Tag: Rich Ricci
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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 Leopardstown – Dec. 29th 2025
11.40: KILBARRY LIZZY – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (7)/CON O’KEEFFE) 12.12: JALON DOUDAIRIES (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.47: SUNNY SOUTH WEST – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (7)/EDDIE POWER) 1.22: WODHOOH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.57: MYSTICAL GODESS – EW – (PADDY O’BRIEN (4*) /HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.32: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: BLUE MOSQUE – EW –…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 1st 2024
12.00: MUST BE OBEYED – EW – (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/TOM GIBNEY) 12.30: WILLIE DE HOUELLE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: DUNBOYNE – EW – (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: ROMEO COOLIO (A. N. OTHER/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: HEART WOOD (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.40: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: WASHINGTON – EW – (PAUL O’BRIEN/HARRY DERHAM,IN GB) 3.40:…
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Sports Oddity
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control. I’m stepping through the doorAnd I’m floating in a most peculiar wayAnd the stars look very different today” David Bowie – Space Oddity You suspect there are quite a few sporting entities experiencing similar conundrums to Major Tom in recent days. Not least some of those in or…
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Selections for Punchestown – May 2nd 2024
3.40: UNDENIABLE ALIBI – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: GUA DU LARGE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.25: GAELIC WARRIOR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: TEAHUPOO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.35: O’MOORE PARK – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: ME WEE BONNIE LASS – EW – (KIEREN…
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Selections for Punchestown – Jan. 14th 2024
12.35: PICTURES OF HOME – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/TED WALSH) 1.05: BLOOD DESTINY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.35: MYSTICAL POWER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: LISNAGAR FORTUNE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.35: AH FUHGEDDABOUTIT – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (5)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.05: GLENMALURE LODGE – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.35: BONNIE KELLIE (PAT KING (5)/SAM CURLING)
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Foibles of small fields but food for thought
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…
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 1st 2023
5.10: ENFRANCHISE – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN HANLON) 5.40: SHARJAH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.10: TAMOLA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.40: CURRENT OPTION – EW – (CIAN MAC REDMOND (5)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 7.15: LIVIO MILO (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.50: KODIAC PRINCE – EW – (RORY CLEARY/TOM CLEARY) 8.20: DABANA – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (7)/MARK FAHEY)
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It’s their world, we just live in it
The tragic and untimely passing of young Jack De Bromhead last autumn shook the nation and well beyond to the core. No matter who you are, or whether you have any knowledge of or interest in racing, the thought of a kid dying – in any circumstances but especially doing something he knew and loved…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 4
1.30: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PIED PIPER – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: FAVORI DU CHAMPDOU – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CHRISS DREAM – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.30: NO ORDINARY JOE – EW – (LUCA…