Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Jack Kennedy has emerged as a serious doubt for this year's Cheltenham Festival having sustained a significant leg injury following a fall from Top Bandit in a novice chase at Naas on Sunday. Gordon Elliott trains Top Bandit and he said the jockey faces being sidelined for the "Foreseeable future" owing to what is by... Continue Reading →
1.25: THE GREEK (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.00: KNOCK ON STEEL (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/BRIAN JORDAN) 2.35: SAMANTHA SUNSHINE - EW - (HUGH MORGAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.10: ALLY CAY (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) Jack Gilligan 3.45: WITHALLDUERESPECT (MIKE O'CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: DAKOTA BEACH - EW - (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: TOP BANDIT (JAMIE CODD/GORDON... Continue Reading →
2.05: BIG KING - EW - (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL 2.40: TEAHUPOO (ROBBIE POWER/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.15: KLASSY KAY - EW - (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: STORMY IRELAND - EW - (A. N. OTHER/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: FAKIR D'OUDAIRIES (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.00: RUN WILD FRED (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) Run Wild Fred (near side) 5.40: CHAVI ARTIST... Continue Reading →
1.50: BOLD APPROACH - EW - (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) The Master of Coolcullen has a rare but noteworthy runner over hurdles 2.20: BREAKEVEN (PAUL TOWNEND/TOM MULLINS) 2.50: THEDEVILSCOACHMAN (MARK WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 3.20: SKYACE (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 3.50: GABYNAKO (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.25: EPSON DE HOUX - EW - (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: ANDY DUFRESNE... Continue Reading →
4.00: CAVALLINO (CONOR MCNAMARA/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: HUMBLE GLORY (JACK WILDMAN (7)/DENISE FOSTER*) Jack Wildman is one of a number of talented young riders alligned to Cullentra House 5.00: MISTER BUTLER (CATHAL LANDERS (5)/ROBBIE BURNS) 5.35: MOUNT MELLARY (MIKEY HAMILL (3)/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 6.05: REINE FEE (PETER CARBERRY/SHANE CRAWLEY) 6.35: MARSHALLED (SIMON TORRENS/PADRAIG ROCHE) 7.05: SHANTREUSSE (DEREK... Continue Reading →
Today was all about the wonderful stories the Cheltenham can throw up, between the great Tiger Roll recording a remarkable fifth Festival success while an even more remarkable story was that of the Paul Hennessy trained Heaven Help Us. Kilkenny's Hennessy is much more synonymous with the the Greyhound Racing scene - where winning owner... Continue Reading →
2.25: BEN THOMSON - W/O FAV - (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.00: RICKY BOBBY - W/O FAV - (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (5)/JOHN J. WALSH) John Joe Walsh 3.30: LAR'S LESS - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.00: RUNRIZED (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: WESTY FOX (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 5.00: CHELSEAS FRIEND (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/JIMMY MANGAN) 5.30: STAY FOCUSSED -... Continue Reading →
Many of you will know by now that I was assigned a new care company a few weeks ago. Well, it is a great relief and absolute pleasure to reveal that the change of 'stables' has been akin to winning the Lotto. Not only because some of the 'new' team were in fact not that... Continue Reading →
2.10: TAKARENGO - EW - (SEAN O'KEEFFE/TOM MULLINS) 2.45: FRENCH DYNAMITE (ROBBIE POWER/MOUSE MORRIS) 3.15: ROYAL ILLUSION (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: DEMI PLIE - EW - (AINE O'CONNOR (5)/PADRAIG ROCHE) When money comes for a Roche horse it's wise to pay attention 4.20 DISC DONC (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.50: UISCE BEATHA - EW - (SIMON... Continue Reading →