Tag: Tom Taaffe
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Trying to convince myself to never say never
In the summer of 2015, my brother gave a local farmer a dig out for about two months in total actually. From the time they started the spring ploughing and sowing until the first cut silage and hay was all done. Some 23 years after they had originally parted ways. For me, this was as…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Sept. 30th 2022
1.35: CATENA ZAPATA (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.07: SAYLAVEE (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.42: A MERE BAGATELLE (DANNY MULLINS/JOHN HANLON) 3.17: ONLY ONE PLAN – EW – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.52: CHAMPAGNE PROBLEM (PAT TAAFFE (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.27: JIMMY JIMMY – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.02: SERPOLETTE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/EAMON DELANY) 5.37:…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Aug. 19th 2022
4.25: QUEL REVE (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.00: CHAMPAGNE PROBLEM (PAT TAAFFE (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.35: GROZNI (PHILIP BYRNES (7)/CHARLES BYRNES) 6.10: SARSFIELD – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY (5)/JOHN RYAN) 6.45: GOOD MAN TURK (KEITH DONOGHUE/MATTHEW SMITH) 7.20: SIBERIAN PRINCE (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 7.55: THECOMPANYSERGEANT (JOHN GLEESON (7)/DENIS HOGAN)
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Time doesn’t stand still so the only option is to Move With It
The victory of Drumbear in the Downpatrick Bumper of March 21st hardly made any headlines. Even allowing for the continued ascent of the winning trainer John McConnell and rider Ben Harvey. But for another reason it was a seminal contest regarding the current state of Irish racing. Now read on… Finishing in sixth place that…
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep 17
This episode was filmed over two evenings in order to cast an eye over as much of what was a truly remarkable Easter weekend’s racing both at Faryhouse and Cork. Three days packed with stories, each of which would be worthy of being a seasonal highlight in their own right.
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So near, yet so far away
New Year’s Day, 2011. Beginning another round of the calender in Fairyhouse. Same as it ever was. Except in that case it was anything but that. For about 18 months beforehand, dad and his best friend, the late former undertaker Oliver Cunningham, were tipping around with a few horses in training with Tom Taaffe. Spruce…
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Selections for Thurles – Dec. 20th 2020
12.30: ESCARIA TEN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.00: ASK CORY (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.30: DAKOTA MOIRETTE – EW – (JACK FOLEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.00: GAULOISE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: HUMANISTE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/EDDIE O’GRADY) 3.00: BORN PATRIOT (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 3.30: FAIS TON CHENIN (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)