Tag: Ditcheat
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Selections for Cork – July 11th 2025
5.12: LUKER’S TIPPLE (KEVIN SEXTON/ANDREW KINIRONS) 5.45: HARRY’S LEGACY (KEVIN SEXTON/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.15: QASSID – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 6.45: ONEBRIGHTBLUEROSE – EW – (BRYAN CARVER/PAT CRONIN) 7.15: EMPIRE SUCCESS (SEAN FLANAGAN/GER O’LEARY) 7.45: PRAIRE DANCER (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.15: SALSINHA (JOHN GLEESON/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)
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The Late John Hales
Leading National Hunt racehorse owner John Hales has passed away. The deceased, who was 85, made his money through the Golden Bear Toys company he co-founded in 1979, which went on to produce products from major children’s shows such as Teletubbies, Basil Brush, Thomas the Tank Engine and In The Night Garden, owned some champions…
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Frost set for the French heat
In a development that might be – in one way – a tad surprising but in another shouldn’t be at all, Simon Munir and Isaac Souede have announced the appointment of Bryony Frost as retained rider of their National Hunt horses in France. 29-year-old Frost, who, has, for a long time been a key member…
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One dream coming true keeps another one alive – 6/1/24
My niece Ciara graduated from university shortly before Christmas. As well as obviously being a very proud day, it brought back many memories. For it was nearly 21 years to the day yours truly rolled up the long hall in the RDS decked out in the usual gown (which kept getting caught under my wheels)…
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We could all do with the survival instinct of a Mouse!
Don’t worry, what you’re about to read is not an ode to the furry little b*****ds that tend to make themselves uninvited lodgers at this time year. Said rodents gave production to the type of local yarn every country town around germinates over time. Before my time, there was a man – I won’t mention…
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Selections for Curragh – Aug. 12th 2023
1.40: DIEGO VELASQUEZ (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.15: RED VIBURNUM – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.50: CHERRY BLOSSOM (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.25: MOSS TUCKER – EW – (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 4.00: SOMETHING NICE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 4.40: BUCANERO FUERTE (KEVIN STOTT/ADRIAN MURRAY) 5.10: DESERT HAVEN – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.40:…