Tag: John P McManus
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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)…
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Selections for Killarney – May 13th 2024
4.40: KUDASHEVA (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.10: MOONLIGHT JAZZ (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.40: UNDENIABLE ALIBI – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.10: ZOFFMAN – EW – (DAN KING/DENIS HOGAN) 6.40: VISIONARIAN – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.10: LISTENHERETOMEJACK – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EOIN DOYLE) 7.45: EARLY DOORS (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 8.20: JUMP…
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Support your man by all means but be mindful of how you do it
No secret has ever been made of how grateful yours truly feels to have many who were once heroes admired from afar become treasured friends. Yes, a lot of them are, shall we say, ‘colourful’ characters but then, it would be my genuine belief that if there wasn’t a bit of a maverick in myself,…
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Selections for Punchestown – Jan. 15th
12.55: HIGHWIND (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.25: MORRICONE – EW – (JOEY DUNNE/RAY HACKETT) 1.55: PALLAS ATHENE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.25: CLEAR THE CLOUDS – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.55: CHOSEN THYME – EW – (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 3.25: BUACHAILBOCHT (MARK WALSH/TED WALSH) 4.00: MAUGHREEN (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Punchestown – Jan. 14th 2024
12.35: PICTURES OF HOME – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/TED WALSH) 1.05: BLOOD DESTINY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.35: MYSTICAL POWER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: LISNAGAR FORTUNE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.35: AH FUHGEDDABOUTIT – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (5)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.05: GLENMALURE LODGE – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.35: BONNIE KELLIE (PAT KING (5)/SAM CURLING)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Jan. 1st 2024
12.10: MOLLY’S MANGO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.40: AH REMY MARTIN – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/TOM GIBNEY) 1.15: LOVELY REACTION (SIMON TORRENS/TOM MULLINS) 1.50: DUFFY’S GATEWAY (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.25: INSTIT – W/O FAV – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: NICK ROCKET (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.35: STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Foibles of small fields but food for thought
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…
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We could all do with the survival instinct of a Mouse!
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…
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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 20th 2023
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…