Murphy pleased with stable stars.
Colm Murphy is very happy with his stable stars Voler La Vedette and Big Zeb after Punchestown last week. Connections of Voler La Vedette have decided to keep the eight year old mare in training next season after she finished second to the talented Quevega in the Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle last Thursday at the [...]
Sizing Europe put his unlucky Cheltenham second behind him today at Punchestown and showed that he is still a true champion by claiming the Grade One BoyleSports.com Champion Chase. The 10 year old battled gamely under Andrew Lynch to hold off Realt Dubh by two and a quarter lengths with last year’s winner Big Zeb [...]
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Punchestown Festival 2012 Tips SCROLL DOWN FOR TODAY’S TIPS Punchestown Tuesday, 24th April 2012 Day 1 of the Punchestown Festival features the Grade 1 Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at 4.20; the Grade 1 Boylesports.com Champion Chase at 5.30; and the Grade 1 Growise Champion Novices Chase at 6.40. Here’s the horse-racing.ie take on it. [...]
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Sizing Europe is reported to be in tremendous form ahead of tomorrow’s BoyleSports Champion Chase at Punchestown. The ten year old was last seen finishing an unlucky to Finian’s Rainbow in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Sizing Europe will bid for his first win in the Champion chase at Punchestown tomorrow having been [...]
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The Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown is gearing up to be an interesting contest with the first four runner’s home in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham notable entries. The Grade One two mile feature will take place on Tuesday April 24th and it sees Finian’s Rainbow, Sizing Europe, Big Zeb and Gauvain engaged. [...]
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Big Zeb is reportedly in tremendous form ahead of his quest to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 14th. Colm Murphy’s eleven year old won the Champion Chase in 2010 but had to settle for second place last year as Sizing Europe took over the winning. Big Zeb went [...]
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Sizing Europe relished the soft conditions at Punchestown today when recording a 15 length win in the Tied Cottage Chase. Andrew Lynch always had his mount prominent and when asking him to go clear after the last he excelled like a jet ski in the testing conditions. Big Zeb was eased after the last fence [...]
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The clash of the titans will take place at Punchestown on Sunday when Big Zeb and Sizing Europe are set to meet in the Grade Two Boylesport.com Tied Cottage Steeplechase. The Grade Two race will be the first time since last May when the rivals battled out a thrilling finish at the Punchestown Festival. Sizing [...]
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Good Morning! it’s Wednesday once again, so I’m back with Mal Boyle’s regular weekly insight into the upcoming racing action. He has news for us this week of racing at Down Royal, Clonmmel, Dundalk, Fairyhouse and Punchestown, where the highlight should be the Tied Cottage Chase becoming the latest instalment in the Sizing Europe / [...]
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Previous winners Sizing Europe and Big Zeb feature among 19 entries for the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on 14 March. Sizing Europe followed up his Arkle Trophy success of 2010 with a brilliant victory in last season’s Champion Chase and is set to return to Prestbury Park to defend his crown for [...]
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Big Zeb won the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown for a third time when getting the better of Noble Prince. Colm Murphy’s top-class two-miler took this prize in 2008 and 2010 and obliged again with Robbie Power in the saddle. The 8-11 shot powered past Noble Prince on the run to the line to [...]
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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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Colm Murphy’s Big Zeb won the Fortria Chase at Navan for the third year in succession. The ten year old had to dig deep on his seasonal reappearance but answered every question posed to him by Robbie Power as he ran out a game winner despite conceding upwards of 5lbs to his rivals. There were [...]
Continue reading …Colm Murphy says Big Zeb is as ready as he can get him ahead of the Fortria Chase at Navan on Sunday. The 10-year-old has won the contest on his seasonal reappearance for the last two years and the County Wexford handler is hoping he can land the hat-trick this weekend. “He’s done well and [...]
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The last of the Spring Festivals is upon us, and it’s that marathon jamoboree from ‘our side’ of the water, the Punchestown Festival. For the next five days, all roads lead to Kildare or, like many, maybe you just moved across the heath from watching the Curragh races at the weekend! In any case, the [...]
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The 2010 shortlist of nominees for the Horse Racing Ireland Awards were revealed today. The Horse Racing Ireland Awards, now it their eighth year, celebrate achievements in both human and equine excellence in horse racing, with the successful nominee voted upon by the Irish racing media. The nominees for the 2010 Horse of The Year, [...]
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The Colm Murphy trained Big Zeb scored a victory for the second time in the Grade Two Friends of Navan Fortria Steeplechase at Navan. Jockey Barry Geraghty picked up a double on the Murphy charge after earlier winning aboard Our Girl Salley in the opening event I.N.H. Stallion Owners European Breeders Fund Maiden Hurdle. Sent [...]
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The Colm Murphy trained Big Zeb is on track to start off a fresh winter season at Navan in November. The Queen Mother Champion Chase victor is to begin with a outing in the Fortria Chase on 7th November, attempting to score for back to back victories after winning the event last year. The trainer’s [...]
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The Queen Mother Champion Chase hero, Big Zeb has come back no worse for wear from his summer break and his trainer Colm Murphy is looking at a November return to racing. After a superb performance at the Cheltenham Festival, ultimately achieving his unquestioned expectations, the nine-year-old could return to action in the Fortria Chase [...]
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ZEB ZOOMS IN! Big Zeb (5/4) restored his reputation and got his season back on track with an impressive victory in the Grade Two Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown on Sunday. Colm Murphy`s Stable Star, ridden by Barry Geraghty, pulled away from Golden Silver(9/10F) to record a facile 7L success and booked his place in [...]
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