Tag: #Cheltenham2023
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Cheltenham 2024 – Day 3
In the interest of honesty and fairness, at my own expense, it will be admitted that the third day of the Cheltenham Festival has always been my toughest day with regard to garnering winners, but, after ‘saver’ bets on Captain Guinness and Langer Dan saved the satchel, we go again. 1.30 – GOLDEN MILLER NOVICE…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 8th 2023
5.30: GENTLE AND KIND (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.00: HASHTAG PRETENDER (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 6.30: FILL THE TANK – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (5)/AENGUS KING) 7.00: GENTLEMAN JOE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.30: AGIRLCALLEDCHLOE – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 8.00: TECH TALK – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 8.30: PORTCAMMON (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 28th 2023
3.40: SPEAKER THOMAS – EW – (TOM HAMILTON/JOHN HANLON) 4.15: MAC’S CHARM – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.25: STATE MAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: HIGH DEFINITION – W/O FAV – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.35: ITS ON THE LINE (DEREK O’CONNOR/EMMET MULLINS) 7.10: SPILLANE’S TOWER – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/JIMMY…
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 18th 2023
1.55: PONT AVAL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: INDIANA JONES (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MOUSE MORRIS) 3.05: HYMIE WEISS – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.40: QUIRKES GATE (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 4.15: SOMMERVILLE BOY (RACHAEL BLSCKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: SHANTOU LUCKY – EW – (PATRICK O’BRIEN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.20: I WON’T BACK DOWN – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/SAM CURLING)
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Selections for Down Royal – Mar. 17th 2023
1.50: STUZZIKINI (DENIS O’REGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.30: THECORNERHOUSE (EAMON DWANE/JULIE CASHIN) 3.10: OTTOMAN STYLE – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.50: PENCILFULLOFLED (DENIS O’REGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: CARRIG SAM (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 5.10: ULTIMATE OPTIMIST (A. HARVEY (7)/DAVID CHRISTIE) 5.50: SILVER LARK (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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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)