Tag: Katie Walsh
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Doing it in such a way that people cannot but notice
In honour of International Womens Day, we here and BTS head office look at some of those who have made sporting strides on the local, national and international stage… NINA CARBERRY (WALSH) MEP: The only possible place this celebratory journey could begin. Enshrined her name in Irish sporting history when becoming the first lady rider…
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Those crying ‘Woke’ at latest historic Ladies First need a good poke
Just because you may be braced for an incoming negative occurrence doesn’t make the impact thereof any easier to absorb when it does hit. Trust me, as somebody who fell with walking aids and out of wheelchairs more times than I care to painfully remember, you can think you are as ready as you like,…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – July 7th 2021
4.25: SEA SESSIONS (MARK GALLAGHER/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 4.55: BEAR STORY (RONAN WHELAN/MICK HALFORD) 5.25: PENNINE HILLS (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.55: AMAZING EMMA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/LIAM MCATEER) 6.25: DIXIE BLUEBELL (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.55: SPANISH TENOR – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 7.25: ZAHEE (GARY CARROLL/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.55: MISS FLORENTINE (MIKEY SHEEHY (5)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN)
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Smashing the glass ceiling with the passing of the baton
The first jumps meeting of the season at Fairyhouse, usually in early October, is generally when the racing radar in this seat really becomes hyper sensitive. That isn’t to say one wouldn’t be attuned to goings on prior to that date. Just that the fixture in question is generally the cue for things to ratchet…