Tag: Nicky O'Connor
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The page of history turns in bid to Folly Master(s)
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.…
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He’s only gone and done it again
It’s hard to know which is the most surprising, that the bookies let Lord Lariat go off at 40/1, or that yours truly forgot to put a few bob thereon having had the pleasure of spending an evening in the company of the steed’s wonderful trainer, Dermot McLoughlin. Sometimes though, it’s not about the punting.…
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Paths crossed in poignant healing
One of the greatest things garnered from 11 years on the Executive Committee of St Peter’s, Dunboyne were the friendships formed with people from nearly every club in the county. And plenty outside of Meath as well. Now read on… Yes, there are a few clubs in particular with which special affinity will forever be…
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McLoughlin Freewheels to local success
Before this corner was properly attuned to the goings on in racing, one of the first times I was at a racecourse was to see the Jim Dreaper-trained Carvills Hill run at Naas. Our main reason for being there was that my sister Anna was good friends with Pauline O’Connor. Now, Pauline’s late, great father…