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Tag: Horses To Follow

  • Supporting actor lands all the plaudits yet again

    In the preceding offering on these pages mention was afforded to the wonderful renewal of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2005. In no way was Hardy Eustace a back number – he could hardly be having won it the previous season – but, for whatever reason, the vast majority of the debate and rancor…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 29th 2020

    12.05: MORATORIUM – EW – (EOIN O’CONNELL (2)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.40: STATTLER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.15: CONCERTISTA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.50: MONKFISH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: ASPIRE TOWER (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.00: VISIONARIAN (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 3.35: HOLLOW GAMES (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)

  • They’re top weight for a reason!

    Before I was properly attuned to horse racing, one of the things that actually put me off it was the amount of prattling on the presenters and analysts on television – particularly the late John McCririck – did before a race. The thought process here would have been ‘Just list the runners and riders and…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2020

    12.05: COLTOR – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/DERMOT WELD) 12.35: JEREMY’S FLAME – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.10: CHACUN POUR SOI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.45: N’GOLO – EW – (DAVID MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: ECLAIR DE BEAFU – EW – (JACK WILDMAN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: TEN TEN – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 3.30: REALITY…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 26th 2020

    12.00: MICRO MANAGE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: SNAKE OIL – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) 1.05: HA DOR W/O FAV (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.40: BIG KING – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL) 2.15: BLACKBOW (DAVID MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: JAN MAAT – EW – (HUGH MORGAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: GATEAU DU MIEL – EW –…

  • Selections for Navan – Dec. 18th 2020

    11.30: YUKON LIL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.00: COEUR JOYEAUX – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 12.30: FLANKING MANOUVRE (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.00: BOB OLINGER (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.35: FIGHTER ALLEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: JUKEBOX JIVE – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.45: BOGHLONE HONEY – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/LIAM CUSACK) 3.20: SIR…

  • Selections for Punchestown – Dec. 11th 2020

    12.25: CAPTAIN GUINNESS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.00: THE BIG GALLOPER – EW – (KEVIN BROUDER/CHARLES BYRNES) 1:35: HE’S A HARDY BLOKE – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 2.10: TRIXIE MC (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/TOM GIBNEY) 2.45: ABOVE THE CITY – EW – (EOIN WALSH (5)/DES MCDONOGH) 3.18: THE BANGER DOYLE (FINNY MAGUIRE/KEITH WATSON)

  • Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 29th 2020

    12.00: THE CADDY ROSE – EW – (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 12.30: DRUIDS ALTER (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.05: BALLYADAM (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: ENVOI ALLEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: SCOIR MEAR – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/TOM MULLINS) 2.35: HONEYSUCKLE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.05: GETAWAY GORGEOUS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: GOOD LAND – EW…

  • Selections for Naas – Nov. 21st 2020

    12.00: CAPTAIN KANGAROO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: GARS EN NOIR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.02: CASH BACK (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.37: MARY FRANCES – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MARTIN HASSETT) 2.12: STATTLER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.47: OUR FRIEND – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/PAUL NOLAN) 3.22: COMMANDER OF FLEET (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT)

  • Selections for Gowran Park – Nov. 20th 2020

    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…