Tag: Jim Dreaper

  • Local achievement in the midst of Boston history

    Local achievement in the midst of Boston history

    There are certain things you never expect to see or hear of in your lifetime. And an athlete finishing a marathon in under THREE hours has to be right up there in such terms. Even that, though, is eclipsed by the fact 2026 winner – defending his men’s title from last year, John Korir of…

  • The page of history turns in bid to Folly Master(s)

    The page of history turns in bid to Folly Master(s)

    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.…

  • Selections for Navan – Mar. 2nd 2024

    Selections for Navan – Mar. 2nd 2024

    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) 3.15: SPECIAL CADEAUX (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.48: SPILLANE’S TOWER (MARK WALSH/JIMMY MANGAN) 4.23: ASH TREE MEADOW (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.58: INTERSKY SUNSET (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY)

  • Selections for Punchestown – Jan 29th 2023

    Selections for Punchestown – Jan 29th 2023

    1.10: ANOTHERWAY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.40: TIMELESS PIECE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: TAREZE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.40: BILLERICAY DICKIE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: DOLLAR NOLIMIT (DARYL JACOB/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.40: VERBAL SPARRING – EW – (EOIN WALSH/DES MCDONOGH) 4.10: MADE IN THE WOODS – EW – (ROBBIE GEOGHEGAN (7)/NORMAN LEE)

  • Selections for Tipperary – May 4th 2023

    Selections for Tipperary – May 4th 2023

    5.20: BIRDIE OR BUST (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.55: REBELLIOUS GALE – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/TONY MARTIN) 6.25: KNOW THE GAME – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 6.55: MAXXUM (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.25: LARS LASS – EW – (BARRY O’NEILL/JIM DREAPER) 7.55: PEBBLE BLEU – EW – (JAMIE CODD/COLIN MOTHERWAY) 8.25: THE OTHER MOZZIE –…

  • Selections for Ballinrobe – Apr. 14th 2023

    Selections for Ballinrobe – Apr. 14th 2023

    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) 7.20: ANKUD (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.50: RAINBOW TRAIL (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)

  • Selections for Naas – Mar. 30th 2023

    Selections for Naas – Mar. 30th 2023

    1.57: BY YOUR SIDE (COREY MCGIVERN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.32: SOMETHINGABOUTHER – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/PADRAIG ROCHE) 3.07: NUCKY JOHNSON (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/NOEL MEADE) 3.42: DRAGONS PASS – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (7)/DENISE FOSTER) 4.17: THE CORNER HOUSE (EVAN DWAN (7)/JULIE CASHIN) 4.52: DO WHATEVER – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (7)/JIM DREAPER) 5.22: RHAENYRA – EW…

  • Selections for Navan – Mar. 11th 2023

    Selections for Navan – Mar. 11th 2023

    1.40: FAMEAFTERTHEGLORY (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: FUTURE PROOF – EW – (DAN KING (2)*/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.50: LANDRAKE (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.25: VELVET ELVIS (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 4.00: JODY TED – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH (5)/EOIN GRIFFIN) 4.35: KNOW THE GAME – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/JIM DREAPER) 5.10: JOSHUA DES FLOS (JOHN GLEESON (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)

  • Selections for Tramore – Aug. 14th 2022

    Selections for Tramore – Aug. 14th 2022

    1.40: BENZ – W/O FAV – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.15: PAK ARMY – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/EOIN DOYLE) 2.50: WALK ON THE MOONE (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: THE DECLAIMER – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.00: INFLUENTIAL LADY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 4.35: TUNE THE CHELLO – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)…

  • Selections for Wexford – May 14th 2022

    Selections for Wexford – May 14th 2022

    1.55: GOOD AS HELL (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 2.30: IMPERIAL RULER (KEITH DONOGHUE/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.05: ALLEZ GEORG – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/JIMMY BARCOE) 3.40: SO SCOTTISH (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 4.15: GENOIS (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 4.50: ROCK OF TUSKAR – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 5.25: HOPEFORARUN – EW – (RAY BARRON (7)/CHARLES BYRNES)