Tag: Thurles
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Selections for Thurles – Jan. 22nd 2023
1.10: MALINAS GIRL – W/O FAV – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.40: FAKIR DOUDAIRIES (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.10: STUMPTOWN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.40: BELLE THE LIONESS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.10: SANTONITO (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.40: NEW ROSS (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.10: FERNS LOCK (BARRY O’NEILL/DAVID CHRISTIE)
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Selections for Thurles – Dec. 1st 2022
12.32: TELLMESOMETHINGGIRL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.02: FILON DOUDAIRIES (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/SHANE BRODERICK) 1.32: MOUNT IDA (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.02: INATENDUE (SIMON TORRENS/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.32: LIBERTY DANCE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.02: ALI BABA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.32: THEFAITHFULINDIAN – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/AIDAN HOWARD)
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Selections for Thurles – Nov. 24th 2022
12.30: INDIANA JONES – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MOUSE MORRIS) 1.00: ARCTIC AMBITION (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.35: SUAN NA DRAIOCHT – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 2.10: GINNETS GIRL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: MOONOVERCLOONE (BRYAN COOPER/MATTHEW SMITH) 3.10: GENDARME – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.40: NUCKY JOHNSON – W/O FAV – (PAT TAAFFE […]
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Selections for Thurles – Nov. 3rd 2022
1.05: BENTHAM – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.40: THE GREAT WHITE – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 2.15: MOLLYS GLORY (DANNY MULLINS/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 2.50: PADDY ROCKET – EW – (SAM EWING/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.22: APRIL’S JOY (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.55: GLENDAARS MAHLER – EW – (GARY NOONAN (7)/JAMES FAHEY) 4.25: DEMANDRIVINGDOUVAN (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Thurles – Oct. 20th 2022
2.00: SECRET SHE KEEPS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.35: UNION PARK – EW – (JACK FOLEY/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.10: CAN’T STOP SMILING – EW – (MARK WALSH/AIDAN HOWARD) 3.45: BREHON STAR (MIKE O’SULLIVAN (5)/SHANE CRAWLEY) 4.20: FRENCH DYNAMITE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.55: JUNGLE PROSE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOITT) 5.30: LITTLE SOIREE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Thurles – Oct. 6th 2022
2.00: FONISKA (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.35: SHANGRILAMA (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 3.10: TAKE MY HAND – EW – (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 3.45: WOJOOD – EW – (DAN KING (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.20: DARK VEGA (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.55: THE TRUANT (SAM EWING (3)/PETER FAHEY) 5.25: ROYAL ROMEO (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE)
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Things can always be worse
One would almost feel guilty writing anything about actual sport at the moment considering the unspeakable tragedy and grief which has befallen Clonoulty/Rossmore, Tipperary and the GAA community at large following the passing of 24-year-old Dillon Quirke during a Tipperary SHC encounter at Semple Stadium on Friday evening. Only weeks ago, the young defender was […]
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One precocious talent, but Clare are no one-trick ponies
“Less than a minute remains on the clock, as I tighten my boot lace, and turn down my sock/Is that the crowd I hear, or is it the ghosts, of men who before me had faced the same test, and never once failed to give of their best? “ This corner would never claim to […]
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The defining exhibition of the greatest game in the world
A long time ago, a dear departed family acquaintance said to my father, regarding the state of the world at that time, “Don’t let anybody tell you about the good old days, the good times are now”. Personally, I would find such an assertion hard to concur with for a lot of reasons but that’s […]