Tag: The Late Jack De Bromhead
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Hewick and The Shark strike a blow for the ordinary folk
New Years Day in 2005, and the concluding bumper threw up a local derby of sorts. In that the market was headed by the Tucker Geraghty trained, Jill Geraghty ridden All’s Rosie and Kilbreena. Trained by Des McDonogh for Dunboyne butcher Pat Macken. It may well have been around the same time that the Tom…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 3
1.30: MIGHTY POTTER (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: GOOD TIME JONNY – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: JANIDIL – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: BLAZING KHAL (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.10: HAUT EN COULEURS – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: FOXY GIRL – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: DUNBOYNE…
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The foreseen, the unexpected and the downright emotional
Less than 24 hours before the commencement of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, this corner had no problem admitting that, in some ways, not a sh** was given about the action at Prestbury Park. Mitigating such misgivings, though, was the hope that the sound of the Cheltenham roar at the start of the first race would…