Tag: Longwood

  • Kennedy a major Festival doubt

    Kennedy a major Festival doubt

    Jack Kennedy has emerged as a serious doubt for this year’s Cheltenham Festival having sustained a significant leg injury following a fall from Top Bandit in a novice chase at Naas on Sunday. Gordon Elliott trains Top Bandit and he said the jockey faces being sidelined for the “Foreseeable future” owing to what is by…

  • Moyfernagh March On

    Moyfernagh March On

    Moyfernagh… 1-09 Blackwater… 1-07 Brendan Murphy’s Moyfernagh side advanced to the knockout stages of the Dioralyte Regional Football Championship at Dunganny on Wednesday evening. Those clad in green and white made light of the absence of the phenomenal Mickey Burke as well as Longwood’s Billy Hogan to advance to the knockout stages with a round…

  • Slow Start undoes Meath despite gutsy effort

    Slow Start undoes Meath despite gutsy effort

    Meath…1-11 Roscommon…1-15 The records will unfortunately show that Meath slumped to their second Allianz League defeat against Roscommon but that would only tell a fraction of the story about this tempestuous encounter at stormy Pairc Tailteann. One thing is for sure, it would be very easy to figure out why people in a certain part…

  • Weir shows his hand for League opener

    Weir shows his hand for League opener

    Meath manager Nick Weir has revealed his lineup for tomorrow’s Allianz National Hurling League opening round encounter against Kildare in St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge. The match has a midday throw in time. Therein, The Royals – who this week announced the extension of their sponsorship deal with Glenveigh Homes – will be hoping to kickstart…

  • Newman returns as Meath bid to bounce back

    Newman returns as Meath bid to bounce back

    The return of gifted attacker Mickey Newman jumps off the page as Meath manager Andy McEntee announced his panel for the forthcoming National Football League. Entering his fifth season at the helm, the boss will be hoping to steer his charges back to the top flight straight away having only dined thence for one campaign.…

  • Selections for Clonmel – Mar. 9th 2021

    2.25: BEN THOMSON – W/O FAV – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.00: RICKY BOBBY – W/O FAV – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (5)/JOHN J. WALSH) 3.30: LAR’S LESS – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.00: RUNRIZED (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: WESTY FOX (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 5.00: CHELSEAS FRIEND (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/JIMMY MANGAN) 5.30: STAY FOCUSSED – EW – (J.…

  • The last man who never made a mistake was crucified on a Good Friday – there was no need for a replay

    Many of you will know by now that I was assigned a new care company a few weeks ago. Well, it is a great relief and absolute pleasure to reveal that the change of ‘stables’ has been akin to winning the Lotto. Not only because some of the ‘new’ team were in fact not that…

  • Selections for Leopardstown – March 7th 2021

    2.10: TAKARENGO – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/TOM MULLINS) 2.45: FRENCH DYNAMITE (ROBBIE POWER/MOUSE MORRIS) 3.15: ROYAL ILLUSION (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: DEMI PLIE – EW – (AINE O’CONNOR (5)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 4.20 DISC DONC (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.50: UISCE BEATHA – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 5.20: BOOLA BOOLA – EW – (MICKEY MCGUANE (7)/JESSICA…