Tag: Mac Swiney
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Quiet legend Manning goes out on a high note
An era ended in Ballybrit this afternoon when the quiet legend of the Irish Flat weighroom, Kevin Manning, called time on his illustrious glory-laden career in the saddle. Fittingly going out on a winner prepared by his father-in-law and boss, Jim Bolger. Vocal Studies carrying the colours of Jim’s wife Jackie, as so many of…
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Selections for The Curragh – May 22nd 2021
1.45: THUNDER ECLIPSE (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 2.15: CASTLE STAR (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 2.45: GLEN SHIEL (HOLLIE DOYLE/ARCHIE WATSON, IN GB) 3.20: MAC SWINEY – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 3.55: CHAMPERS ELYSEES (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.25: BOYNE RIVER – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: SUMMER SANDS – EW – (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.30: LIFFEY…
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Wexford Wizard continues to weave his magic
Horse Racing is very much a case of the haves and the have nots. As I all too well from a sadly very brief spell as the late Oliver Cunningham’s ad hoc Racing Manager. Such a divide is even more prevalent on the Flat. No matter which sector of the sport a trainer may be…