Tag: Thurles
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 5th 2026
1.58: FANCY GIRL (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.28: FLEUR IN THE PARK (CIAN QUIRKE/ANDY SLATTERY) 2.58: DRIVEONWILL – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.30: WE BE GRAND – EW – (CAL HOGAN (2*) /ERIC MCNAMARA) 4.05: WESTERN WALK (JACK KENNEDY/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 4.38: OAKS SOLDIER – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/EAMON COURTNEY) 5.13: LOOKING FOR EIGHT (PADDY…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 5th 2026
1.07: DR EGGMAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.42: KILBRIN ROCCO – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.17: LAURETS DESTRUVAL (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.52: PUMAS DREAM – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.27: GIN TONIC (CONOR STONE-WALSH/PAUL NOLAN) 4.02: REBEL COWGIRL – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/MARK CAHILL) 4.37: GREENFIELDS OF CORK (TOMMY HALFORD (2*)…
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Selections for Thurles – Jan. 29th 2026
1.25: LIVE TO LAUGH – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/PETER FAHEY) 1.55: MAGIC SADDLER (EMMA COSTELLO (7)/PAT DOYLE) 2.25: DAWN COMING – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 2.55: TANGARA BAY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.25: WHERE ARE YOU NOW (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 3.55: BLOW WIND BLOW – W/O FAV – (MARK WALSH/ENDA…
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Thurles disaster may be averted after “Positive Meeting”
The potentially disastrous closure of Thurles Racecourse has been averted until the end of next March at least following what was described as a “Positive Meeting” between the property’s owners, the Molony family, and the HRI. Earlier this month, Irish racing – and the National Hunt sector thereof in particular – was sent into a…
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Thurles thunderbolt leaves Irish racing in a spin
Do you ever think of friend, departed for the bigger world and it just knocks you for six? I’m not talking in terms of immediate family or other relatives. Just somebody whom you perhaps didn’t realise the impact they had on your life until they’re not there anymore. On Friday morning last, the late Derrick…
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Michael O’Sullivan – A Tribute
The following is just an observation rather than a boast – when working around racing as close as is the case here, very quickly jockeys, trainers and owners names become instantly recognisable. And then, every so often, a new name will appear that will necessitate a bit of research. Now read on… The most recent…
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Selections for Thurles – Nov. 21st 2024
12.35: JIGORO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.05: RICKY LANGFORD – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 1.35: MINELLA SIXO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: GROOVYKINDALOVE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.40: STOWAWAY LASS – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (5)/SAM CURLING) 3.14: SAN AER – EW – (CHARLIE MULLINS (7)/TOM MULLINS) 3.44: JACOBS LADDER (HARRY SWAN (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Take your points and the goals won’t matter
MEATH…2-12 KERRY…3-05 The equation was simple for the Meath camogie team at Rathmolyon on Saturday afternoon, and in the end so was the solution. Nothing other than a win would suffice for Gary Cole and Tommy Moloney’s team if last year’s run deep into the All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship is to be repeated. And,…
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 16th 2024
1.55: WALK WITH PAUL (COLM BRASSIL (5)/MARTIN BRASSIL) 2.30: MR POLICEMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: LAKE CHAD – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/PHILIP FENTON) 3.40: ANSWERING (CIAN QUIRKE (2*) /TIM DOYLE) 4.15: SHANNON ROYALE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: GIVEHIMTHEHONOUR – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 5.25: COLCANNON (FINN TEGETMEIR (7)/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 13th 2024
1.33: PINKERTON – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 2.03: PRINCE OF AIR – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.33: CLONSHIRE RIVER (RICKY DOYLE/E & P HARTY) 3.08: KINGS HILL (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 3.43: OUR BOY ROCKY (RICHIE DEEGAN/LIAM CUSACK) 4.15: LILY’S CHOICE – EW – (CARL MILLAR (7)/HARRY KELLY) 4.48: BALLYGUNNAR CASTLE (FERN…