When playing into the wind, in sport or life in general, it’s always safest to keep it simple and stick to what you know best. If you’re driving out, hold what you have and don’t look back. If, on the other hand, you’re fighting a rearguard action, hold your ground, trust yourself and keep it… Read More Foibles of small fields but food for thought
11.55: BRIDES HILL (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 12.25: BATMAN GIRAC – EW – (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.55: MY DESIGN – EW – (RAY BARRON (5)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 1.25: AN TOBAR (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.00: FOUND A FIFTY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.35: IMPAIRE ET PASSE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: CONYERS HILL – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN)… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 3rd 2023
11.45: THREE CARD BRAG – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.15: TEMPO CHAPTER TWO – EW – (CARAGH MONAGHAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 12.50: HELVIC DREAM – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 1.25: ANY ROAD – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH/EDDIE O’GRADY) 2.00: SOLNESS – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.35: GUST OF WIND (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS)… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 2nd 2023
11.40: CHAMPAGNE PLATINUM – EW – (MARK MCDONAGH (3)/ENDA BOLGER) 12.10: TULLYHILL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.45: BALKITO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN) 1.20: SHECOULDBEANYTHING (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.55: UNCLE PHIL (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: GABBYS CROSS – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.35: HELICON – EW –… Read More Selections for Punchestown – Nov. 25th 2023
1.45: BLUE SOUL (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.20: SAOIRSE’S LULABY – EW – (JAMIE POWELL (3)/PAT MURPHY) 2.55: KNOCKMORE PRINCE (ROBERT WHEARTY (5)/NOEL MEADE) 3.30: DREAM TICKET (JACK KEARNEY (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.05: CROSS BORDER (BILLY LEE/EDDIE LYNAM) 4.40: NOTFORALONGTIME – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/LAURA HOURIGAN) 5.15: CAMPALA BEACH (SHANE FOLEY/CONYNGHAM LODGE) 5.45: WAJAAHA (DAN KING… Read More Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 22nd 2023
5.00: CHOLITA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/SARAH LYNAM) 5.30: YOKKELL – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.00: STRIKE WHEN READY – EW – (BILLY LEE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.30: BEHIND THE SCENES – EW – (ROSSA RYAN/JAMES TAITE, IN GB) 7.00: FORMAL DISPLAY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.30: MIGDAM (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 8.00: PINK SOCKS (WAYNE HASSETT… Read More Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 10th 2023
12.17: BETTER DAYS AHEAD (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.52: SPICE DIVA – EW – (SIMON CONNOR (7)/STUART CRAWFORD) 1.27: BIRDIE OR BUST – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.02: MAGICAL ZOE (ADRIAN HESKIN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.37: MOUNT BROWN – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 3.12: COLONEL MUSTARD (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/LORNA FOWLER) 3.47: FIREFOX (FINN BRICKLEY (7)/GORDON… Read More Selections for Down Royal – Nov. 10th 2023
Don’t worry, what you’re about to read is not an ode to the furry little b*****ds that tend to make themselves uninvited lodgers at this time year. Said rodents gave production to the type of local yarn every country town around germinates over time. Before my time, there was a man – I won’t mention… Read More We could all do with the survival instinct of a Mouse!
12.41: MISS AUGUSTA (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.16: AFFORDALE FURY (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 1.51: NATURAL LOOK (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.26: TAKARENGO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/TOM MULLINS) 3.01: FREE FLOWING – EW – (TP HARNEY (7)/NORMAN LEE) 3.36: ALVAREZ ECLIPSE – W/O FAV – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.10: THEONEWEDREAMOF – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/GAVIN CROMWELL)… Read More Selections for Galway – Oct. 29th 2023
5.00: CHESTNUTTER (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.30: THE BOG BANK – EW – (JAMES RYAN (2*)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.00: CATHERINE CROI – EW – (GARY HALPIN/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 6.30: CLONMACASH (BILLY LEE/NATALIA LUPINI) 7.00: ALABAMA (COLIN KEANE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.30: PAGAN SUN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 8.00: NINE LIVES – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 8.30: SHREWSBERRY ROAD (COLIN KEANE/JOHN… Read More Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 27th 2022