Tag: Paddy Power Chase
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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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Grand National Shortlist
Right people, time to step up to the oche and fire a few darts at the expedition that is the Aintree Grand National… SCHOOL BOY HOURS (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE, 18/1) Yes a sentimental pick on my part BUT he is quietly fancied on merit too. A proven stayer, Paddy Power winner at Christmas, was running…
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Schoolboy marks the half century in style
Having done the one job for a half century, you would either be an expert at whatever discipline it happened to be or completely fed up with it. There’s no way Noel Meade could be dissatisfied with the 50th anniversary of producing equine excellence from his Tu Va base in Castletown, Co Meath. Having belatedly…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2021
12.05: ICARE ALLEN (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.35: HAUT EN COULEURS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.10: BATTLEOVERDOYEN – W/O FAV – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: MIGHTY POTTER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: SEA DUCOUR – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.55: COKO BEACH – EW – (ROB JAMES (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: EMBASSY GARDENS (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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They’re top weight for a reason!
Before I was properly attuned to horse racing, one of the things that actually put me off it was the amount of prattling on the presenters and analysts on television – particularly the late John McCririck – did before a race. The thought process here would have been ‘Just list the runners and riders and…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 27th 2020
12.05: COLTOR – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/DERMOT WELD) 12.35: JEREMY’S FLAME – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.10: CHACUN POUR SOI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.45: N’GOLO – EW – (DAVID MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: ECLAIR DE BEAFU – EW – (JACK WILDMAN (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: TEN TEN – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 3.30: REALITY…