Barretstown completed a 33/1 double for Billy Lee, as he just got the better of Koniag in the first divide of the Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap.
American Mike looks like spearheading a big team for Gordon Elliott in the Bar One Racing Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan next weekend.
There was to be no fairytale ending to Sir Michael Stoute’s glittering career at Nottingham on Wednesday, with Wanderlust – expected to be the final runner for one of the greatest trainers the sport has ever known – finishing last.
In the silks of this year's Punchestown Charity Race winning rider Glen Norris, Shaaden landed a gamble in the Bet On The Best Night Out At Dundalk Stadium Handicap.
Gavin Cromwell is considering the Lismullen Hurdle next weekend for Flooring Porter as he builds towards the Randox Grand National.
Only once before in my lifetime can I recall hype around an American horse race to match the level we saw in the build up to last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.
The first time was the inaugural running of the Arlington Million back when I was a teenager in boarding school in the middle of nowhere in Co. Laois. This first million dollar race had captured the imagination of the world in 1981. RTÉ showed the race and just after returning from summer break, our entire school huddled around the one and only TV to watch a horse named John Henry win a thriller by the narrowest of margins from an ex-Irish horse called The Bart.
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I'm from Dunshaughlin, Co Meath and all of mam's side of the family would have been horsey. Her uncle was Andy Lynch who trained and he was Head Travelling Lad for Noel Meade, so we grew up with ponies at Andy's. Then my brother Keith and I started riding out for Pat Martin. Granda would have harrowed the gallops at Fairyhouse and we would have gone down on Saturdays with him and looked at the likes of Paul Carberry, Ross and Barry Geraghty. We always wanted to be them! I got too big, but Keith is doing a good job.
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- TATTIE BOGLE was the subject of market support when finding only a potentially useful filly too good on his debut at Southwell last week and, with the promise of more to come, he gets the vote to go one place better. Storm The Dug was beaten less than a length into third in a C&D nursery and he can emerge as the main danger to the selection back in maiden company. Master Technician arrives on the back of a couple of solid placed efforts and he completes the shortlist.
