Tag: Christmas Racing
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Schoolboy marks the half century in style
Having done the one job for a half century, you would either be an expert at whatever discipline it happened to be or completely fed up with it. There’s no way Noel Meade could be dissatisfied with the 50th anniversary of producing equine excellence from his Tu Va base in Castletown, Co Meath. Having belatedly…
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Selections for Limerick – Dec. 27th 2021
12.20: GLENS OF ANTRIM (JODY MCGARVEY/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.55: FARCUER DU LARGE (BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 1.30: IS A REAL CHAMP (JIMMY SCALLAN (7)/SEAN DOYLE) 2.05: FREEDOM TO DREAM (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 2.40: VICTORY MARCH – EW – (CHARLIE (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.15: ROBINSTOWN – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: HAPPY VICTORY (LUKE MCGUINNESS (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2021
12.05: ICARE ALLEN (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.35: HAUT EN COULEURS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.10: BATTLEOVERDOYEN – W/O FAV – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: MIGHTY POTTER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: SEA DUCOUR – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.55: COKO BEACH – EW – (ROB JAMES (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: EMBASSY GARDENS (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections For Down Royal – Dec. 26th 2021
12.13: AILLIE ROSE – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/STUART CRAWFORD) 12.48: O’TOOLE (JJ SLEVIN/STUART CRAWFORD) 1.23: MUTADAAWEL – EW – (KEVIN MURPHY (4)/NIGEL SLEVIN) 1.58: SKOL – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/NOEL MEADE) 2.33: RICKY LANGFORD (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.03: STAND UP AND FIGHT (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 3.35: THE FLIER BEGLEY (BEN CRAWFORD (7)/STUART CRAWFORD)
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Selections for Limerick – Dec. 26th 2021
12.25: CHAMPION GREEN (JODY MCGARVEY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 12.58: PERCEVAL LEGALLOIS – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.33: DAILY TIGER (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 2.08: MT LEINSTER GOLD – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN (3)/COLIN BOWE) 2.40: LIEUTENNANT COMMAND – EW – (EOIN WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 3.15: NORTHERN LOVE – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 3.50: CNOC NA SI…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 26th 2021
12.00: HIAOU – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.35: WHOWONTHETOSS – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/ARTHUR MOORE) 1.10: FIL DOR (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: BANBRIDGE – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.20: FERNY HOLLOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.55: DEFAN – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/ HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.30: COOL SURVIVOR – EW – (TOM HAMILTON/GORDON…
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Tis the night before Christmas and Covid has gone rogue again
BREAKING NEWS Though it could scarcely be termed a shock, in desperately disappointing developments, it has just been announced that Leopardstown’s four day Christmas Festival will once again take place behind closed doors. Curiously though, Limerick’s event, which in terms of race programme, is practically the same as that slated for the Foxrock venue, have…
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Selections for Dundalk – Dec. 1st 2021
1.40: JARVIS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.10: HOUSE OF KINGS – EW – (JAKE COEN (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.40: TRENT (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.10: CHARLIE LUCIANO (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 3.40: NOIRVENTO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/TRACEY COLLINS) 4.10: OLD TOM HIGGINS (CHRIS HAYES/LUKE COMER) 4.40: ULSTER BLACKWATER – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Supporting actor lands all the plaudits yet again
In the preceding offering on these pages mention was afforded to the wonderful renewal of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2005. In no way was Hardy Eustace a back number – he could hardly be having won it the previous season – but, for whatever reason, the vast majority of the debate and rancor…
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Selections for Limerick – Dec. 29th 2020
11.55: NO GREY AREAS (PAT KING (5)/MARTIN HASSETT) 12.30: ET DITE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: MIRACLE IN MEDINAH (JODY MCGARVEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: WOLFE PRINCE (JONATHAN MOORE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: UPOURDAT (GARY NOONAN (7)/PADDY NEVILLE) 2.50: PAIRC NA NGAEL – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.25: LOW LIE THE FIELDS (HUGH MORGAN (5)/HENRY…