Tag: #Cheltenham2024
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Good doctor? Nutty Professor more like
The lunatics are trying to take over the asylum. Colm O’Rourke’s notions about splitting Dublin in two has finally been usurped as the most madcap, lampoonable sports proposal out there. By a doctor no less. Now read on… The man Matt Chapman of Sky Sports and ITV Racing described as “The Good Doctor” – Newland…
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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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Cheltenham 2024 – Day 1
And so it begins. Just like last year, well, in fact every year since da died, the Cheltenham Festival is upon us and I feel no more ready for it than a cow does for a Bank Holiday. Still, I am ever mindful of and grateful to those of you who follow my Racing Tips…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 3rd 2024
1.40: CAPTAIN COADY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.15: MASTER OTIS – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (2*) /TOM MULLINS) 2.50: CASH BACK (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: DREAM ESCAPE – EW – (JACK FOLEY/TOM MULLINS) 4.00: GENOIS (SIMON TORRENS/ENDA BOLGER) 4.35: PICTURES OF HOME – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (5)/TED WALSH) 5.07: RURAL LINK – EW – (FINN…
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Selections for Navan – Mar. 2nd 2024
1.35: WELCOME BACK – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: INSTANT TENDANCE (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: EL CAPITAINE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) 3.15: SPECIAL CADEAUX (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.48: SPILLANE’S TOWER (MARK WALSH/JIMMY MANGAN) 4.23: ASH TREE MEADOW (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.58: INTERSKY SUNSET (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY)
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One dream coming true keeps another one alive – 6/1/24
My niece Ciara graduated from university shortly before Christmas. As well as obviously being a very proud day, it brought back many memories. For it was nearly 21 years to the day yours truly rolled up the long hall in the RDS decked out in the usual gown (which kept getting caught under my wheels)…
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Selections for Naas – Feb. 10th 2024
1.20: LARK IN THE MORNIN (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.55: CAPTAIN CODY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: MUSTA LOVEA LOVEA – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 3.05: STAR OFICIAL – EW – (JACK GILLIGAN/DICK DONOHOE) 3.40: ALLEGORIE DE VASSEY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.15: RAMILLIES – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/DAVID CHRISTIE) 4.50: BUCKAWAY FREDDIE (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON…
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 5th 2024
1.20: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.50: LE MALMASON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.20: SUPREME RULER – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 2.50: LINDEN ARDEN (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.20: FIVEONFIVE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/CIAN COLLINS) 3.55: LIZLUCKY – EW – (SARAH CAVANAGH (7)/PAT FOLEY) 4.30: LUCKY LYREEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Navan – Jan. 20th 2024
12.45: ASIAN MASTER (THOMAS COSTELLO (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.20: FENWAY PARK – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.55: FORTUNADEFORTUNATA – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.30: CHOSEN DIAMOND – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/EDDIE CAWLEY) 3.05: MINELLA COCOONER (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.42: ST DENIS’S WELL – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/IAN DONOGHUE) 4.15: WILLIAM MUNNY – EW –…