also-rans’ cause carnage carving up the field

    It’s actually very fitting that what you will read hereafter is being produced so close to St Stephen’s (Boxing) Day. For the day after Christmas itself was the occasion on which Gavin Sheehan cajoled a truly rousing rally out of Hewick which nabbed the King George in most unlikely fashion for ‘Shark’ Hanlon’s (temporarily Tara…