Tag: The Sporting Life
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Selections for Navan – Apr. 25th 2026
1.20: POLAR BEAR – EW – (DARRAGH O’SULLIVAN (7)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 1.55: WEST OF EDEN (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.30: CHARLES DARWIN (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.05: EMIT (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.40: THUNDERING ON (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.15: HUFFNPUFF – EW – (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: SEARCOG – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/PADDY MAGEE) 5.25: KOOL ONE –…
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 19th 2026
2.30: LYNCHES KNOCK (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.00: WILD WILD WIND – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/MARK CAHILL) 3.30: CAPTAINS SPEECH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: DROP A THREAT – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: KIR – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.00: DANCING AFTER DARK – EW – (CAL SHINE (7)/JOHN G.…
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Cheltenham 2026 – Day 1
And like a fox stalking a chicken coup in the night, personally speaking at least, this year’s Cheltenham Festival – the best and most important four days sporting action of the year – from a business perspective – has arrived riding shotgun to me almost unnoticed. Almost. Now read on. It will be readily admitted…
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Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 16th 2026
4.15: PINTS IN PEACE (CONOR CUSACK (7)/DANNY MCLOUGHLIN) 4.45: TRIBAL STAR (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.15: NUMIDIA – EW – (RORY CLEARY/PETER LAWLOR) 5.45: INSTANT APPEAL (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 6.15: CLONMACASH (SAM COEN (7)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 6.45: NEOSMART – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (5)/JIM BOLGER) 7.15: JAWHARY (DECLAN MCDONOGH/ADO MCGUINNESS)
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Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 9th 2026
3.25: PRAIRIE GIRL (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (2*)/DANNY MURPHY) 3.55: CINNAMON COCO (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (4*)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.30: GOLDINTHESEA (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.05: ASTRONOMICALLY (PADDY HARNETT (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.40: BEAT THE DEVIL (DONOGH O’CONNOR/PADDY MAGEE) 6.15: ROCK ETOILLE – EW – (LEIGH ROCHE/PAT MCKENNA) 6.45: SALAH BELLE (NATHAN CROSSE/SHEILA LAVERY) 7.15: DIAMOND EXCHANGE (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSICA HARRINGTON)
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Selections for Naas – Dec. 15th 2025
11.50: FUNNICULI FUNNICULA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.20: BALTINGLASS HILL – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 12.50: RITZ PLAN (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.20: SUSIE LENGLEN – EW – (IVAN RYAN (7)/NOEL MEADE) 1.50: LINCALL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: BAMBINO FEVER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: TITANIUM – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN/CIARAN MURPHY) 3.20: BURNING ABILITY – EW…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Dec. 13th 2025
11.30: JACOB’S LADDER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.02: THE ENABLER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.32: BEN HUR (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 1.05: DRIVEONWILL – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 1.40: MELBOURNE SHAMROCK – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 2.15: TED’S CORNER – EW – (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: KOOLIO KATE – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/PAT FOLEY) 3.25: SPRING…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 23rd 2025
2.22: KENTUCKY BEACH – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.52: NO BIG DEAL (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 3.22: LAU AND SHAZ (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.52: FACEMAN – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/HARRY KELLY) 4.22: ENJOY THE DREAM (BRIAN HAYES/ANDY MCNAMARA) 4.55: OLLIE LE BA BA (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EOIN MCCARTHY) 5.25: CORBALLY CROSS – EW – (RICHIE CONDON…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Oct. 4th 2025
1.20: COMBS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.55: THE DOCTOR’S MONKEY – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.30: TEA IT IS – EW – (DAN KING/DENIS HOGAN) 3.05: SHING SHILLA – EW – (HARRY SEXTON (7)/ADRIAN SEXTON) 3.40: CINAMMON ROLL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: WESTERN FOLD (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: CASEY WEST – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN…
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Selections for Clonmel – Oct. 2nd 2025
2.15: REXEM (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.50: COURT CANYON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.25: COLLEEN DANU – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.55: DEMANDING GERRY – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (7)/JAMES A. FAHY) 4.25: WING BACK (PHILIP ENRIGHT/SAM CURLING) 5.00: OCEAN OF MERCY (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 5.35: ANDYOURBIRDCANSING – EW – (MICHAEL KENEALLY (7)/JOHN RYAN)