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Selections for Cork – Mar. 19th 2026
2.30: LYNCHES KNOCK (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.00: WILD WILD WIND – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/MARK CAHILL) 3.30: CAPTAINS SPEECH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: DROP A THREAT – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: KIR – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: DANCING AFTER DARK – EW – (CAL SHINE (7)/JOHN G.…
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The CCCC and The Hooter
It was this morning announced that CCCC of the GAA – formerly the Games Administration Committee – have decided that henceforth once the Hooter sounds in a Gaelic Football match play stops immediately. Bullshit. Had that system been in place during this season’s championship, Ciaran Moore’s magnificent winner for Donegal against Mayo would never have…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 2nd 2025
2.15: REXEM (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.50: COURT CANYON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.25: COLLEEN DANU – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.55: DEMANDING GERRY – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (7)/JAMES A. FAHY) 4.25: WING BACK (PHILIP ENRIGHT/SAM CURLING) 5.00: OCEAN OF MERCY (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 5.35: ANDYOURBIRDCANSING – EW – (MICHAEL KENEALLY (7)/JOHN RYAN)
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Selections for Cork – July 25th 2025
5.05: PINTS IN PEACE (BEN COEN/DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN) 5.37: KANSAS (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.12: RED EVOLUTION – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 6.45: WASHINGTON STREET (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 7.20: ZARAGOZA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.55: SONORAN (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 8.30: WHAT’S NEW (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY)
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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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Selections for Cork – June 13th 2025
4.52: HAVANNA ANNA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.25: PINAR DEL RIO – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/KIERAN COTTER) 5.59: KILMOOD SUSAN (SHANE FOLEY/DAN MURPHY) 6.34: MAGNUM FORCE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.09: BOLD OPTIMIST – EW – (BEN COEN/DAN MCLOUGHLIN) 7.44: BUBBLE GUM (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 8.15: TILANI – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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A little bit of history as evolving Meath break new ground
MEATH… 1-13 CORK… 0-12 The last time this writer can recall rain of such torrential proportions falling in Pairc Tailteann was on the occasion of Colm O’Rourke’s last outing for Meath on the home sod. The first round of the Leinster SFC of 1995. Now read on… So bad was it that day that Westmeath…
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Selections for Cork – May 20th 2025
5.15: ROGUE LEGEND (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.50: JORGE ALVARES (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.25: CARRIGAN’S GROVE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/PAT FLYNN) 6.50: TWOTOLOSE – W/O FAV – (BEN COEN/DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN) 7.20: HIGHTIMEYOUWON (JACK KEARNEY/STEPHEN THORNE) 7.50: TSWALU (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.20: GARDONE – EW – (BILLY LEE/ERIC MCNAMARA)
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 20th 2025
1.55: BLAKE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 2.27: CRAMERS VALLEY – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.02: PROMONTORY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/SARAH J. CONNELL) 3.37: JACOVEC CAVERN – EW – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 4.12: SIR BOB – EW – (MARK WALSH/ROBERT TYNER) 4.47: CULLIG – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAT FOLEY) 5.22:…
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Davy Russell Bereaved
Mr Jeremiah (Jerry) Russell, father of three time Irish National Hunt champion jockey, Davy, passed away over the weekend. He was 85. The deceased ran a farm and a garage business in his native Youghal, Co Cork and was an avid supporter of the pony racing, point-to-point and racing under rules scene. All the routes…