Irish Flat Racing Notes, Curragh, 7th May 2012
Curragh – May 7th 6f 2yo Maiden Impressive win for Move To Strike and in fairness the signs were there as he ran in a race Bolger likes to target early at Leopardstown; travelled well and gone right away; probably beaten little and the pair that chases home Katchy Lady at Tipperary were well [...]
Dundalk – May 2nd 7f Maiden Pretty simple for Oonagh, travelled nicely in the lead and picked up to win easily; if she is rated through Teofolina and not Absolute Crackers on the Cork form her handicap mark could be lenient; she had done things right in her career to date. Lordan deserved [...]
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Leopardstown – April 15th 6f 2yo Maiden Little of note here and another weak early 2yo race; Move To Strike was keen early but ran only fairly; his trainer has tended to launch some good ones here but have to think Dawn Approach is his best early sort and he wanted him ready to [...]
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Dundalk – April 11th 5f 2yo Maiden Dylanbaru has travelled nicely on the surface; out of Nubar Lady that won on it. Versilia Gal has again been off it quite early and stayed on well for pressure; this is the second time she has shaped like 6f will suit and given the yard she comes [...]
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Cork – April 7th 6f 3yo Handicap They didn’t go particularly fast early with a number fighting for their head. Nini Ok was awkward under pressure and hung all the way across the track in the final 2f; not one to trust. Ditto Seanie though he did have to contend with NO (Nini Ok) [...]
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More from Irish flat racing expert, Tony Keenan, as he goes through the fallout from last Wednesday’s Leopardstown card, and offers his horses to follow / swerve. I’ll add in the previous runners to the bottom of each piece, so you can check ‘at a glance’ those on the yes/no lists! Leopardstown – March [...]
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Hi everyone, a Happy New Year to one and all! I hope you have a good one. Mal Boyle has just sent me his latest insights into the weekend’s racing with details of meetings at Dundalk, Thurles & Naas: the highlight of these being the Grade 2 Slaney Novice Hurdle at 1.40 on Sunday at [...]
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Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good Christmas and if you’re struggling to pick a winner thias week, perhaps we can help. Mal Boyle has just filed his latest weekly preview of all the upcoming races from Leopardstown, Limerick, Fairyhouse, Tramore and Punchestown. The highlight of the week must surely be the Lexus [...]
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Hi everyone, due to technical difficulties beyond our control we were unable to publish your regular Wednesday preview of the upcoming racing. Thankfully, we seem to have sorted the problems out and now I can belatedly point you in the direction of Mal Boyle’s thoughts on what lies ahead. There’s racing at Thurles, Dundalk (A/W), [...]
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Hi again, I’ve just received the latest racing preview from Mal Boyle with details of all the upcoming racing between now and Sunday. There’s the regular Friday evening All-Weather meeting from Dundalk, as well as jumps racing from Gowran Park and Fairyhouse, ending the week at Navan whose card includes the Grade 1 Navan Novice [...]
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Malcolm Boyle is back again with a preview of the forthcoming racing from Clonmel, Dundalk, Navan, Cork & Punchestown over the next few days, culminating in the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial Chase on Sunday. THURSDAY: Clonmel: General stats: Clonleney potentially represents Adrian Murray on the card with the trainer having saddled three winners from [...]
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By Hayley O’Connor, Ladbrokes.com It was an eventful weekend that has thrown up some key pointers for the season ahead and our antepost markets were very lively. Following Sunday’s card at Navan, Big Zeb now heads our betting for the Champion Chase following his win in the Fortria Chase. There were some doubts around the [...]
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Hello again, I’ve just had word from Malcolm Boyle that he has done his regular weekly preview of the upcoming fixtures. Mal’s opinions are very well respected, particularly from his work for the Sporting Life and also for www.geegeez.co.uk. This week he has turned his attention to some quality jumps racing, including the valuable Clonmel [...]
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Hello again, it’s that time of week where Malcolm Boyle casts his eye over the forthcoming racecards in a bid to find us all some winners! He’s gone through the declarations for the next few days and he’s gathered all the relevant information, stats and pointers for the meetings at Thurles, Down Royal, Dundalk and [...]
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The Bet On-Course with Tote Maiden Hurdle at Roscommon was a reason for festivity for the 3-member Summerwine Syndicate, from Ardee and Dundalk, with the outstanding success of their Waterloo Chateau. Pacing the track prior to the race some of the consortium showed their enthusiasm as Paul Carberry’s mount conquered lurching to the left in [...]
Continue reading …It’s always a difficult time of year to be a punter, as the last hurrah’s of the jumping season dovetail with the first flushes of the incumbent flat campaign. And so it proved for punters this weekend at the respective jump and flat cards at Limerick and the Curragh. Limerick’s feature was the Hugh McMahon [...]
Continue reading …BALLYTRIM SCOOPS LEINSTER NATIONAL! The outsider of the two Willie Mullins` runners, Ballytrim (8/1), landed Sundays Lucan Racing Leinster National, the feature race on the Naas card. The winner, ridden by the ever dependable Paul Townend, just got the better of a pulsating duel with Bluesea Cracker to scoop the tasty €21,125 pot. On what [...]
Continue reading …TRANQUIL SEA ON BOARD FOR RYANAIR! Eddie O`Grady is currently enjoying a bit of a purple patch and his Tranquil Sea (4/6F) produced an eye-catching performance in Sunday’s feature race at Leopardstown, the re-arranged Newlands Chase (Grade Two). Confidently ridden by Andrew McNamara, Tranquil Sea comfortably beat the revitalised Natal by two and a half [...]
Continue reading …ALAIVAN STAR OF THE SHOW! Eddie O`Gradys juvenile hurdler Alaivan (4/6F) slammed his rivals in Saturdays Grade Two Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse and in so doing shot to the head of The Triumph Hurdle ante-post lists with some firms. Andrew McNamara had few problems landing the odds and his hurdling was particularly impressive. [...]
Continue reading …WAR OF ATTRITION LANDS BOYNE HURDLE War of Attrition (7/1) continued his revival when claiming victory in Sundays Grade Two Boyne Hurdle at Navan. Mouse Morris` brave warrior made all under Davy Russell to out-battle favourite Mourad with Ninetieth Minute back in third. Connections will be keenly awaiting the announcement of the weights for the [...]
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