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Selections for Navan – Oct. 7th 2026
1.45: BETTER YET (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 2.15: MY CUBBY BEAR – EW – (ADAM GRANT (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: SIEGE OF TYRE – EW – (ANDY SLATTERY/KIERAN COTTER) 3.15: ROSATO – EW – (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/CHARLES WELD) 3 45: JESUS GREEN (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4 15: DIVINE LEGEND (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.48: SHEAMUS SHEIMHIU…
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Spirits in the sky send the ‘Lough sailing into final
BALLINLOUGH…1-18 ST VINCENT’S…1-15 As many of you will know, it’s customary for pieces written in tribute to appear in this space when somebody held dear and/or greatly admired are called to the conference room far away. Indeed, there’s an exceedingly difficult one in the works here as well as what you are currently reading. However,…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 6th 2026
1.45: YOUNG REBEL (MARK WALSH/EMMET MULLINS) 2.20: TRADONTHEBAY – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/PAUL GILLIGAN) 2.55: ISDISDAONE (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 3.30: CHART TOPPER (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.05: DUNANY POINT (JORDAN GAINFORD/CONOR MAXWELL) 4.40: JUKE HILL – EW – (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.15: WAY WITH WORDS (DEREK O’CONNOR/PHILIP DEMPSEY)
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Lack of expectation allows for freedom of expression
DONAGHMORE/ASHBOURNE…1-14 RATOATH…0-12 My late father imparted a nugget of advice a long time ago that was as timeless as it was priceless. That being the reality that “You never see a bookie on a bicycle”. Inference being that when the turf accountants chalk up odds on a given event they very seldom get it wrong.…
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Noise cancelling headphones with Jim Gavin’s mantra on repeat
Anyone from a county with realistic ambitions of doing well in top level Gaelic football who claims to have enjoyed Dublin’s utter dominance during their six in a row spell is either not being true to themselves or delusional. By the way, that observation is not in any way meant a a slight on the…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Oct. 5th 2026
1.55: MY LUCKY MAKER (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.30: STATE PENSION (CIAN QUIRKE/HARRY KELLY) 3.05: WHISPERING WILLOW (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.40: LE MULETA (ROSS SUGRUE (4*)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 4.15: WELL BUD – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.50: FULL NOISE – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN/GARY MCGILL) 5.25: VISION DE MAIN – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS)
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Selections for Killarney – Oct. 5th 2026
1.00: DARIVAN (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 1.35: GLIONDAR (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.10: STRIKEOUT – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JOHNNY FEANE) 2.45: RAMPAGE – EW – (JAMES RYAN/TOM MCCOURT) 3.20: MANTON BAY – EW – (BILLY LEE/DAVID MARNANE) 3.55: TOGETHER NOW (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.30: WIE WUNDERBAR (KEITHEN KENNEDY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.05: BLUE NASTURTIUM (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON)
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Personnel might change but template stays the same
NAVAN O’MAHONYS…3-17 ST PATRICK’S…2-11 The following is meant in the most complimentary terms possible. In a sporting sense, Navan O’Mahonys were the bane of Myles Fahey’s existence. Our late, great and loved clubman here in Dunboyne from Claremorris, managed teams at every age group from U-12 to Minor inclusive which lost county finals to the…
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Selections for Killarney – Oct. 4th 2026
1.35: MASTERTOWN MISS – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/HARRY KELLY) 2.10: COLIN’S FRIEND (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: FIREBRAND (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/JOHN NALLEN) 3.20: JAMES THE BRAVE (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/PADRAIG BUTLER) 3.55: CLAUDE – EW – (PETER SMITHERS (5)/SARAH J. CONNELL) 4.30: TIME IS A THIEF (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.05: KILKEE BAY – EW –…
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Selections for Curragh – Oct. 4th 2026
1.20: PIRATE ANN BONNIE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 1.55: HMAS PERTH (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.30: BIG GOSSEY – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 3.05: TRUTH BE TOLD – EW – (BILLY LEE/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 3.40: DANCING SAXON (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) Kevin Blake could be in the Winner’s Enclosure again 4.15: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (TERRY…
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