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    Quote Originally Posted by edgt View Post
    The success and popularity of the Galway Festival down the years stems from the rural economy as epitomised by the small square bale of hay, a magical time in rural Irish life, now alas no more.
    "Old hay is old gold " so the saying goes, never more do than in the west of Ireland where the winters are longer and crueller than in the rest of the country.
    The best hay is saved in June, while the bulk of hay is usually saved in July when the crops are bigger and the wetter ground has dried out.
    Anyone listening to Robbie Power yesterday on RTE would have heard hum speak of summer Jumps racing "West of the Shannon " in Sligo, Galway, Roscommon, Kilbeggan etc and east of the river the rest of the year.
    Cattle dealers who spend the Spring ferrying calves west from the South and East; the autumn ferrying cattle in the opposite direction spend june and July buying meadows of grass and making hay or buying hay already made to ferry west for winter fodder where it is needed.
    This was historically a cash crop that ended up in bookies' satchels in Galway and Listowel, the so called harvest Festival.
    Now read the blog for more and tell me how Goodwood, even on a fine day can compare !
    Beautifully evocative as ever. However if you move any more of Leinster [other than Kilbeggan] to wisht of de Shannon you will be dead to me.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/r...es-456165.html

    a nice piece from last week from one of our own
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Excellent piece!
    Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......

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    Nice piece, Colm....shame MF was pulled from the Plate in the end.
    Last edited by Grasshopper; 12th August 2017 at 1:10 PM.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    A gamble of some sorts will have to be landed on him soon
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    I am concerned I will run out of money, before the fu*cker is fully off, PJ!
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

    SlimChance, March 2018

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grasshopper View Post
    I am concerned I will run out of money, before the fu*cker is fully off, PJ!
    This is how I feel about ownership of horses tbh
    Hurricane Fly - whatever he runs in he wins

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grasshopper View Post
    Nice piece, Colm....shame MF was pulled from the Plate in the end.

    The perils of deadlines 48 hours before print.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    Congratulations to Dermot Weld, who yesterday had his 500th Galway win as a trainer. How many people have even backed 500 winners there, never mind training them?

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