Movie aficionados would of course have known this instantly, but, this corner only learned this evening that I Am Maximus is a reference to Russell Crowe’s character in Gladiator. So it was probably only appropriate that the greatest gladiator there is in terms of racehorse ownership, JP McManus, not only bought the horse in the… Read More JP’s last minute shopping pays off
2.05: RAZDAN – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/CHRIS TIMMONS) 2.40: TEKAO (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: UNANSWERED – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 3.50: FIL DOR (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.20: FRENCH DYNAMITE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MOUSE MORRIS) 5.00: GEVREY – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.40: MACS CHARM – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 6.10: FIREFOX (JAMIE CODD/GORDON… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 10th 2023
1.25: IDEAL DU TARBET – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.00: L’ANAMOUR – EW – (DARYL JACOB/STUART CRAWFORD) 2.35: PRINCESS ZOE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 3.10: DOCTOR BRAVO (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.45: NUCKY JOHNSON (DENIS O’REGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.20: DINOBLUE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.55: MIGHTY POTTER (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: TOP GUN SIMMY –… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 9th 2023
1.40: HORANTZAU DAIRY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.15: IDEAL DU TARBET (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.50: BALLINLOUGH GALE – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (4*) /GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.25: WA WA – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 4.00: DERRYLINDA – W/O FAV – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.35: HYMIE WEISS – EW – (PAT TAAFFE/NOEL MEADE) 5.10: ARCTIC FLY (PATRICK… Read More Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 6th 2023
3.55: OKITA SOUSHI (MIKEY SHEEHY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.25: HARRY’S BAR (CIAN MACREDMOND (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.00: GOBI STAR (CHRIS HAYES/PAT MARTIN) 5.30: ANGEL IN THE SKY – EW – (NATHAN CROSSE/LUKE COMER) 6.00: TEUTATES (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.30: ARCANEARS (SAM EWING/MICK HALFORD) 7.00: NUMIDA – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (4*) /PETER LAWLOR) 7.30: MULGRAVE (DONOGH O’CONNOR/JOHN MCCONNELL)
12.26: BRONN (DARYL JACOB/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.01: HALSAFARI – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/MICHAEL BOWE) 1.36: TYRE KICKER (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.11: ASHROE DIAMOND (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.46: FOUND A FIFTY – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.21: BUDDY ONE – EW – (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 3.56: OTTOMAN STYLE (PADDY O’HANLON (2)*/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN)
12.20: NATIVE GOLD – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/EDDIE CAWLEY) 12.50: LESSOFTHENEGATIVITY – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/ANDY MCNAMARA) 1.22: CHARLIE LUCIANO BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 1.52: THE SHORT GO (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.22: ERIC BLOODAXE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.52: BANADA BRIDGE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/DENISE FOSTER) 3.22: FLASHTHELIGHTS – EW – (DAIRE MCCONVILLE (7)/STEPHEN… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 8th 2022
1.05: AZAZAT – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 1.40: TEA OLIVE (JAMIE POWELL (5)/NOEL MEADE) 2.15: SWIFT FLIGHT – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) 2.50: CHAMPAGNE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.25: THEFAITHFULINDIAN – EW – (BILLY LEE/AIDAN HOWARD) 4.00: UNANSWERED – EW – (BEN COEN/TONY MARTIN) 4.35: CACTUS TREE – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/JAMES LAMBE)
1.30: STATIC CHARGE (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 2.00: YOUNG IRELAND – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 2.30: JEANIEMACARONEY – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.00: STORMIE OUTLOOK – EW – (BILLY LEE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.30: SHEILA – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.00: FACETHEPUCOUT (EMMET MCNAMARA/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 4.35: ENGAGEMENT RING (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.10: STAR OFFICIAL… Read More Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 18th 2022
If you’ve perused content in this space over the past week or so, you’ll know – it’s no secret – that yours truly has been playing against the wind for several reasons. Without doubt the most difficult knock-on effect of the latest stint in sickbay was missing Dunboyne’s historic completion of a three in a… Read More A week for breakthroughs and re-affirmation