Selections for Cork – Aug. 7th 2023

2.00: MOON RISE BEAUTY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.33: BROOKE (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 3.08: MISTY’S GIFT (BEN HARVEY/HARRY KELLY) 3.43: MOYVILLA LASS – EW – (GARY NOONAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.18: SURPRISE PACKAGE (SAM EWING/PETER FAHEY) 4.53: BETTY DUTTON – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 5.28: SONNY DON’T GO AWAY (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)

Selections for Cork – Apr. 10th 2023

1.50: SIR ARGUS (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: ITSALLABOUTEVE – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.00: TAKE ALL – EW – (AMBROSE MCCCURTIN/JOHN HANLON) 3.35: MA HONEY (BRIAN LAWLESS (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.10: TOHELLORTOCONNACHT – EW – (BRIAN LAWLESS (2*) /EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.45: ULTIMATE OPTIMIST (BARRY O’NEILL/DAVID CHRISTIE) 5.20: WHATS UP DARLING (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)… Read More Selections for Cork – Apr. 10th 2023

Selections for Cork – Apr. 9th 2023

1.10: LUMINOUS LIGHT – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/ANTHONY MCCANN) 1.45: ALL ABOUT LUCY – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.20: SOLE PRETENDER (MICHAEL O’CONNOR (5)/NORMAN LEE) 2.55: LARGY DEBUT (DONAGH MEYLER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.30: FERONILY (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.05: FLYING SCOTSMAN – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.40: ATLANTIAN – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN)… Read More Selections for Cork – Apr. 9th 2023

Selections for Cork – Mar. 23rd 2023

2.05: CALICO (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: KNOCKRAHA LASS – W/O FAV – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.15: CROWSATEDAPPLETART (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MICK WINTERS) 3.50: FRANCISCAN ROCK (RICKY DOYLE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.25: KINGSTON KID – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 5.00: PURE NOTIONS (JODY TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: BLIZZARD OF OZ (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)

Selections for Cork – Jan. 7th 2023

12.27: DUBAI CLOVER – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.02: VICEREGENT (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 1.37: HANS GRUBER – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/IAN DONOGHUE) 2.12: JIVING JERRY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 2.47: HARD RAIN (PHILIP ENRIGHT/JAMES DULLEA) 3.22: WA WA – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.57: FANCY GIRL (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)

It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

Italia ’90 – even now, mention of the words together conjures so many memories. Pat Bonner’s grimace before that booming kickout against the Dutch, Genoa, Penalties, Bonner again, David O’Leary, the pub scene from The Snapper. Now read on… Another recollection from that glorious summer prompted what you are about to intake. A proclamation by… Read More It’s a fairly safe bet he didn’t watch Italia ’90!

Selections for Roscommon – May 23rd 2022

4.30: SCHIELE (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: LASMUIGH – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: FASTMAN – EW – (CILLIAN MCCONNELL (4)*/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.00: SPASIBA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.30: ROSCARBERY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.00: FORGETMENOTBLUE – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: BLACK HAWK EAGLE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE)

Selections for Cork – May 18th 2022

5.05: RELEVANT RANGE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.40: MIDNIGHT TOKER (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.10: HARMONY ROSE – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) 6.40: BALLYSAX – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/BILL FARRELL) 7.10: MARHABA ASHMAYNE (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.40: URBAN OASIS (JAMIE POWELL (4)/JOHNNY FEANE) 8.10: ALHAAJEB – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS)

Selections for Cork – Apr. 18th 2022

1.50: TENZING (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: RICKY BOBBY – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (3)/JOHN JOE WALSH) 2.59: WHISKEY WEALTH – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/EOGHAN O’GRADY) 5.19: LARGY HILL (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.54: BELLE THE LIONESS (DAVY ROCHE (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) ** I’ve deliberately left the Hunter Chases out of my selections as I… Read More Selections for Cork – Apr. 18th 2022