Life And Sport From An Armchair View
1.35: ROWDY YEATS - EW - (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) Noel Meade will be aiming to at least season's 33 winners during the Flat season 2.05: REAL FORCE - EW - (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/GER O'LEARY) 2.35: MARTY THE PARTY (JOEY SHERIDAN/FOZZY STACK) 3.10: MAYFAIR (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 3.40: GOLDANA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.10: SAN AER... Continue Reading →
1.07: DOCTOR GLIDE - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) 1.42: BILLY LEE SWAGGER - EW - (RYAN TREACY/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.17: FERRUM - EW - (SAM EWING/GEORGE KINGSTON) Sam Ewing will be one of a number of riders hoping to round off a memorable week 2.52: SHES SOME DOLL - EW - (OAKLEY BROWN (5)/TOM GIBNEY)... Continue Reading →
1.55: WALK WITH PAUL (COLM BRASSIL (5)/MARTIN BRASSIL) 2.30: MR POLICEMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: LAKE CHAD - EW - (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/PHILIP FENTON) 3.40: ANSWERING (CIAN QUIRKE (2*) /TIM DOYLE) 4.15: SHANNON ROYALE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) After the whirlwind of the preceeding days it's back to the bread and butter stuff for these two 4.50:... Continue Reading →
4.40: MUSICAL TRIBUTE - EW - (ROBERT WHEARTY (5)/KEITH CLARKE) 5.15: PIERRE LAPPIN - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.50: TARA POWER - EW - (ROBERT MULLIGAN (10)/KEITH CLARKE) Drumree trainer Keith Clarke 6.20: HIGHLAND KING - EW - (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.50: HURRICANE HELEN (COLIN KEANE/CHRIS TIMMONS) 7.20: I BID YOU AJOU... Continue Reading →
In the interest of honesty and fairness, at my own expense, it will be admitted that the third day of the Cheltenham Festival has always been my toughest day with regard to garnering winners, but, after 'saver' bets on Captain Guinness and Langer Dan saved the satchel, we go again. 1.30 - GOLDEN MILLER NOVICE... Continue Reading →
At the outset here an apology - I completely underestimated the very obvious top notch credentials of both Gaelic Warrior and Stateman and for that I apologise. That said, while the notion of a Cheltenham 'banker' is generally steered away from, if there was one particular steed whose appearance was anticipated with greatest enthusiasm it... Continue Reading →
1.07: OLYMPIC MAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.42: HELVIC DREAM - EW - (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 2.17: VERBAL SPARRING - EW - (PATRICK O'BRIEN (7)/DES MCDONOGH) 2.52: THREE IN A ROW - EW - (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.27: PETIT KING - EW - (PHILIP ENRIGHT/EDDIE CAWLEY) 4.02: TACTICAL MOVE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.37: VELVET ELVIS -... Continue Reading →
4.40: SAMROGUE - EW - (LEIGH ROCHE/ROSS O'SULLIVAN) 5.15: POSH MAISIE (ROBBIE MULLIGAN (10)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.45: PASCALIA (SHANE KELLY/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 6.15: AL MUDHAFAR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 6.45: HODD'S GIRL - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.15: SUPER OVER (COLIN KEANE/DENIS COAKLEY) 7.45: DONT LOOK NOW - EW - (JACK KEARNEY (2*)/LUKE COMER) 8.15:... Continue Reading →
A nondescript handicap, curtain raiser to a mundane midweek card with a €6,000 cut to the winner is unlikely to remain in the minds of many for long. Yet it provided a moment of history. The turning of a page. Beginning the next chapter in the most glorious anthology in the history of Irish sport.... Continue Reading →
2.40: FOLLY MASTER (KEITH DONOGHUE/TOM DREAPER) Folly Master (near side) can get Tom Dreaper off the mark as a licensed trainer 3.10: BOSS ROBIN - EW - (RAY BARRON (5)/JOHN F. GLEESON) 3.40: CHOSEN WITNESS (SEAN O'KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: MULLINS CROSS - EW - (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 4.40: TELL US THIS - EW - (KEITH... Continue Reading →