Tag: Rob James
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The star pupil has taken over career guidance
In what I think was 2002, the notion landed to get da tickets for the Fairyhouse Easter Festival as a birthday present. Apart from the fact that the day we went was the coldest day I was ever at a sporting event anywhere, the other abiding memory is if Gordon Elliot taking a mount in…
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Too much of a good thing devalues it
There are people, and you can count yours truly firmly among them, who, from the moment the Martin Pipe Hurdle is concluded, begin the countdown to the following season’s incarnation of the Cheltenham Festival. That will probably and hopefully eternally be the case. Forget about the trainers and jockeys and even the owners for a…
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Selections for Gowran – Mar. 12th 2022
1.25: TOON TOWN – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (3)/JOHN JOE WALSH) 2.00: CALDWELL DIAMOND (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.35: GJOURNI (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: MISE RAFTAIRE – EW – (JONATHAN MOORE/ANTHONY MCCANN) 3.45: THE PRIESTS LEAP (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 4.20: JOSHUA WEBB – W/O FAV – (SIMON TORRENS/NOEL MEADE) 4.55: ALONEAMONGMILLIONS (PAT KING (5)/SAM CURLING) 5.25:…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 9th 2021
12.15: MOTOWN MAGGIE (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.45: FRENCH DYNAMITE – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/MOUSE MORRIS) 1.15: FORRARD AWAY (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 1.45: FAVORI LOGIQUE (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 2.15: MIGHTY STOWAWAY (ROB JAMES (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: FOX WATCH – EW – (CHARLIE MULLINS (7)/TONY MULLINS) 3.15: HAPPY DEX (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: O’MOORE PARK (PAT…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 28th 2021
1.10: KILBARRY CHIANTI – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/CON O’KEEFFE) 1.45: EVERLASTINGPROMISE (J. P. SHINNICK/ENDA BOLGER) 2.20: GUILY BILLY (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.55: LUCKY MAX – EW – (ROB JAMES (7)/SEAN DOYLE) 3.30: SASSY YET CLASSY – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.05: SAYCE GOLD (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICK WINTERS) 4.40: RICKY LANGFORD (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL)