Tag: Ruby Walsh
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Selections for Cork – July 25th 2025
5.05: PINTS IN PEACE (BEN COEN/DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN) 5.37: KANSAS (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.12: RED EVOLUTION – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 6.45: WASHINGTON STREET (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 7.20: ZARAGOZA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.55: SONORAN (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 8.30: WHAT’S NEW (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY)
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The Late John Hales
Leading National Hunt racehorse owner John Hales has passed away. The deceased, who was 85, made his money through the Golden Bear Toys company he co-founded in 1979, which went on to produce products from major children’s shows such as Teletubbies, Basil Brush, Thomas the Tank Engine and In The Night Garden, owned some champions…
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Selections for Cork – Jan. 7th 2023
12.27: DUBAI CLOVER – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.02: VICEREGENT (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 1.37: HANS GRUBER – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/IAN DONOGHUE) 2.12: JIVING JERRY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 2.47: HARD RAIN (PHILIP ENRIGHT/JAMES DULLEA) 3.22: WA WA – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.57: FANCY GIRL (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Gowran Park – Sept. 17th 2022
1.35: PRETTY REBEL (JAMIE POWELL (7)/GER O’LEARY) 2.10: ASTAR – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.45: MISTER MISTER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH 0’BRIEN) 3.20: PLANKTON – EW – (COLIN KEANE/ANDY MCNAMARA) 3.55: KAWIDA – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/ED WALKER, IN GB) 4.30: FOOLS GLORY – EW – (MIKEY SHEEHY/PAUL MCENERY) 5.05: CHERUB (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN)
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Snow ploughs at the ready…
There was a time, thankfully many moons ago now, that yours truly gave considerable consideration to seeing what the darker side of the tracks had to offer. No doubt a large cohort of people will be horrified by the mere thought. Now read on… Wheelchair or not, the desire to fit in with my peers…
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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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Reserving the right to be confused
In the world of the GAA long ago, there was a utility player who was all the rage. He could fill in at any position from goalkeeper to left corner forward. He was the perfect manifestation of the ‘roving role’ in that he was availabe to each of the 32 counties. London and New York…