Far too kind gents.
Am probably boring the pants off the silent majority here, but important to remember those who lit the flame for us .
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Far too kind gents.
Am probably boring the pants off the silent majority here, but important to remember those who lit the flame for us .
Paddy Woods (93).
A lifetime spent with Tom Dreaper he was Arkle's work rider while the horse raced, even winning on him once over hurdles at Gowran Park.
Ted Walsh told the story how Paddy...
Authorized joins Cottage, Vulgan and Quorum as the sire of three Grand National winners.
Fans of Martin Stevens' Good Morning Bloodstock would have read the story of all these, especially the fact...
Lousy luck; remember her winning Fred Winter; she was the pick of the ring.
After timing I know!
JP was advised I Am Maximus was the best handicapped horse in Ireland,, that was why he purchased him apparently.
Good advice well taken.
Where it all started many years ago
Another Derek O'Connor master class.
Catch him while you can.
Cork student is the meet before Easter so the lads and lasses meet up again there on Easter Sunday.
They take no heed of the weather nor the forecast when going either.
Dan "Missunited" Hutch...
Only one finished , the runner up was remounted.
Winner was tubed the morning of the race; that is now outlawed also.
Desertmore House has a decent chance on heavy on his Listowel win last year.
He was fresh at the finish that day though Panda Boy appeals more on his run at Leopardstown.
I can see Nicky retiring with Constitution Hill, whenever that happens.
Hopefully not for a few years yet..
He was a fabulous specimen of a horse also, but a freak whose star shone for a short while.
Only realised when I checked now his grand dam was Pia, Epsom Oaks winner.
More on topic my mate the late Mike Doody used bring a client racing to The Curragh.
The gent had a habit of punching Mike on the arm when he backed a winner; he could easily have half any field...
There were 6,000 or so Japanese in Longchamp that day, I never saw the like of it before.
They bet Deep Impact to nothing; the pari-mutuel promoted a 5,000,000 tierce with multilingual pamphlets on...
Water quality and impurities are a huge problem, and are usually the last thing to be checked.
Tony Martin was nearly closed as his new stable complex was built with pyrite contaminated concrete...
When your luck is out it is out.
Hope he recovers fully .
My cousin is involved in Tounsivator, running today 3.45.
He was very impressive on debut so may be something special, if too short today at 6/4.
2006 Prix de l'Arc , Deep Impact was 1/10 on the tote so every other horse was 20/1 plus .
An eight horse field how could you lose ?
By leaving the winner out, that's how !
I wouldn't mind but we...
Unbeaten in handicap hurdles , imagine it happening now.
An absolute monster; remember one day at Leopardstown Christmas meet he won a distance and the other jockeys were suspended for making...
Afraid not but Nina could easily convert me.
I went to Dr Garret Fitzgerald's lying in state at The Mansion House the evening Roderick O Connor won the Irish 2000 Gns, mainly on behalf of a FG...
Nina Carberry to contest Euro elections this year according to Racing Post.
She is standing to represent the rural community to try maintain it.
I hope her remit is to continue horse racing and...
As a huge hip flask fan when not driving I find that highly irresponsible and repugnant behaviour .
The people you get to meet when offering a nip with tea/coffee is one of the joys of racing....
Slade Steel avoiding Ballyburn says more about Ballyburn's ability than anything he beat on Wednesday.
The only possible spanner in the Ch/Gold Cup double bid is the possible Bartlett preference for...
Haldon Gold Cup day at Devon comes to mind Luke but you are spot on in your assessment.
Willie gave Miriam O'Callaghan an interview on RTE Radio 1 this morning.
Available on the radio player "Miriam Meets " show.
Well worth a listen, he broke down at mention of his mother but was...