Tag: Limerick
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Gourmet dish off the menu as Hourigan hangs up the binoculars
“And Doran’s Pride’s a faller, Danoli hits the front, Danoli strikes the first blow for Ireland”. Peter O’Sullevan’s commentary from the back of the last home in the 1995 Sun Alliance (now RSA) Novices Hurdle. The day Danoli became ‘The People’s Champion. Even in terms of sport, it was a different world. Tom Foley’s stable…
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Please watch your step, you’re on thin ice
There’s an episode of The Simpsons in which Mr Burns brings the staff of the power plant to a resort up in the snow-capped mountains for a bonding weekend. As these things also tend to be in real life, the few days were dominated by tasks which had to be done, at a minimum in…
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Selections for Limerick – Dec. 26th 2024
12.25: LINCOLN DE SEUIL (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.58: AUTOPORTRAIT – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (3)/MICHAEL MORRIS) 1.33: THE BIG WESTERNER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.08: MILLSTREAM LADY – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 2.40: RELEASE THE BEAST (JORDAN GAINFORD/PAUL NOLAN) 3.15: CAHIRDOWN BOY – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA) 3.50: UFORIA (JAMES HENDRICKS (7)/PAUL NOLAN)
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Littler and Sherrock on potential collision course
Should Fallon Sherrock, as would be expected, overcome Ryan Miekel in the first round of the William Hill sponsored World Darts Championship, the Queen of the Palace will then be faced with the more ominous proposition of potentially being nuked by last year’s runner up Luke Littler. Other potential pairings pulled out in Monday evening’s…
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Selections for Tipperary – Jul. 3rd 2024
5.05: SHE’S QUALITY (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 5.40: PROUDLY YOURS – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.10: GINORMOUS – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE/MICKY FENTON) 6.40: LADY O (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.10: BLUE SOUL – EW – (JAMES RYAN (5)/GER LYONS) 7.45: HELP ME RHONDA (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 8.20: BLACK SOUL – EW – (NIALL MCCULLAGH/JOHN E.…
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Thank you Offaly
“Is this to be it for Donegal? It would be a victory that would do an awful lot of counties an awful lot of good”. It was and it did. That quote was Ger Canning’s commentary on Declan Bonner’s iconic point which sealed a first serenading of Sam for the men from The Hills. Sensationally…
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Two more great examples to be ignored
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler’s own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it’s difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Apr. 24th 2023
4.00: SEA THE POLARIS (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.35: LIMONCELLO LADY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.05: PLAY IT AGAIN ZAAM – EW – (SEAN BOWEN (5)/CONOR MAXWELL) 5.40: ALL LIES AHEAD (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.15: DOLLERINA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.50: BASILAH BEAR – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 7.25: THE TRUANT – EW…
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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 Limerick – Dec. 27th 2023
12.19: MILANAWAY – EW – (DAN KING (3)/DENIS HOGAN) 12.52: STORMY STORY (JORDAN CANAVAN (7)/SAM CURLING) 1.27: HARMONIYA MAKER (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.02: NO TIME TO WAIT (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.37: COSMIC ROCK – EW – (JODY TOWNEND/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.27: MAHTALUZA – EW – (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT)