2.20: SON OF HYPNOS (SEAN FLANAGAN/KEVIN SMITH) 2.50: ESTEPONA SUN – EW – (SHANE MULCAHY (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.20: MON LINO – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 3.50: BACHASSON (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: CEDARWOOD ROAD (DEREK O’CONNOR/GEAROID O’LOUGHLIN) 4.50: THE … Continue reading Selections for Gowran Park – March 2nd 2021
1.05: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: ENVOL PERJI (SIMON TORRENS (5)/LIZ DOYLE) 2.15: GLOBAL EQUITY (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.47: DARASSO – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: MINELLA ESCAPE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: LUCKY TENNER (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 4.35: RAJUN CAJUN (PAUL TOWNEND/MATT SMITH) 5.10: GINTO (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT) Continue reading Selections for Navan – Feb. 21st 2021
So here we are, another little example of how Covid-19 put paid to what once passed for ‘normal’ life. The last Thursday in January. Thyestes Chase Day in Gowran Park. Which means the annual outing for a busload from Brady’s … Continue reading Life’s a Beach as Meath men make a splash
1.15: BIG DEBATES – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/ROBERT TYNER) 1.45: GELEE BLANCHE (JODY TOWNEND (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: DARASSO – EW – (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.50: PRINCESS VEGA (CONOR MCNAMARA/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: JUNGLE JUNCTION (ROBBIE … Continue reading Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 28th 2021
11.45: YOUMDOR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.15: FERNY HOLLOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.47: PATIENCE PATIENCE – EW – (CONOR ORR (5)/JESSICA MAGNIER) 1.22: MAKE GOOD – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.57: SPYGLASS HILL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.32: SPEAK EASY – EW – (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.07: MIDLAND MILLIE (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.40: ODDS OR EVENS – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/TONY MARTIN) Continue reading Selections for Gowran Park – Nov. 20th 2020
2.05: TIGER MYLK – EW – (MIKEY SHEEHY (7)/DERMOT WELD) 2.35: BREAKING NEWS (WILLIE BYRNE (7)/JIM BOLGER) 3.05: KING OF THE CASTLE (COLIN KEANE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.35: EVEN FLOW (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.05: ROCKVIEW EMPRESS (COLIN KEANE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 4.35: LE JOYA (COLIN KEANE/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.05: SWIFT VERDICT (COLIN KEANE/WILLIE MULLINS) Continue reading Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 19th 2020
What’s your earliest #Cheltenham memory? For me, that’s a bit of a tricky question. In one sense, it was the unforgettable day that #DawnRun did indeed begin to get up and claim the #GoldCup. Your columnist hadn’t yet turned five years old, but, Sir Peter O’Sullevan’s dulcet tones conveyed utter drama as one was stricken in a hospital bed following major surgery. Continue reading “Grateful to witness history again”
