Tag: Cheveley Park Stud
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Fairyhouse off as weather causes further havoc
Today’s meeting at Fairyhouse was called off due to the Co Meath venue being unfit for racing. Though not a surprise, it’s another setback to whatever semblance of normalcy there remains to aid one’s circumnavigation of the big ball on which we reside during these present times. More than that, however, it’s a blow to…
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Selections for Punchestown – Jan. 17th 2021
12.50: ENVOI ALLEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.20: MAGIC TRICKS (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.50: COLONEL MUSTARD (CONOR ORR (3)/LORNA FOWLER) 2.20: LAUDERDALE LADY – EW – (TOMMY BRETT (7)/JOHN RYAN) 2.50: FAVORI LOGIQUE – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.20: IT’S ONLY A NUMBER (SIMON TORRENS/FRANCIS FLOOD) 3.50: FAIRLY LEGAL (DEREK O’CONNOR/ROBERT TYNER)
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So near, yet so far away
New Year’s Day, 2011. Beginning another round of the calender in Fairyhouse. Same as it ever was. Except in that case it was anything but that. For about 18 months beforehand, dad and his best friend, the late former undertaker Oliver Cunningham, were tipping around with a few horses in training with Tom Taaffe. Spruce…
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Another day, more for Mullins but Henry hogs the big one
By ten past twelve today, Willie Mullins had another two winners on the board – one in both Limerick and Leopardstown. Both courtesy of horses breaking their maidens who would’ve been expected to have done so before now. One of which was the instigation of a treble for owners Joe and Marie Donnelly. The black…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 28th 2020
12.05: BARNEY STINSON – EW – (DONIE MCINERNEY/MICHAEL MORRIS) 12.40: SNEAKY GETAWAY – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 1.15: RONALD PUMP (KEITH DONOGHUE/MATT SMITH) 1.50: ARCTIC LIGHT – EW – (MARK WALSH/TOM MULLINS) 2.25: A PLUS TARD – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.00: FLOUEUR – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: SAN SALVADOR…
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They’re top weight for a reason!
Before I was properly attuned to horse racing, one of the things that actually put me off it was the amount of prattling on the presenters and analysts on television – particularly the late John McCririck – did before a race. The thought process here would have been ‘Just list the runners and riders and…
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Selections for Navan – Dec. 18th 2020
11.30: YUKON LIL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.00: COEUR JOYEAUX – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 12.30: FLANKING MANOUVRE (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.00: BOB OLINGER (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.35: FIGHTER ALLEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: JUKEBOX JIVE – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.45: BOGHLONE HONEY – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/LIAM CUSACK) 3.20: SIR…
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Elliott’s superstar an exceptional Envoi for Irish racing
Over the past few months, since the outbreak of Covid-19, I have made no secret of the fact that the restrictions in and re-shaping of the world because of the virus have had a very substantial effect on yours truly. No secret was made of the fact that I didn’t exactly handle the situation well…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Nov. 20th 2020
11.45: YOUMDOR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.15: FERNY HOLLOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.47: PATIENCE PATIENCE – EW – (CONOR ORR (5)/JESSICA MAGNIER) 1.22: MAKE GOOD – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.57: SPYGLASS HILL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.32: SPEAK EASY – EW – (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.07: MIDLAND MILLIE (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.40: ODDS…
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Envoi the Elliott flag bearer among awesome artillery
Hopefully by now most of you will have seen my list of horses to follow https://boylantalkssport.com/2020/10/30/horses-to-follow-2020-21/ for the current National Hunt season. It’s the first time in a few years such a compilation was collated. One thing that hasn’t changed is that the most arduous task in this instance is eventually settling on what to…