Life And Sport From An Armchair View
A nondescript handicap, curtain raiser to a mundane midweek card with a €6,000 cut to the winner is unlikely to remain in the minds of many for long. Yet it provided a moment of history. The turning of a page. Beginning the next chapter in the most glorious anthology in the history of Irish sport.... Continue Reading →
2.40: FOLLY MASTER (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) Folly Master (near side) can get Tom Dreaper off the mark as a licensed trainer 3.10: BOSS ROBIN - EW - (RAY BARRON (5)/JOHN F. GLEESON) 3.40: CHOSEN WITNESS (SEAN O'KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: MULLINS CROSS - EW - (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 4.40: TELL US THIS - EW - (KEITH... Continue Reading →
1.35: WELCOME BACK - EW - (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: INSTANT TENDANCE (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: EL CAPITAINE - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) Hope and history rhymn in Navan when Tom Dreaper II aims to follow in the biggest of footprints 3.15: SPECIAL CADEAUX (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.48: SPILLANE'S TOWER (MARK WALSH/JIMMY MANGAN) 4.23:... Continue Reading →
4.50: BANNTOWN GIRL (MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN (5)/SONNY CAREY) 5.20: FREE FLOWING (ROBBIE GEOGHEGAN (7)/NORMAN LEE) 5.50: CAFE CON LECHE (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 6.20: OPTIONAL MIX - EW - (MICHAEL O'CONNOR (5)/EOIN DOYLE) 6.50: DO WHATEVER - EW - (LUKE DEMPSEY/JIM DREAPER) Tom and Jim Dreaper run one in the most famous silks in racing tonight... Continue Reading →
It's hard to know which is the most surprising, that the bookies let Lord Lariat go off at 40/1, or that yours truly forgot to put a few bob thereon having had the pleasure of spending an evening in the company of the steed's wonderful trainer, Dermot McLoughlin. Sometimes though, it's not about the punting.... Continue Reading →
11.45: EVERGLOW - EW - (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 12.15: ENVOL PERJI (MARK WALSH/LIZ DOYLE) 12.45: VAUBAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.20: CILAOS EMERY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.55: THE BIG GALLOPER - EW - (DONIE MCINERNEY/CHDRLES BYRNES) Charles Byrnes runners always merit respect 2.30: BROSNA ROCCO - EW - (PAUL CAWLEY/SONNY CAREY) 3.00: CLAIRMC - EW -... Continue Reading →
No matter what one's interests are in life, if they become a big enough part of your life, it moves away from the realm of pass time to something more significant. Then, if you happen to be blessed like me, it can be how you earn your few bob as well. I wouldn't call it... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest things garnered from 11 years on the Executive Committee of St Peter's, Dunboyne were the friendships formed with people from nearly every club in the county. And plenty outside of Meath as well. Now read on... Yes, there are a few clubs in particular with which special affinity will forever be... Continue Reading →