Tag: Marine Nationale
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2025
12.05: OLE OLE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 12.37: LOVELY HURLING – EW – (MARK WALSH/COLM MURPHY) 1.12: MARINE NATIONALE (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 1.47: LOVE ME TENDER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.22: EN OR – EW – (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 3.00: WILL THE WISE – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.30: ARCADIAN EMPORER (PADDY…
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Never doubt that they are watching…
I always feel a bit strange for a day or two after the men’s All Ireland SFC Final. Another chapter of the sporting year done. Summer gone before the farmers have even begun cutting winter wheat. “The hay is saved and Cork are bet the crowd do wildly roar”. Or at least that’s the way…
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Michael O’Sullivan – A Tribute
The following is just an observation rather than a boast – when working around racing as close as is the case here, very quickly jockeys, trainers and owners names become instantly recognisable. And then, every so often, a new name will appear that will necessitate a bit of research. Now read on… The most recent…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2023
12.05: LARK IN THE MORNIN (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 12.35: MARINE NATIONALE (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 1.10: CAPTAIN GUINNESS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.45: CALDWELL POTTER – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: CONYERS HILL – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 3.00: ADAMANTLY CHOSEN – EW – (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.35: MAJOR BARRY – EW – (AINE…
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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…