Tag: Ricky Doyle
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Keeping it local – a key part of the Boylesports Irish Grand National story
They say home is where the heart is. Seldom if ever has an adage been more applicable than in the case of the Boylesports Irish Grand National, the 150th incarnation of which was launched in Dunboyne Castle Hotel this evening. Just think of some of the names associated with Ireland’s greatest race. The Moore family,…
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Selections for Downpatrick – May 7th 2021
1.50: O’CONNELL STREET (BRYAN COOPER/DENISE FOSTER*) 2.20: CENTURION STEEL (MP O’CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.50: WESTERN COWBOY (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.20: PAULAS PRAYER (RICKY DOYLE/CONOR O’DWYER) 3.50: SCHOOL LANE – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/LIAM LENNON) 4.25: MULLAGHMURPHY BLUE (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.55: THE BANDIT (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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McLoughlin Freewheels to local success
Before this corner was properly attuned to the goings on in racing, one of the first times I was at a racecourse was to see the Jim Dreaper-trained Carvills Hill run at Naas. Our main reason for being there was that my sister Anna was good friends with Pauline O’Connor. Now, Pauline’s late, great father…
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Selections for Naas – Jan 31st 2021
12.45: TOUGHARI – EW – (SEAN O-KEEFFE/TOM MULLINS) 1.15: BEACON EDGE (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.45: EL BARRA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.15: MR INCREDIBLE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: CAPILANO BRIDGE – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/CONOR O’DWYER) 3.15: ESCARIA TEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.45: STORMY JUDGE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/PAT FAHY) 4.15: STAKER WALLACE –…