Tag: Coko Beach

  • Selections for Punchestown – Nov. 24th 2024

    Selections for Punchestown – Nov. 24th 2024

    11.35: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.05: ARGENTO BOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.40: FEET OF A DANCER (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 1.15: GREAT UNIVERSE – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/MARTIN BRASSIL) 1.50: SPORTINTHEPARK – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 2.25: GALOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: LADY BRESIL (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.32: SOIR DE GARDE…

  • Selections for Punchestown – May 2nd 2024

    Selections for Punchestown – May 2nd 2024

    3.40: UNDENIABLE ALIBI – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15:  GUA DU LARGE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.25: GAELIC WARRIOR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: TEAHUPOO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.35: O’MOORE PARK – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: ME WEE BONNIE LASS – EW – (KIEREN…

  • Life’s a Beach for Gordon on a day for hot Coko – 25/11/23

    Life’s a Beach for Gordon on a day for hot Coko – 25/11/23

    A colleague imparted some friendly advice in this direction during the week regarding my long held practice of putting tips online any day there’s a horse racing fixture in Ireland. Well, in fact, not so much that, as a bit of prudent and gladly received guidance in relation to sharing same on social media. I…

  • Grand National Shortlist

    Grand National Shortlist

    Right people, time to step up to the oche and fire a few darts at the expedition that is the Aintree Grand National… SCHOOL BOY HOURS (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE, 18/1) Yes a sentimental pick on my part BUT he is quietly fancied on merit too. A proven stayer, Paddy Power winner at Christmas, was running…

  • Selections for Navan – Feb. 21st 2021

    1.05: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: ENVOL PERJI (SIMON TORRENS (5)/LIZ DOYLE) 2.15: GLOBAL EQUITY (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.47: DARASSO – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: MINELLA ESCAPE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: LUCKY TENNER (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 4.35: RAJUN CAJUN (PAUL TOWNEND/MATT SMITH) 5.10: GINTO (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)

  • Life’s a Beach as Meath men make a splash

    So here we are, another little example of how Covid-19 put paid to what once passed for ‘normal’ life. The last Thursday in January. Thyestes Chase Day in Gowran Park. Which means the annual outing for a busload from Brady’s of Dunboyne – and a van load from our yard – descending on the banks…