1.40: LITTLE BIG BEAR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 2.15: GEGANPRESSING - EW - (DECLAN MCDONOGH/E&P HARTY) 2.50: SHARTASH (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.25: TOSEN LYDIA (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 4.00: QITAAL - W/O FAV - (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 4.35: NARLITA - W/O FAV - (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.05: KARLSBERG - EW - (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/SHANE CRAWLEY) 5.35: MAGNIFICO -... Continue Reading →
Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 27th 2021
3.30: MALAYSIAN - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JAMES MCAULEY) 4.00: ZAHEE - EW - (BILLY LEE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 4.30: SPECIAL POWER (ANDREW SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.00: NEWFOUNDLAND (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) Aidan O'Brien has run several impressive juveniles towards the back end of the season 5.30: CAESARS COMET (SHANE FOLEY/JAMES MCAULEY) 6.00: ROSIE ROCK (COLIN KEANE/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.30: CLEW... Continue Reading →
Selections for Dundalk – Sept. 17th 2021
4.40: HMS ENDEAVOUR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.10: REDBUD (CIAN MAC REDMOND (7)/FOZZY STACK) 5.45: EGLISH - EW - (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 6.15: SHIMLA ROLANN (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/HILLARY MCLOUGHLIN) 6.45: BROSNA EMPRESS - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.15: GOLDEN VALOUR - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/RICHARD O'BRIEN) 7.45: LEO DE FURY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) Leo De... Continue Reading →
Selections for Navan – May 15th 2021
1.55: SHE'S TROUBLE - EW - (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 2.30: NOTORIOUSLY RISKY (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 3.05: ONLY SPOOFING - EW - (GARY CARROLL/KEVIN COLEMAN) 3.40: SLADE RUNNER - EW - (DECLAN MCDONOGH/KIERAN COTTER) 4.15: WORDSWORTH (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 4.50: STORM STEPS - EW - (BEN COEN/TIM DOYLE) 5.25: TRUMP CARD - EW - (BILLY LEE/CONOR... Continue Reading →
selections for killarney – May 11th 2021
4.40: PROBE (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.10: LA PETITE COCO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.40: BRIGHT IDEA (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 6.10: VOCITO (WILLIE BYRNE (7)/JIM BOLGER) 6.40: ANGELS TRUMPET - EW - (RYAN SEXTON (10)/PETER FAHEY) Nina Walsh saddles her own Dinard Rose at Killarney 7.15: PINPOINTED (BILLY LEE/JOHN KIELY) 7.45: RED GERRY - EW - (COLIN... Continue Reading →
Selections for Gowran Park – April 8th 2021
4.00: EVEN FLOW (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.35: ROMAN EMPIRE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.05: SKILLED WARRIOR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) Johnny Murtagh's profile continues to rise through the training ranks 5.35: SNOWY OWL - EW - (PADDY HARNETT (7)/DONNACHA O'BRIEN) 6.05: MOVING - EW - (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.35: STRATUM (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: KALANOURA -... Continue Reading →
Selections for Navan – Mar. 26th 2021
1.50: PROVOCATEUSE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.25: STANHOPE - EW - (SIOBHAN RUTELEDGE (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 3.00: HAIR OF GOLD (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 3.35: KAILASH (OISIN ORR/DERMOT WELD) 4.10: PEPPERONI PETE - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.45: HMS SEAHORSE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) Slowly but surely the Ballydoyle artillery is beginning to be unleashed 5.20: CRASSUS (COLIN... Continue Reading →
Selections for Dundalk – Mar. 26th 2021
4.25: KENDRED SOUL (KEVIN MANNING/JOHN FEANE) 4.55: SIR LAMORAK (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.30: BELIEVE JACK - EW - (SAM EWING (5)/ELLMARIE HOLDEN) 6.00: FIRSTMAN (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (5)/TONY MARTIN) 6.30: CECILIA CLEMENTINE (CHRIS HAYES/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 7.00: SENSE OF WORTH (CONOR MCGOVERN/ANDY OLIVER) 7.30: INDEPENDENT MISSY - EW - (JOEY SHERIDAN (5)/TRACEY COLLINS) Tracey Collins has... Continue Reading →
Selections for Dundalk – Feb. 1st 2021
2.40: TOOREEN ANGEL (ANDREW SLATTERY (3)/FOZZY STACK) 3.10: KALANOURA - EW - (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.40: DANEHILL QUEST (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/SHANE CRAWLEY) Ratoath-based trainer Shane Crawley 4.15: CATHERINE CHROI (SAM EWING (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: RANGER BOB (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE) 5.25: GATSBY CAP (CHRIS HAYES/PADDY HAYES) 5.55: BROTHER IN LAW - W/O FAV - (ADAM FARRAGHER (7)/KIERAN... Continue Reading →
Keane and Foley both score as it’s horses for courses
There are racecourses which, due to their unique nuances, take getting to know. Galway, Downpatrick, Sligo and Bellewstown are just some such in Ireland. Akin to Epsom, Chester, York, Cartmel and Aintree in Britain. Dundalk Stadium merits inclusion in a similar bracket. Most obviously because it's Ireland's only All Weather course. Equally though due to... Continue Reading →