Tag: Denise Foster

  • DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 14 (Cheltenham Festival 2021 – Day 2)

    Thankfully, things got off to a pleasantly surprisingly good start today with Appreciate It handsomely lived up to his billing as the Irish banker while Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore made history in the Champion Hurdle, But, not for the first time, the Meath racing fraternity made their mark on the day’s business. It was especially…

  • DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 13 (Cheltenham 2021 Day 1)

    After an enforced spell on the sidelines from video production, it was great to be back behind the camera today. Here, I take a look at the opening salvo of the best week’s sporting action of this or any year, the Cheltenham Festival. The Unibet Champion Hurdle tops the bill, with Epatante defending her crown.…

  • Selections for Punchestown – Mar. 15th 2021

    1.55: LIMERICK LACE (DEREK O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.25: DUFFY’S GETAWAY – EW – (TIARNAN POWER-ROCHE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.55: GRAND JURY (PATRICK MULLINS/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: LAST QUARTER (BARRY O’NEILL/COLIN BOWE) 3.55: RICHMOND LAKE (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 4.30: MIDNIGHT IT IS (JOEY DUNNE (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.00: CHOICE OF WORDS (PAT TAAFFE (7)/MARTIN BRASSIL) 5.30: WALL OF FAME…

  • Selections for Limerick – Mar. 14th 2021

    1.45: AWKWAFINA – EW – (PAT KING (5)/SAM CURLING) 2.15: LADY BREFFNI (BRYAN COOPER/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.45: SCARLET AND DOVE (DONAGH MEYLER/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.20: MOSCOWSOWHAT – EW – (GARY NOONAN (7)/JAMES DULLEA) 3.50: MERCURY LANE (BRYAN COOPER/PAUL NOLAN) 4.25: MR BERCOW – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 5.00: ANY GIVEN SUNDAY – EW – (PAT TAAFFE…

  • Selections for Navan – Mar. 13th 2021

    1.40: COQUILINO (MARK WALSH/DENISE FOSTER*) 2.10: GANDY MAN (PHILIP ENRIGHT/MOUSE MORRIS) 2.45: JIVING JERRY – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (4)**/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.20: BORN PATRIOT – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 3.55: DALY TIGER (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.30: EUROBOT – EW – (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 5.05: DONKEY YEARS – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/ERIC MCNAMARA)…

  • Selections for Thurles – Mar. 11th 2021

    2.30: PRESENTING MEGAN (JONATHAN MOORE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.05: SAINT BENEDICT (HARRY SWAN (7)/ENDA BOLGER) 3.40: FORTUNE STREET – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (7)/ PAUL NOLAN) 4.15: KRICKETT – EW – (TREVOR RYAN (5)/WILLIE AUSTIN) 4.45: DIRECT FIRE (JORDAN GAINFORD (7)/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.15: LOW LIE THE FIELDS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.45: DEPLOY THE GETAWAY (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE…

  • Selections for Clonmel – Mar. 9th 2021

    2.25: BEN THOMSON – W/O FAV – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.00: RICKY BOBBY – W/O FAV – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (5)/JOHN J. 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 – EW – (J.…

  • The last man who never made a mistake was crucified on a Good Friday – there was no need for a replay

    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…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – March 7th 2021

    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) 4.20 DISC DONC (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.50: UISCE BEATHA – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 5.20: BOOLA BOOLA – EW – (MICKEY MCGUANE (7)/JESSICA…

  • Selections for Navan – March 6th 2021

    1.40: PALACE ROCK (DENIS O’REGAN/FRANCIS CASEY) 2.13: MANITOPARK Aa (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.48: FORRARD AWAY – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 3.23: NOBLE YEATS (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 3.58: SEMPO (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.33: LEAN ARRAIG (BARRY BROWNE (3)/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 5.05: SOVREIGN GOLD (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)