Weekend Review – Alaivan Books Triumph Ticket
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. [...]
The Dermot Weld-trained Rite Of Passage barely turned a hair in the process of remaining unbeaten over hurdles, when accounting for Healy’s Bar by a length in the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon. With just another one and a half lengths back to a 50/1 rag, Dun Bawn, the form proves [...]
Continue reading …Cheltenham Festival – The Irish Scene… Festival trials are pretty much coming to an end now, and aside from the novices many of the Irish contenders have now had their final preparations. The 26 races staged between the 16th and 20th March aren’t traditionally races for favourites – a huge 77% of them have been [...]
Continue reading …The Champion Hurdle Picture… Wow, things are really starting to heat up with regards to the Cheltenham Festival in March. The thing that really starts to frustrate punters at this time of year, though, is the endless hype regarding the more high-profile entries… Whenever a horse wins or is beaten in a “trial” you can [...]
Continue reading …With the start of January, all roads lead to Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown. The first of these is also the foremost, and the annual battle between the horses and horsemen from east and west of the Irish Sea is awaited like no other in our fine sport. The curtain raiser on Tuesday is the Supreme [...]
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