Tag: Paul Townend
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 19th 2026
2.30: LYNCHES KNOCK (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.00: WILD WILD WIND – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/MARK CAHILL) 3.30: CAPTAINS SPEECH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: DROP A THREAT – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: KIR – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: DANCING AFTER DARK – EW – (CAL SHINE (7)/JOHN G.…
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Highs, lows and just enough of a pull on the heart strings
Noel Meade? Gordon? Or push the boat out and go for Willie? Yes lads and lassies, as only it can, the Cheltenham Festival has planted the seed of wanting to have a horse trained in Ireland again. The heart and soul has always said if the opportunity arose, it would be to Noel in Castletown.…
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Selections for Naas – Dec. 15th 2025
11.50: FUNNICULI FUNNICULA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.20: BALTINGLASS HILL – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 12.50: RITZ PLAN (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.20: SUSIE LENGLEN – EW – (IVAN RYAN (7)/NOEL MEADE) 1.50: LINCALL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: BAMBINO FEVER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: TITANIUM – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN/CIARAN MURPHY) 3.20: BURNING ABILITY – EW…
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A Constitutional Conundrum
The prolific racing blogger Stephen Power (@racingblogger) posted a very simple question in the immediate aftermath of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle: “If you owned Constitution Hill, what would you do now?”? First, the back story. From the first time Michael Buckley’s animal was seen on a course, he was seen as one of…
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Selections for Sligo – Oct. 1st 2025
1.50: JALILA MORIVIERE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: ADRAGOOLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.00: SPINNING WEB – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/MAGS MULLINS) 3.35: QUARRY TIEPY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CORNMARKET – EW – (ALAN KING (7)/JOHN CULLEN) 4.43: A PENNY A HUNDRED (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.18: BROKEN ICE (DYLAN KIDD (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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Selections for Kilbeggan – July 25th 2025
4.15: LOVE ME TENDER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: TIME IN A BOTTLE – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.20: REAL EMPIRE – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 5.55: NEWPORT – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EOIN DOYLE) 6.30: SLIM MARVEL – EW – (TREVOR RYAN (5)/ANDY SLATTERY) 7.05: REIKI REVOLUTION (TIERNAN POWER-ROCHE (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL)…
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Selections for Tipperary -May 8th 2025
5.05: GOLD DANCER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.35: ELUSIVE PRINCE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.07: LINDEN ARDEN – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 6.42: YOU OUGHTA KNOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.15: KEEP ON DREAMING (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 7.45: A NEW DECK – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (7)/SAM CURLING) 8.15: CINAMMON ROLL (HARRY SWAN/GORDON…
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 20th 2025
1.25: RATH GAUL BOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.55: HIGH CLASS HERO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: WILL DO – EW – (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: WILLIAM MUNNY (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 3.25: JADE DE GRUGY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: DR EGGMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: RUE TAYLOR – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 5.00: ROJUCO MAC –…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 1st 2025
1.15: WINGMAN – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.50: SAINTE LUCIE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: CUSTOM TAYLOR – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (5)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.55: MAJBOROUGH (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.05: INDIANA JONES – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.35: COLCANNON (DEREK O’CONNOR/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Tramore – Aug. 18th 2024
2.03: IMMELMANN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.33: SMALL MONEY – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 3.03: MARV MICHAEL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.33: COSTANUCCI – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN QUEALLY) 4.03: GARDE LE PECHE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.33: FALCON PARK (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 5.03: EL FABIENNE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)