Tag: Padraig Beggy

  • Seeing is believing until you can’t believe it!

    Seeing is believing until you can’t believe it!

    Being a writer who primarily works in sport, sometimes you are in the fortunate position of being able to witness happenings at close quarters which can be difficult to put into words. For yours truly, Kevin Foley’s goal for Meath against Dublin, Padraig Beggy coming from the clouds to win the Epsom Derby aboard Wings…

  • Home comforts see Silver shine up well

    Home comforts see Silver shine up well

    Old sayings generally came about for a reason. ‘Horses for courses’ was definitely the most applicable one in this locality yesterday as the Mulvany’s Bar Syndicate enjoyed another good day in Fairyhouse when Sil Ver Klass was a cosy winner of the Handicap Chase on the card under Bryan Cooper. The syndicate, made up of…

  • ROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE

    ROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE

    ANNOUNCEMENT It gives me great pleasure and no little pride to announce that my second book Rolling Down Memory Lane is hot off the presses and available to pre-order now. This book is the product of the first Covid-19 Lockdown of March 2020. With the world at a standstill, something had to be done to…

  • Silver shows his Klas as Beggy keeps it local

    The racing fraternity in Dunboyne were celebrating on the double today after two locally owned horses chalked up an across the card double within an hour of each other to add to the wonderful achievements of Lustown Baba – owned by the Back Road Syndicate – in recent weeks. There will, or at least would’ve…