Tag: Point-to-Point

  • Davy Russell Bereaved

    Davy Russell Bereaved

    Mr Jeremiah (Jerry) Russell, father of three time Irish National Hunt champion jockey, Davy, passed away over the weekend. He was 85. The deceased ran a farm and a garage business in his native Youghal, Co Cork and was an avid supporter of the pony racing, point-to-point and racing under rules scene. All the routes…

  • Selections for Cork – April 5th 2021

    1.50: MR JOSIEY WALES (DANNY HAND (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 2.25: MASTER ARTIST – EW – (IAN POWER/JOHN KIELY) 3.00: SHAKEYTRY (TREVOR RYAN (5)/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.35: PEGGY GORDON – EW – (SHANE BARAGRY (7)/PADDY HASSETT) 4.05: TAREESHAR (PAUL BANNON (7)/PADDY TURLEY) 4.40: AUVERGNAT – EW –(DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 5.15: NANCY WYSE – EW – (JOHNNY BARRY (5)/GERARD…

  • Jab lift has hope in sight if we don’t self-destruct

    Jab lift has hope in sight if we don’t self-destruct

    Occasionally in life we encounter people, places or things which impact upon us far more than any of us realise. Or at least it takes a long time for the full effect thereof to fully dawn. What’s coming to mind in this instance – and not for the first time in this space – is…

  • Grassroots have to be the fulcrum of any sport

    Grassroots have to be the fulcrum of any sport

    Over time, living with a disability, the realisation dawns that there are certain things you simply will not be able to do. Often a very long period of time. Furthermore, at no point is the possibility or mere nation of acceptance guaranteed. Foremost among them, and the latter point applies here more than anywhere else,…

  • Selections for Tipperary – Mar. 24th 2021

    Selections for Tipperary – Mar. 24th 2021

    1.25: DERRYLINDA (JOEY DUNNE (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.55: SEATTLE SEAHAWK (BARRY O’NEILL/COLIN BOWE) 2.30: BALLYBOUGH NATIVE – EW – (JAMIE CODD/IAN MCCARTHY) 3.05: GORTMILLISH (JAMIE CODD/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.40: CASEY WEST (BARRY O’NEILL/COLIN BOWE) 4.15: BROOMFIELD HALL (TREVOR FEENEY (7)/LIAM BURKE) 4.45: MY BOY GRIZZLE (BARRY O’NEILL/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 5.15: CLAY ROGERS (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL KENNEDY)

  • Selections for Punchestown – Mar. 15th 2021

    1.55: LIMERICK LACE (DEREK O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.25: DUFFY’S GETAWAY – EW – (TIARNAN POWER-ROCHE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.55: GRAND JURY (PATRICK MULLINS/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: LAST QUARTER (BARRY O’NEILL/COLIN BOWE) 3.55: RICHMOND LAKE (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 4.30: MIDNIGHT IT IS (JOEY DUNNE (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.00: CHOICE OF WORDS (PAT TAAFFE (7)/MARTIN BRASSIL) 5.30: WALL OF FAME…