Life And Sport From An Armchair View
2.05: LIBERATED LIGHT - EW - (JOHN GLEESON (5)/ JOHN E. & T. KIELY) 2.40: DARK IMAGE - EW - (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.15: SPACE TOURIST (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) Space Tourist (white face) should land in the Winners' Enclosure in Limerick 3.50: HIGH CLASS HERO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.21: ANDYOURBIRDCANSING - EW - (LIAM QUINLAN... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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)
2.10: SWEETEST ROSE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.45: MAGNANIMUS MEHMUS - EW - (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/ADRIAN MURRAY) 3.20: LORD VADER - EW - (LEIGH ROCHE/EMMET MULLINS) Emmet Mullins has his horses flying in both codes 3.55: GAMBE VELOCI (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.25: CHEERS AGAIN - EW - (ROBERT WHEARTY (7)/PAUL FLYNN) 5.00: PICTURE OF A... Continue Reading →
1.40: YOUR HONOR - EW - (GAVIN BROUDER/JAMES NASH) 2.15: HAUTURIERE (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: CHELSEAS FRIEND - EW - (MICHAEL O'CONNOR (5)/JIMMY MANGAN) Jimmy Mangan is one of racing's great characters 3.25: EASY FELLA (DONAGH MEYLER/RAY CODY) 4.00: IRISH BLAZE (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.35: HAPPY JACKY - EW - (TOMMY BRETT (7)/RAY HACKETT) 5.10:... Continue Reading →
Temptation was to begin this piece with reference to people starting things and not finishing them and having form for same. Perhaps best to leave that parked though. If only because Ray Dempsey could hardly have started much in Limerick and today he departed after just five league games. Ironically only days after getting their... Continue Reading →
Meath...2-11 Limerick...0-17 In what turned out to be Mick O'Dowd's last game as Meath manager, his charges led Derry by seven points at half time in an All Ireland SFC Qualifier before capitulating spectacularly after half time. This corner cannot recall whether it had happened prior to that, but it certainly has been a habit... Continue Reading →
12.25: AIDE DE CAMP (DAN KING (5)/DENIS HOGAN) 12.57: TOMJACKWILLIAM (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 1.32: WALK WITH PAUL (COLM BRASSIL/MARTIN BRASSIL) 2.07: PAUL MARVEL (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) Kieran Callaghan dons the famous Ricci silks this afternoon 2.42: THE SON OF BREGA (PATRICK O'BRIEN (4*)/PAT DOWNEY) 3.17: CAOIMHE'S PET (GARY NOONAN (4*)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.52: ONE BIG... Continue Reading →
12.20: SIR BOB (MARK WALSH/ROBERT TYNER) 12.55: THE TACK ROOM - EW - (GAVIN BROUDER (5)/JOHN KIELY) Any steed representing the great John Kiely must be afforded the utmost respect 1.30: BRAZIL (MARK WALSH/PADRAIG ROCHE) 2.05: BENZ - W/O FAV - (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.35: SENIOR CHIEF (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.05: JEWELINTHESKY - EW... Continue Reading →
12.20: SHANBALLY KID (SEAN O'KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.55: BLACKWATER - EW - (DENIS O'REGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.30: MALINA GIRL - W/O FAV - (KIEREN BUCKLEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.05: TOMJACKWILLIAM - EW - (GARY NOONAN (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) Velvet Elvis is one of the best staying chasers about 2.40: VELVET ELVIS - EW - (GAVIN BROUDER (5)/TOM GIBNEY) 3.15: TIME... Continue Reading →