Life And Sport From An Armchair View
1.20: MEDITATE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 1.55: LITTLE BIG BEAR (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) Aidan O'Brien looks set to unleash some exciting juveniles today 2.30: NEW YORK DREAMS - EW - (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.05: LAYFAYETTE - EW - (OISIN ORR/NOEL MEADE) 3.40: MARKAZ PANAME (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.12: BLAIRMAYNE - EW - (GAVIN RYAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 4.45:... Continue Reading →
2.00: HOTEL WREN - EW - (OISIN ORR/NOEL MEADE) 2.35: DR ZEMPF (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.10: SACRED BRIDGE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) Sacred Bridge has been a prolific winner for Ger Lyons 3.45: DUKE DE SESSA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.20: BRASIL POWER (ROSSA RYAN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.55: JUNGLE COVE - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH (5)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.25:... Continue Reading →
4.55: SISTER LOLA (SHANE FOLEY/JAMES MCAULEY) 5.30: HYPERNOVA (JAKE COEN (7)/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 6.00: KING OF CASHEL (JAMIE CODD/FOZZY STACK) 6.30: RAZDAN (GARY HALPIN/CHRIS TIMMONS) 7.00: HAROYA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: ACQUIESCENT - EW - (COLIN KEANE/JOHN MURPHY) 8.00: JUNCTURE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) Ger Lyons and Colin Keane can take the first Classic Trial of the... Continue Reading →
4.00: OBTAIN (SEAN BIRD (10)/GER LYONS) 4.30: TOGETHER AGAIN (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.00: HIGHTOWN HEIGHTS - EW - (LUKE MCATEER (5)/JAMES MCAULEY) 5.30: EGLISH - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.00: BUCKY LARSON - EW - (SEAN BIRD (10)/GER LYONS) Co Louth jockey Sean Bird is a name to look out for 6.30: SUNWALK... Continue Reading →
4.00: MOVIE KING - EW - (COLIN KEANE/TONY MARTIN) 4.30: KNOCKLANE LASS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.00: INDEPENDENT EXPERT (ANDREW SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.30: SATIN SNAKE (JAKE COEN (7)/GER O'LEARY) 6.00: A TAAD MOODY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.30: CAESARS COMET - EW - (A. N. OTHER/JAMES MCAULEY) 7.00: MEISHAR (LUKE MCATEER (5)/JAMES MCAULEY) 7.30: BELEAGUREMENT (SHANE FOLEY/JAMES... Continue Reading →
3.45: COLLECTIVE POWER (BEN COEN/EDDIE LYNAM) 4.15: FALLEN FOREST - EW - (ROSS WHEARTY (4)/BILL DURKAN) 4.45: CAP LE GALA (CHRIS HAYES/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.15: OODNADATA (CHRIS HAYES/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.45: OZYMANDIS (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 6.15: KNOCKLANE LASS (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 6.45: ROSIE ROCK - EW - (GAVIN RYAN/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) Adrian McGuinness is having the greatest... Continue Reading →
1.15: PRINCESS RAJ - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 1.45: COMFORT ZONE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.20: SUNSET SHIRAZ (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.55: EVERGREEN AND RED (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) Noel Meade has had a remarkable season with his Flat runners 3.30: DROMBEG DUKE - EW - (A. N. OTHER/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.05: ESSENTIAL PART (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS)... Continue Reading →
2.55: RECURRENT DREAM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.30: PUNAKHA (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.05: HIMALAYAN BEAUTY (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JESSICA HARRINGTON) Fairyhouse Manager Peter Roe 4.37: STRAIGHT ANSWER (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.10: NEW STAR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.40: ELOSO (CHRIS HAYES/RICHARD O'BRIEN) 6.15: GATWICK KITTEN - EW - (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 6.45: EVER A DREAM (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH)
The Tuesday after Easter, 2002. It was either late March or early April. Even allowing for that though, the weather had a particularly arctic air to it. In time I would become all too familiar with the reality that this was just Fairyhouse being itself, but this was a baptism of fire. Well, actually, to... Continue Reading →
4.00: BUTTERFLY ISLAND (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 4.30: DIXIE BLUEBELL (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 5.00: FIT FOR FUNCTION (TOM KIELY-MARSHALL (7)/JOE MURPHY) 5.30: CAIRDE GO DEO (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.00: UP HELLY Aa - EW - (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.30: MCPHERSON (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.05: SIMPLY A DREAM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.40: PUNTERS POET (WAYNE LORDAN/MATT SMITH)... Continue Reading →