Tag: John P McManus
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Selections for Galway – July 31st 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)
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Whatever plan you have, they’ll come up with a better one
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…
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Selections for Limerick – June 24th 2023
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)
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It’s their world, we just live in it
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…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – May 30th 2023
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…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 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…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – Apr. 14th 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)
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JP’s last minute shopping pays off
Movie aficionados would of course have known this instantly, but, this corner only learned this evening that I Am Maximus is a reference to Russell Crowe’s character in Gladiator. So it was probably only appropriate that the greatest gladiator there is in terms of racehorse ownership, JP McManus, not only bought the horse in the…
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Selections for Wexford – Mar. 31st 2023
4.10: FREE FLOWING (ROBBIE GEOGHEGAN (7)/NORMAN LEE) 4.40: MUSIC OF TARA (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.10: PURE SIRLOIN (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.40: MYLERSTOWN UPPER (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.10: GLAMORGAN DUKE – W/O FAV – (DANNY GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 6.40: FOX LA BEI (AIDAN KELLY (7)/LIZ DOYLE) 7.10: BIRDIE BLITZ (AIDAN KELLY (7)/AIDAN HOWARD)
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Selections for Naas – Mar. 30th 2023
1.57: BY YOUR SIDE (COREY MCGIVERN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.32: SOMETHINGABOUTHER – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/PADRAIG ROCHE) 3.07: NUCKY JOHNSON (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/NOEL MEADE) 3.42: DRAGONS PASS – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (7)/DENISE FOSTER) 4.17: THE CORNER HOUSE (EVAN DWAN (7)/JULIE CASHIN) 4.52: DO WHATEVER – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (7)/JIM DREAPER) 5.22: RHAENYRA – EW…