Tag: John P. McManus

  • Selections for Thurles – Jan. 29th 2026

    Selections for Thurles – Jan. 29th 2026

    1.25: LIVE TO LAUGH – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/PETER FAHEY) 1.55: MAGIC SADDLER (EMMA COSTELLO (7)/PAT DOYLE) 2.25: DAWN COMING – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 2.55: TANGARA BAY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: WHERE ARE YOU NOW (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 3.55: BLOW WIND BLOW – W/O FAV – (MARK WALSH/ENDA…

  • Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 5th 2025

    Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 5th 2025

    3.57: NELSON MUNTZ (PETER SMITHERS (7)/HARRY KELLY) 4.32: ZILLOW (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.07: DOLCE N MILANA (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (4*)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.37: SLIM MARVEL – EW – (TREVOR RYAN (5)/ANDY SLATTERY) 6.07: FULL OF LIFE (OAKLEY BROWN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.37: A WAVE OF THE SEA (CHARLIE O’DWYER (5)/SHANE BRODERICK) 7.07: WARTIME LEADER (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE…

  • Selections for Wexford – Aug. 29th 2025

    Selections for Wexford – Aug. 29th 2025

    4.30: DSCHINGIS DRAGON (OAKLEY BROWN (2*) /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.03: NO BIG DEAL – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (3)/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 5.35: TEENAGE KISS – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (5)/CONOR O’DWYER) 6.05: AMBOYNA (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/J.E. & T. KIELY) 6.35: YOU OUGHTA KNOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: MISS LIA – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 7.35: ONEFORTHEDITCH…

  • Never doubt that they are watching…

    Never doubt that they are watching…

    I always feel a bit strange for a day or two after the men’s All Ireland SFC Final. Another chapter of the sporting year done. Summer gone before the farmers have even begun cutting winter wheat. “The hay is saved and Cork are bet the crowd do wildly roar”. Or at least that’s the way…

  • Selections for Punchestown – June 7th 2025

    Selections for Punchestown – June 7th 2025

    1.10: BELLE THE TIGRESS (MIKEY O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.45: NO FLIES ON HIM – EW – (PETER SMITHERS (7)/EDDIE O’GRADY) 2.20: PRINCE ZALTAR – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.00: JOUEUR MASQUE (GAVIN BROUDER (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: LEAVE IN SECRET – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/TOM GIBNEY) 4.10: KNOCKRAHA EAGLE – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON/IAN DONOGHUE)…

  • Selections for Wexford – May 28th 2025

    Selections for Wexford – May 28th 2025

    4.55: BEACON EDGE (JAMIE HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: THE BIG DOYEN – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.00: DEPECHE MO – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/ERIC LARKIN) 6.30: HATTFIELD HAMMER (JORDAN GAINFORD/PAUL NOLAN) 7.00: SON OF ANARCHY (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.30: TAG MAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.00: BUTCHERS BILL (CARL MILLAR (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 8.30:…

  • Selections for Kilbeggan -Apr. 25th 2025

    Selections for Kilbeggan -Apr. 25th 2025

    4.20: DUNKERQUE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: BAYOU BELLE – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (5)/JARLATH FAHEY) 5.25: KENTUCKY BEACH – EW – (TIERNAN POWER-ROCHE (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.55: KALNOO – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (3)/PAUL KIELY) 6.25: LOOK TO THE WEST (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD ) 6.55: THREE IN A ROW (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 7.25: FENWAY PARK…

  • Selections for Limerick – Apr. 25th 2025

    Selections for Limerick – Apr. 25th 2025

    1.42: HANAMAYA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.17: HOSTILITY (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.52: SHAOOL (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.27: THRIFTY OF DIGBY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.02: NAHOORI (WAYNE LORDAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 4.35: LORD CHURCH – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/EMMET MULLINS) 5.10: BAY COLONY (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 5.40: SECRET ROCK – EW –…

  • Selections for The Curragh – Mar. 29th 2025

    Selections for The Curragh – Mar. 29th 2025

    1.40: JOYFUL TIDINGS – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: TWO STARS (JOEY SHERIDAN/FOZZY STACK) 2.50: SMILING (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.25: A DREAM TO SHARE – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/J. E.  & T. KIELY) 4.00: BIG GOSSEY – EW – (BILLY LEE/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 4.35: JM’S JOY – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.10: PRESENCE –…

  • Selections for Cork – Mar. 20th 2025

    Selections for Cork – Mar. 20th 2025

    1.55: BLAKE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 2.27: CRAMERS VALLEY – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.02: PROMONTORY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/SARAH J. CONNELL) 3.37: JACOVEC CAVERN – EW – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 4.12: SIR BOB – EW – (MARK WALSH/ROBERT TYNER) 4.47: CULLIG – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAT FOLEY) 5.22:…