Tag: CHELTENHAM
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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 20th 2024
1.15: MVEVE (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.50: NIKKI SVANGO – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (3)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 2.25: SHAADEN (BILLY LEE/PAT FLYNN) 3.00: RED CHARLIE – EW – (SAM COEN (10)/EMMET MULLINS) 3.35: LADY PAGASA (COLIN KEANE/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.10: LITTLE KEILEE – EW – (SAM COEN (10)/CIARAN MURPHY) 4.45: MARIANS GAL – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (5)/KEVIN…
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Grande outcome for Martin as Alphonse gets big pot back
Those of us who reckon Tony Martin was due a change of luck and indeed the man himself finally got a ball to break in the right direction. With today’s news that the decision to strip Alphonse Le Grande of the Cesarewitch Handicap was overturned on appeal earlier this week. The progressive handicapper was first…
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Cheltenham 2024 – Day 4
One is always fearful of coming across as boastful because, when it comes to picking winners, a pat on the back is only six inches from a kick in the arse. That said, Thursday did turn out much better than was expected. Thanks to GREY DAWNING and TEAHUPOO and SHAKEM UP ‘ARRY and INOTHEWAYURTHINKING all…
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Cheltenham 2024 – Day 2
At the outset here an apology – I completely underestimated the very obvious top notch credentials of both Gaelic Warrior and Stateman and for that I apologise. That said, while the notion of a Cheltenham ‘banker’ is generally steered away from, if there was one particular steed whose appearance was anticipated with greatest enthusiasm it…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 4
1.30: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PIED PIPER – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: FAVORI DU CHAMPDOU – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CHRISS DREAM – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.30: NO ORDINARY JOE – EW – (LUCA…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 3
1.30: MIGHTY POTTER (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: GOOD TIME JONNY – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: JANIDIL – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: BLAZING KHAL (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.10: HAUT EN COULEURS – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: FOXY GIRL – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: DUNBOYNE…
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The foreseen, the unexpected and the downright emotional
Less than 24 hours before the commencement of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, this corner had no problem admitting that, in some ways, not a sh** was given about the action at Prestbury Park. Mitigating such misgivings, though, was the hope that the sound of the Cheltenham roar at the start of the first race would…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 2
1.30: GOOD LAND (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: THE REAL WHACKER – EW – (SAM TWISTON-DAVIES/PADDY NEVILLE) 2.50: HMS SEAHORSE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 3.30: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: GALVIN (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: EPSON DU HOUX – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: BETTER DAYS AHEAD – EW – (JAMIE…
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Selections for Cheltenham Day 1 2023
1.30: MARINE NATIONALE (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: EL FABIOLO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: THE BIG BREAKAWAY – EW – (BRENDAN POWELL/JOE TIZZARD) 3.30: VAUBAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: BRANDY LOVE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: BAD – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/BEN PAULING) 5.30: MISTER COFFEY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/NICKY HENDERSON)
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Kennedy a major Festival doubt
Jack Kennedy has emerged as a serious doubt for this year’s Cheltenham Festival having sustained a significant leg injury following a fall from Top Bandit in a novice chase at Naas on Sunday. Gordon Elliott trains Top Bandit and he said the jockey faces being sidelined for the “Foreseeable future” owing to what is by…