Tag: Kenny Alexander
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 20th 2025
1.25: RATH GAUL BOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.55: HIGH CLASS HERO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: WILL DO – EW – (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: WILLIAM MUNNY (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 3.25: JADE DE GRUGY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: DR EGGMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: RUE TAYLOR – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 5.00: ROJUCO MAC –…
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The foreseen, the unexpected and the downright emotional
Less than 24 hours before the commencement of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, this corner had no problem admitting that, in some ways, not a sh** was given about the action at Prestbury Park. Mitigating such misgivings, though, was the hope that the sound of the Cheltenham roar at the start of the first race would…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 23rd 2023
1.55: TELLMESOMETHINGGIRL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.30: THEDANCINGFARRIER – EW – (RICHIE KIELY (5)/PAUL KIELY) 3.05: ESPION DU CHENET – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/LOUISE LYONS) 3.40: SA FUERER (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: SIR ARGUS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: THEONEWEDREAMOF (AINE O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.20: WEST END VICTORY (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Trusting your own judgement and reserving it on others
One of the perhaps lesser known drawbacks of dealing with depression, or indeed any mental health difficulty is the ferocity and rapidity with which it can decimate a body’s confidence. Conversely, it can then take millennia to rebuild. Thus, having got myself physically and mentally strong enough to go to the Fairyhouse Winter Festival, there…
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Selections for Cork – Nov. 20th 2022
12.00: IRISH POINT (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.30: ITSWHATUNITESUS (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.05: ALL WALKS OF LIFE – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (4*)/MICHAEL HOURIGAN) 1.40: THOUSAND TEARS – EW – (CONOR CLARKE (7)/EMMET MULLINS) 2.15: MARTHA DEVINE (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 2.50: TELLMESOMETHINGGIRL (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: KILDORRERY – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH)
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Selections for Naas – Nov. 12th 2022
11.50: ASHROE DIAMOND (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.20: GAOITH CHUIL – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/TED WALSH) 12.55: FIL DOR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.30: DUFFLE COAT – EW – (COREY MCGIVERN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: GENTLEMAN DE MEE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: THREE STRIPE LIFE (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.15: FAMEAFTERTHEGLORY – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.50: HALKA…
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Selections for Punchestown – May 28th 2022
1.20: KILDORERY – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH) 1.55: ECHOES OF FAMILY – EW – (NICHOLAS TERRASSIN (7)/E&P HARTY) 2.33: HEIA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.08: SOVIET PIMPERNELL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.43: FOLIO – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.18: RESERVE JUDGEMENT – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN MCCONNELL) 4.53: PIKE COUNTY – EW – (AIDAN…
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Cheltenham 2022 – Day 1 Preview
Please take a while to have a look at my thoughts on Day 1 of the four most wonderful days sport of the year. https://youtu.be/XpOTxb2KSy4
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Big two dominate during a great weekend for Royal racers
The clip of Johnny Murtagh’s Champs Elysees rattling home to score during Champions Weekend at Leopardstown is still fresh in the memory. There was nobody but the trainer and his wife Orla in stand celebrating a milestone success for the Cortown man. Seagulls were the only competition they might have had for a spot. As…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 6th 2022
12.45: LUNAR DISPLAY – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.20: GALOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.50: CAPTAIN GUINNESS – W/O FAV – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.25: THE SHUNTER – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 3.00: HONEYSUCKLE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.35: SIR GERHARD (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: SEA DUCOR – EW – (DONAGH…