Tag: Jody McGarvey

  • JP catches racing clan cold with Cobden call

    JP catches racing clan cold with Cobden call

    There is a sneery element of Irish society and, it pains me to say, the media, whose greatest function in life seems to be bandwagoning on people’s misfortune. Or at the very least finding fault with every scintilla of what they do in life. Now read on… There’s one particular hack at national level –…

  • Dempsey departure another illustration of the same problem

    Dempsey departure another illustration of the same problem

    A Grade 2 Novice Chase at Punchestown on a Saturday. One of the prestigious novice chases in the Irish racing calendar. Total prize pot of €36,500, of which €21,900 went to the winner. Looks a glossy product and an easy sell so far, right? Wrong. Three runners. One trainer. One owner. Then there are those…

  • Selections for Limerick – Dec. 27th 2021

    Selections for Limerick – Dec. 27th 2021

    12.20: GLENS OF ANTRIM (JODY MCGARVEY/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.55: FARCUER DU LARGE (BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 1.30: IS A REAL CHAMP (JIMMY SCALLAN (7)/SEAN DOYLE) 2.05: FREEDOM TO DREAM (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 2.40: VICTORY MARCH – EW – (CHARLIE (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.15: ROBINSTOWN – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: HAPPY VICTORY (LUKE MCGUINNESS (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT)

  • Selections For Tramore – Aug. 12th 2021

    Selections For Tramore – Aug. 12th 2021

    5.15: ALICE AVRIL (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.45: GELEE BLANCHE – EW – (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.15: CUSTAR’S MISTAKE – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 6.45: WALKING FAME (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.15: FORTUNE STREET – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 7.45: BRING THE BACON (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 8.15: LINE OUT (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN/JOHN KIELY)

  • Selections for Limerick – Apr. 19th 2021

    Selections for Limerick – Apr. 19th 2021

    1.30: GLOBAL EQUITY (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.15: ROBIN SCHERBATSKI – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON (3)/MOUSE MORRIS) 2.45: SMOKEY THE BANDIT – W/O FAV – (BRYAN COOPER/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.15: TEESCOMPONENTSYESS (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 3.45: THE GREAT WHITE – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 4.20: ODDS OR EVENS (MARK WALSH/TONY MARTIN) 4.55: EMMA PRADA – EW –…

  • Selections for Wexford – Apr. 9th 2021

    Selections for Wexford – Apr. 9th 2021

    4.15: LOW LIE THE FIELDS (DANIEL HOLDEN (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: DAWN WONDER (CONOR MAXWELL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.25: FORTUNE STREET – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 5.55: JUST ANOTHER LADY (PETER CARBERRY/ANDREW MCNAMARA) 6.25: ORNUA (DYLAN ROBINSON (3)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.55: THE ECHO BOY – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 7.25: THE COOL DUDE –…

  • Selections for Fairyhouse – April. 5th 2021

    Selections for Fairyhouse – April. 5th 2021

    2.05: BIG KING – EW – (MARK BOLGER/BARRY CONNELL 2.40: TEAHUPOO (ROBBIE POWER/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.15: KLASSY KAY – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: STORMY IRELAND – EW – (A. N. OTHER/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: FAKIR D’OUDAIRIES (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: RUN WILD FRED (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.40: CHAVI ARTIST – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/TOM…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 6th 2021

    1.05: STATTLER – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.35: CHACUN POUR SOI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.45: ARAMAX – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.15: ABRACADABRAS W/0 FAV (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: HE’S A HARDY BLOKE – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.25: LETSBECLEARABOUTIT – EW –(FINNY MAGUIRE/GAVIN CROMWELL)

  • Selections for Limerick – Dec. 29th 2020

    11.55: NO GREY AREAS (PAT KING (5)/MARTIN HASSETT) 12.30: ET DITE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: MIRACLE IN MEDINAH (JODY MCGARVEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: WOLFE PRINCE (JONATHAN MOORE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: UPOURDAT (GARY NOONAN (7)/PADDY NEVILLE) 2.50: PAIRC NA NGAEL – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.25: LOW LIE THE FIELDS (HUGH MORGAN (5)/HENRY…

  • Another day, more for Mullins but Henry hogs the big one

    By ten past twelve today, Willie Mullins had another two winners on the board – one in both Limerick and Leopardstown. Both courtesy of horses breaking their maidens who would’ve been expected to have done so before now. One of which was the instigation of a treble for owners Joe and Marie Donnelly. The black…