Tag: John P McManus
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Joyce jolt and Downey downtime could derail Rebel redemption
Without having the Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League results to hand, it can still be said with a fair degree of certainty that the hurlers of Cork and Limerick have met three times already this season. It would be a very brave – or foolish – individual who would bet against them having at…
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Cheltenham 2026 – Day 1
And like a fox stalking a chicken coup in the night, personally speaking at least, this year’s Cheltenham Festival – the best and most important four days sporting action of the year – from a business perspective – has arrived riding shotgun to me almost unnoticed. Almost. Now read on. It will be readily admitted…
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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 –…
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The oddities of football management in England
A New Year’s Day family gathering – at which there are three televisions on duty – spanning World Championship Darts, a Premier League match and one in the English Championship – is not where you’d expect one of the greatest legends ever to grace the GAA to enter your mind. Now read on… But here…
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Thurles thunderbolt leaves Irish racing in a spin
Do you ever think of friend, departed for the bigger world and it just knocks you for six? I’m not talking in terms of immediate family or other relatives. Just somebody whom you perhaps didn’t realise the impact they had on your life until they’re not there anymore. On Friday morning last, the late Derrick…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – June 23rd 2025
5.10: SUGAR CLUB (JAMES RYAN/NOEL MEADE) 5.40: NOBLER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.10: JANES HARBOUR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.40: TRIBAL MOON – EW – (KILLIAN LEONARD/DAN MURPHY) 7.15: ELVETHAM – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.50: DESERT FRIEND – EW – (BEN COEN/DENISE FOSTER) 8.20: LOT OF JOY – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Gourmet dish off the menu as Hourigan hangs up the binoculars
“And Doran’s Pride’s a faller, Danoli hits the front, Danoli strikes the first blow for Ireland”. Peter O’Sullevan’s commentary from the back of the last home in the 1995 Sun Alliance (now RSA) Novices Hurdle. The day Danoli became ‘The People’s Champion. Even in terms of sport, it was a different world. Tom Foley’s stable…
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Selections for Punchestown – Nov. 15th 2024
12.15: EMILY IN PARIS – EW – (GEAROID BROUDER (5)/ D. E. FITZGERALD) 12.50: BUACHAILLBOCHT – EW – (MARK WALSH/TED WALSH) 1.25: PUTURHANDSTOGETHER (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.00: RAPPAREE CHAMP – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES/CHARLES BYRNES) 2.35: GWAN TADHG – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.10: SOUNDS VICTORIOUS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: KILMURRAY JJ – EW…
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Rowntree’s shock departure leaves a sour taste
A deceased Irish rugby legend once said to yours truly in a tent at the Punchestown Festival “Rugby, my friend, is a game for thugs played by gentlemen, whereas soccer is a game for gentlemen played by roughens”. Whether you agree with the actual nuts and bolts of his views or not is immaterial. At…
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Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 6th 2024
1.20: SECOND GUESS – EW – (JACK CLEARY (7)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 1.55: CAMELOT ALEXANDER – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.30: RED VIBURNUM – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/DERMOT WELD) 3.05: FEUD (DANNY MULLINS/RICHARD O’BRIEN) 3.40: WINTER FOG (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.15: BELLE THE LIONESS – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: SHECOULDBEANYTHING (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT)…