Tag: Colm Murphy
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 8th 2024
2.15: THE ENABLER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: ANYSIGNOFHIM – EW – (LIAM QUINLAN (3)/RAY HACKETT) 3.15: DEPALMA – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 3.45: BUDDY ONE (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 4.15: PARK THE GIANT – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 4.50: JACENRY – EW – (BEN HARVEY/WILLIAM HARVEY) 5.20: LIVE AID – EW – (JOHN…
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They did it their way!
“Don’t ever f*****g tell me how to ride a horse again”. There’s not many lines of work in which one could so vehementally rail against instructions dispensed by an employer and hope to survive such a skirmish. You couldn’t exactly imagine WP Mullins or PF Nicholls or AP O’Brien reacting as serenely as the berated…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 10th 2023
2.05: RAZDAN – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/CHRIS TIMMONS) 2.40: TEKAO (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: UNANSWERED – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 3.50: FIL DOR (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.20: FRENCH DYNAMITE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MOUSE MORRIS) 5.00: GEVREY – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.40: MACS CHARM – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 6.10: FIREFOX (JAMIE CODD/GORDON…
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Selections for Wexford – Oct. 31st 2022
1.00: IMAGINE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.30: ITWASFATE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.05: LASER FOCUS (MIKEY O’CONNOR (2*) /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.40: HARRY DES ONGRAIS (DAVY RUSSELL/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.15: FRONTAL ASSAULT (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.25: GOOD LAND (FINNY MAGUIRE/BARRY CONNELL)
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Selections for Wexford – May 25th 2022
5.15: KING KAL (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.45: HURRICANE GEORGIE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.15: MULLINS CROSS – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 6.45: MONTEL GLORY – EW – (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 7.15: THE BOSSES OSCAR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.45: TOP BASSSANTA (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 8.20: AHEAD OF THE POSSE – EW – (JOEY DUNNE (7)/GAVIN…
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Selections for Naas – Mar. 31st 2022
1.55: DOUGLAS DC (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.30: TAKE TEA (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: GOVEN (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: KINGSGATE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/KIERAN PURCELL) 4.15: PADDY ROCKET – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN (3)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.50: CHAMP ROYAL (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.20: SWEET MAGIC – EW – (DAN HYDE (7)/TIM HYDE)
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Time doesn’t stand still so the only option is to Move With It
The victory of Drumbear in the Downpatrick Bumper of March 21st hardly made any headlines. Even allowing for the continued ascent of the winning trainer John McConnell and rider Ben Harvey. But for another reason it was a seminal contest regarding the current state of Irish racing. Now read on… Finishing in sixth place that…
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Selections for Tipperary – May 6th 2021
4.20: AUBRETIA – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (7)/COLM MURPHY) 4.55: SIBERIAN STAR – EW – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.25: BOLBEC – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 6.00: FRIARY ROCK (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MOUSE MORRIS) 6.30: SLIABH MHUIRE LASS (DEREK O’CONNOR/GRAINNE O’CONNOR) 7.00: GOLDEN BIDAR (PATRICK MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 7.30: THELASTHIGHKING (PATRICK MULLINS/JIM DREAPER)
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep 17
This episode was filmed over two evenings in order to cast an eye over as much of what was a truly remarkable Easter weekend’s racing both at Faryhouse and Cork. Three days packed with stories, each of which would be worthy of being a seasonal highlight in their own right.
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Selections for Thurles – Nov. 5th 2020
12.15: MICK CHARLIE (IAN POWER/DECLAN QUEALLY) 12.47: CROSSED MY MIND – EW – (NIALL MADDEN/ARTHUR MOORE) 1.22: BOTANI (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 1.52: BREEZY BELL – EW – (CHRIS TIMMONS (3)/EDDIE CAWLEY) 2.22: MISS CEDILLE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/LIZ DOYLE) 2.57: GLENS FINALE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.32: WHERE’S MAUD GONE (DEREK O’CONNOR/SAM…