Tag: Royal Ascot
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Gosden launches incredible defence of Murphy but will anybody listen?
It would be wagered that it would be universally accepted that John Gosden is one of the nicest gentlemen in horse racing. Yes, I will admit that when Kieran Shoemark lost the role as ‘first jockey’ in Gosden’s yard I was highly critical of the trainer and his son and joint licencee, Thady, but, the…
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Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 26th 2024
4.00: NO SPEED LIMIT – EW – (KILLIAN LEONARD/PAT MCKENNA) 4.30: NORTH DORSET – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.00: ELEGANT MAN (MIKEY SHEEHY/ADRIAN MURRAY) 5.30: GATSBY CAP – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.00: FERRYBANK – EW – (BILLY LEE/TED WALSH) 6.30: POMERIGGIO – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.00: SHANADAR (SCOTT…
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Sorry Ma’m – there doesn’t appear to be any racing on the TV in the Royal Box
When you hear the words ‘Barbers Shop’, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Haircuts, obviously. Or possibly musical quartets. Though not necessarily those including Homer Simpson on the roof of Moe’s or Peter Griffin going around hospital wards. In this corner, mention of Barbers Shop evokes memories of what I think was Queen…
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Sideline Cuts – 21
Managers don’t concede goals Dundee United and Bournemouth shared an unwanted statistic at the weekend. Both shipped nine goals against Celtic and Liverpool respectively and both clubs currently find themselves managerless after the services of both Jack Ross and Scott Parker were defenestrated with by their respective employers. Utterly ridiculous and another shameful illustration of…
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Selections for The Curragh – June 26th 2021
2.00: SPEAK IN COLOURS – EW – (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.30: MARBLING – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.05: CASTLE STAR (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 3.45: MAC SWINEY (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 4.20: NJORD – EW – (TOM MADDEN/JESSICA HARRINRTON) 4.55: FOURHOMETWO (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.25: BOPDERO – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.55: DALTON HIGHWAY –…
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Selections for Down Royal – June 19th 2021
1.10: CALETTA SUNRISE (SHANE KELLY (3)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 1.45: TIDE OF TIMES (MIKEY SHEEHY (5)/EDDIE LYNAM) 2.20: FARAAH – EW – (CIAN MACREDMOND (7)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 2.50: WINDHAM BELLE (CILLIAN MCCONNELL (10)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 3.25: SAFARI QUEST – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 4.00: SOARING SKY – EW – (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.35: LADY GEORGIE (CILLIAN MCCONNELL…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 17th 2021
4.10: ELZAAM TALES (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.45: BLAZING STAR (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.20: SISTER LOLA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (5)/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.55: DIDDEROT (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.30: MUNFALLET – EW – (ANNALISE CULLEN (7)/DENIS COAKLEY) 7.00: KAZAKDARIA (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: COOLCULLEN – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 8.00: ZUMA ROCK – EW – (JODY TOWNEND…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 3rd 2021
1.20: JUNCTURE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.55: RAZDAN – EW – (SAM EWING (5)/MATT SMITH) 2.30: GOOD JOB POWER – EW – (JOE DOYLE/DENIS HOGAN) 3.05: UP HELLY Aa (WAYNE LORDAN/WILLIE MCCREERY) 3.40: SETTLE FOR BAY – EW – (OISIN ORR/DAVID MARNANE) 4.15: EBONY MAW (SAM EWING/GER LYONS) 4.50: FERNANDO VICHI (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.20: BARON…