Tag: #BoylanTalksSport
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Gosden launches incredible defence of Murphy but will anybody listen?
It would be wagered that it would be universally accepted that John Gosden is one of the nicest gentlemen in horse racing. Yes, I will admit that when Kieran Shoemark lost the role as ‘first jockey’ in Gosden’s yard I was highly critical of the trainer and his son and joint licencee, Thady, but, the…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – June 23rd 2025
5.10: SUGAR CLUB (JAMES RYAN/NOEL MEADE) 5.40: NOBLER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.10: JANES HARBOUR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.40: TRIBAL MOON – EW – (KILLIAN LEONARD/DAN MURPHY) 7.15: ELVETHAM – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.50: DESERT FRIEND – EW – (BEN COEN/DENISE FOSTER) 8.20: LOT OF JOY – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Two’s company, will three be a game changer?
I’d love to get talking to a bookmaker someday to attain a better understanding of how the form markets. Or, put another way, price up events. Decide what price participants are going to be for a given event. For example, they can’t just pluck figures from the sky and decide, say, that Donegal are going…
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If you thought Septic football disappeared with Blatter… Think again.
Do you ever cast your mind back to the world before Netflix? Before specialised channels on the Sky platform. Like the individual discipline channels. History, Arts, Golf, Movies, Racing, Cricket, Documentaries, True Crime. You name it. Now, I’m sure the non sporting genres listed previous always got their run out, it was just that they…
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Tormey keeps up fine family tradition
When Hank Williams Jr had his hit song Family Tradition in 1979, he was referring to clan customs which the over sanitised political correctness of modern society would undoubtedly frown upon if not have a complete seizure. However, it’s highly unlikely there will be any protests around Ashbourne or Garristown anytime in the near future…
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A rising tide might carry all boats but some need life jackets
When steadily hurtling towards a fourth decade of being enveloped in sport at a level which far exceeds fandom, you do begin to think you’ve seen all there is to see. The good, the bad and the ugly, as the original Mr Eastwood might put it. Thank you very much to him! That said, there…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 5th 2025
4.20: MINERVA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.50: DARK VIPER – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (2*) /JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.25: AROUET (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.55: CURRAWOOD (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.25: PIERRE ROYAL (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.55: ALPHA CAPTURE (COLIN KEANE/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.30: ARTFUL APPROACH – EW – (JACK KEARNEY/STEPHEN THORNE) 8.05: AMPLITUDE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY)
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If achievement is measured against expectations we’re well in profit
MEATH… 0-21 ROSCOMMON… 2-15 Meath teams have a glorious history of doing great things on Saturdays. In my lifetime at least, any such commentary must begin on July 6th, 1991. When Kevin Foley put the finishing touches to the greatest goal ever scored in Croke Park. Which in itself was the prelude to Liam Hayes…
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Selections for Listowel – May 31st 2025
1.55: MAUGHREEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: WHOLELOTOFBUSINESS – EW – (GARY NOONAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.05: BALLYHARNEY – EW – (EOIN KELLY (7)/ADRIAN MURRAY) 3.40: A NOD TO GETAWAY (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAUL O’FLYNN) 4.13: LONG GONE – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.40: JEKIKI – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 5.20: POETIC TWIST (JOSH WILLIAMSON (7)/GORDON…
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Sideline Cuts – 40
Midweek Meanderings For reasons that hardly need elaborating, there are those who think I have my knife in the GAA at large presently. For said reason and that alone, a guilty plea will readily be entered. However, outside of the aforementioned subject area, even the most steadfast Gael must surely on occasion admit that the…