Life And Sport From An Armchair View
1.25: THIA (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 2.00: BLAME THECHAMPAGNE - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.35: TIME TELLS ALL (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 3.10: VISUALISATION (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 3.45: MEA DOMINA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.20: EARLS - EW - (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) Gavin Cromwell has already had a weekend to remember 4.55: GRIGAL - EW - (JAMIE... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
1.05: FIL D'OR (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: MIGHTY POTTER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.15: YAFORDADOE - EW - (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.50: FRODON (BRYONY FROST/PAUL NICHOLLS, IN GB) Frodon and Bryony Frost are a brilliant team 3.25: ENVOI ALLEN (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: MINDSMADEUP - EW - (KEITH DONOGHUE/MATTHEW SMITH) 4.35: AMERICAN MIKE (JAMIE CODD/GORDON... Continue Reading →
The first jumps meeting of the season at Fairyhouse, usually in early October, is generally when the racing radar in this seat really becomes hyper sensitive. That isn't to say one wouldn't be attuned to goings on prior to that date. Just that the fixture in question is generally the cue for things to ratchet... Continue Reading →