Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Dunboyne native and former Irish Amateur Boxing Champion Kevin Gilligan puts the Amanda Serrano camp back in their box at the Press Conference before they prepare to take on our own Katie Taylor on the undercard as Mike Tyson squares up to social media motor mouth Jake Paul. As Serrano's camp were bleating on in... Continue Reading →
"Don't ever f*****g tell me how to ride a horse again". There's not many lines of work in which one could so vehementally rail against instructions dispensed by an employer and hope to survive such a skirmish. You couldn't exactly imagine WP Mullins or PF Nicholls or AP O'Brien reacting as serenely as the berated... Continue Reading →
4.25: IF YOU LET ME (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.00: MASTER PLAYER - EW - (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 5.35: MORTIMER DUKE (MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) Mortimer Duke will be hoping to be Trading Places with all rivals for the winners' enclosure in Kilbeggan this evening 6.10: OLYMPY DE CERISY (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.45: LISNAMULT LAD - EW... Continue Reading →
4.15: HOTAZHELL (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.50: CARDINAL ZIN (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 5.25: FERRYBANK - EW - (BILLY LEE/TED WALSH) 5.55: RAMPAGE - EW - (JAMES RYAN (5)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.30: YOU OWE ME MONEY (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/GER O'LEARY) 7.05: QUEENSTOWN - W/O FAV - (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 7.40: ROTOLO - EW - (NEEVE BENNETT (7)/BILL FARRELL)... Continue Reading →
4.55: NATURAL LOOK (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.30: LIEBER NIC (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) The colours of the late Nicolai Schuster will be carried tonight in Clonmel 6.00: C'EST RIEN - EW - (DANNY MULLINS/TOM MULLINS) 6.30: FLICKER OF HOPE (AIDAN KELLY (5)/MARK FAHEY) 7.00: ABOY JOEY (GARY NOONAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 7.30: TURING TEST - EW... Continue Reading →
5.30: SALVATOR MUNDI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: MA BELLE ETOILLE - EW - (BRIAN HAYES/J.E. & T. KIELY) 6.30: WEE CHARLIE - EW - (OAKLEY BROWN (5)/TOM GIBNEY) 7.00: OAKLEY (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) Tony Mullins is every bit as good a trainer as any of the family, but doesn't get the same profile 7.30: BACKMEORSACKME... Continue Reading →
5.10: REDSHORE CITY (BILLY LEE/NATALIA LUPINI) 5.45: LAND LOVER - EW - (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 6.15: BROSNA TOWN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) D.K. has a couple of live chances at the foot of Benbulben as he undoubtedly has one eye on his most important week of the year 6.45: MIAMI SUNSHINE (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/ADRIAN MURRAY) 7.15:... Continue Reading →
4.40: KUDASHEVA (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) Could Henry and Rachael get a head start on the big noises in the Jockeys and Trainers Championships? 5.10: MOONLIGHT JAZZ (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.40: UNDENIABLE ALIBI - EW - (DANNY GILLIGAN (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.10: ZOFFMAN - EW - (DAN KING/DENIS HOGAN) 6.40: VISIONARIAN - EW - (KEITH... Continue Reading →
4.25: ELZEM (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.55: GOSFORD - EW - (JAMES RYAN (5)/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.25: ON OUR RADAR (CIAN HORGAN (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.55: ROCKBURY LAD - EW - (COLIN KEANE/MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN) 6.25: NAVAL FORCE (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O'BRIEN) Gavin Ryan 6.55: DUKE OF LEGGAGH (SEAN BIRD (2*)/MICK MULVANY) 7.25: STARIAM (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON)
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler's own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it's difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from... Continue Reading →