When playing into the wind, in sport or life in general, it’s always safest to keep it simple and stick to what you know best. If you’re driving out, hold what you have and don’t look back. If, on the other hand, you’re fighting a rearguard action, hold your ground, trust yourself and keep it… Read More Foibles of small fields but food for thought
Don’t worry, what you’re about to read is not an ode to the furry little b*****ds that tend to make themselves uninvited lodgers at this time year. Said rodents gave production to the type of local yarn every country town around germinates over time. Before my time, there was a man – I won’t mention… Read More We could all do with the survival instinct of a Mouse!
4.40: COMFORT LINE – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (2*)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 5.15: KITTY MCFEE – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JOHN O’DONOGHUE) 5.45: MARTINSTOWN (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.15: UNCLE ALBERT – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/KIERAN COTTER) 6.45: VON KROLOCK – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/TIM DOYLE) 7.15: MULLACASH BUZZ – EW – (JACK CLEARY (7)/THOMAS DOWLING) 7.45: QUEEN… Read More Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 20th 2023
5.10: MYSTICAL POWER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.40: AHEAD OF THE POSSE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SEA THE POLARIS (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.40: COUGAR – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/PADRAIG ROCHE) 7.15: RIO LARGO – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/LUKE COMER) 7.50: VOICE OF REASON (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.20: SHOOT CHAMPAGNE (RAY BARRON (7)/CHARLES BYRNES)
Limerick… 2-24 Galway… 1-18 Evidence that good players don’t always make good managers is ample. No need to name names but there have quite a few Galacticos who’ve flopped worse than a Premier League footballer trying to con their way to a penalty. Henry Shefflin absolutely does not belong in the above category. He couldn’t… Read More Whatever plan you have, they’ll come up with a better one
5.23: NAVALNY (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.55: GUNSIGHT – EW – (DANNY SHEEHY (3)/MICHAEL O’MEARA) 6.25: LADY ARWEN (JAKE COEN (5)/CONOR O’DWYER) 7.00: OPERATIC ARTIST (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.30: KHAFAAQ – EW – (CIAN HORGAN (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 8.00: DUKE CADOR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 8.30: BLACKPOINT – EW – (BILLY LEE/J & T KIELY)
The tragic and untimely passing of young Jack De Bromhead last autumn shook the nation and well beyond to the core. No matter who you are, or whether you have any knowledge of or interest in racing, the thought of a kid dying – in any circumstances but especially doing something he knew and loved… Read More It’s their world, we just live in it
5.00: BALLYSTONE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 5.30: RING O ROSES (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.00: MEDIA NERANJA – EW – (COREY MCGIVERN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.30: CALICO – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.00: BALLINLOUGH GALE – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.30: SILVERSTRAND – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 8.00: DUFFY’S GATEWAY (SIMON… Read More Selections for Ballinrobe – May 30th 2023
2.35: BIRCHDALE – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 3..10: SIR BOB – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/ROBERT TYNER) 3.50: LOVE ENVOI (DANNY MULLINS/HARRY FRY, IN GB) 4.25: SAM BROWN – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/ANTHONY HONEYBALL, IN GB) 5.00: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: RISK BELLE – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.05: GOLDINTHEMOUNTAINS – EW… Read More Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 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)