Tag: Nina Carberry
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Doing it in such a way that people cannot but notice
In honour of International Womens Day, we here and BTS head office look at some of those who have made sporting strides on the local, national and international stage… NINA CARBERRY (WALSH) MEP: The only possible place this celebratory journey could begin. Enshrined her name in Irish sporting history when becoming the first lady rider…
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Those crying ‘Woke’ at latest historic Ladies First need a good poke
Just because you may be braced for an incoming negative occurrence doesn’t make the impact thereof any easier to absorb when it does hit. Trust me, as somebody who fell with walking aids and out of wheelchairs more times than I care to painfully remember, you can think you are as ready as you like,…
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Young stars steer seasiders to safety
St Colmcille’s… 1-18 Seneschalstown… 2-12 Christian Finlay’s extra time goal was ultimately the deciding factor as St Colmcille’s guaranteed their senior status by coming through this enthalling encounter in Skryne. Finlay and fellow younger stars like David Bell and Danny Ehichoya and the ‘older’ James Conlon hauled the Pilltown-based outfit back from what was a…
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selections for killarney – May 11th 2021
4.40: PROBE (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.10: LA PETITE COCO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.40: BRIGHT IDEA (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.10: VOCITO (WILLIE BYRNE (7)/JIM BOLGER) 6.40: ANGELS TRUMPET – EW – (RYAN SEXTON (10)/PETER FAHEY) 7.15: PINPOINTED (BILLY LEE/JOHN KIELY) 7.45: RED GERRY – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 8.15: CHIRICAHUA (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS)
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Smashing the glass ceiling with the passing of the baton
The first jumps meeting of the season at Fairyhouse, usually in early October, is generally when the racing radar in this seat really becomes hyper sensitive. That isn’t to say one wouldn’t be attuned to goings on prior to that date. Just that the fixture in question is generally the cue for things to ratchet…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep 17
This episode was filmed over two evenings in order to cast an eye over as much of what was a truly remarkable Easter weekend’s racing both at Faryhouse and Cork. Three days packed with stories, each of which would be worthy of being a seasonal highlight in their own right.
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Back to the future with a winning pedigree
A retired local farm worker, long since departed to the calving pens up yonder, once told my father “Don’t let anyone ever tell you about the good old days, the good days are now”. Keeping in mind that this would’ve been in the late 1970s or early ’80s anyone who had done a decade or…