Tag: Rich Ricci
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Big two dominate during a great weekend for Royal racers
The clip of Johnny Murtagh’s Champs Elysees rattling home to score during Champions Weekend at Leopardstown is still fresh in the memory. There was nobody but the trainer and his wife Orla in stand celebrating a milestone success for the Cortown man. Seagulls were the only competition they might have had for a spot. As…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 27th 2022
1.00: UNCLE GERHARD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 1.35: GLENGOOLY (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.05: KLASSICAL DREAM (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.35: AUCKLAND – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN/TONY MULLINS) 3.05: ESCARIA TEN – EW – (ADRIAN HESKIN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: COUER SUBLIME (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.07: MERCUREY (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Jan. 1st 2022
11.50: HUBRISKO (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.20: ALLIGORIE DE VASSY (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.55: DJASECK – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 1.30: MOYODE LADY – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/JAMES NASH) 2.05: TWO SHOE TOM – EW – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (5)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 2.40: ELIMAY (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: JUNGLE BOOGIE (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: NAUGHTINESS (TOM HAMILTON/LORNA…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – June 14th 2021
4.40: TARQUEENS GLORY (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL KENNEDY) 5.10: FACE THE ODDS (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 5.40: ROCK OF TUSKAR – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (4)/PAUL NOLAN) 6.10: STORMY MASTER – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/RAY HACKETT) 6.40: WESTERN VICTORY (SHANE FITZGERALD (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 7.10: LOW SUN (SHANE MULCAHY (4)/DENIS HOGAN) 7.40: THE WEST’S AWAKE (TREVOR RYAN…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 18
A wonderous week for Willie Mullins at the Punchestown Festival once again, but, at what cost to Racing in the bigger picture?
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 7th 2021
1.10: RESCUE PACKAGE – EW – (ROBBIE POWER/TONY MULLINS) 1.40: YOUMDOR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: APPRECIATE IT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: PURE GENIUS – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (5)/TED WALSH) 3.10: MONKFISH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: KEMBOY – W/O FAV – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: FARCLAS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: BRANDY LOVE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Leopardstown – Feb. 6th 2021
1.05: STATTLER – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.35: CHACUN POUR SOI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.45: ARAMAX – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.15: ABRACADABRAS W/0 FAV (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: HE’S A HARDY BLOKE – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.25: LETSBECLEARABOUTIT – EW –(FINNY MAGUIRE/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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So near, yet so far away
New Year’s Day, 2011. Beginning another round of the calender in Fairyhouse. Same as it ever was. Except in that case it was anything but that. For about 18 months beforehand, dad and his best friend, the late former undertaker Oliver Cunningham, were tipping around with a few horses in training with Tom Taaffe. Spruce…
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Supporting actor lands all the plaudits yet again
In the preceding offering on these pages mention was afforded to the wonderful renewal of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2005. In no way was Hardy Eustace a back number – he could hardly be having won it the previous season – but, for whatever reason, the vast majority of the debate and rancor…