Cooper on top at Killarney.
Casey Top landed a gamble this evening in the McSweeney Arms Hotel handicap Steeplechase at Killarney this evening. Ridden by the talented Bryan Cooper, Casey Top was available as big as 14/1 this morning and was sent off the 5/1 joint favourite at the off. The Leonard Whitmore trained nine year old who was last [...]
Willie Mullins is no stranger to winning the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown and holds an excellent chance of winning the race for the third year in a row tomorrow at Punchestown as he makes up the field with four of the five declared runners. Hurricane Fly has won the race for the champion trainer [...]
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Eight runners have been declared for the Grade Two Keelings Irish Strawberry Hurdle tomorrow at Fairyhouse. Jessica Harrington’s Moone stable has been in tremendous form and Oscars Well will bid to record his first win of the season tomorrow at the county Meath track. Oscars Well was last seen finishing sixth behind Rock On Ruby [...]
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Edward O Grady’s Sportsmaster is set to be tested as he steps up in company and takes his chances in the Grade One Spring juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday. Sportsmaster won his maiden hurdle nicely at Naas last time out and had been unlucky before that when brought down at the fourth hurdle at [...]
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Jessica Harrington’s Citizenship is a notable absentee for Saturday’s Betfair Hurdle at Newbury at the latest six day stage. Citizenship was an impressive winner of the BoyleSports Hurdle at Leopardstown in January and was as low as 8/1 for the featured race at Newbury on Saturday but has been taken out. Ruby Walsh got excellent [...]
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Edward O’ Grady is hoping that Sportsmaster can turn out to be a major contender for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. The former Andrew Oliver trained four year old was relatively smart on the flat and recorded wins at Roscommon and The Curragh last year. Now owned by JP McManus and [...]
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Tranquil Sea delighted connections when comfortably winning the Clonmel Oil Chase for the second year running at the Tipperary venue. Edward O’Grady’s charge led two out and pulled away to score by four lengths from Psycho, with Tharawaat 10 lengths back in third and Leanne last of the four runners. Tharawaat made the running but [...]
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Edward O’Grady’s dual Grade One winner Tranquil Sea bids to land the Clonmel Oil Chase for the second successive year today. The nine-year-old made an impressive return to action in the two-and-a-half-mile Grade Two 12 months ago, a year on from winning the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham in brilliant style. O’Grady has been [...]
Continue reading …Tranquil Sea is on target to bid for back-to-back victories in the Clonmel Oil Chase at the County Tipperary track on Thursday. Edward O’Grady’s charge was among 14 possibles for the Grade Two contest over two and a half miles. “He’s on course for Thursday. He did one piece of work we were disappointed with, [...]
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Jessica Harrington’s fine run of form continued apace at Killarney, with the promising Bullock Harbour forming the second leg of a double for the trainer when taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Hurdle. The well-supported 9-4 chance tracked front-runner Catcherinscratcher like a hawk and he took up the running in between the final couple [...]
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Ante-post favourite The Real Article features among a maximum field of 20 runners in the Guinness Galway Hurdle this afternoon. Edward O’Grady’s five-time winner was beaten just a short head by Captain Cee Bee, under a hands-and-heels ride, in the Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary on his latest start. The course stewards decided to take no [...]
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Guinness Galway Hurdle favourite The Real Article will be allowed to take his chance in Thursday’s feature race after the Turf Club cancelled an inquiry into the running and riding of the Edward O’Grady-trained gelding at Tipperary on 17 July. The six-year-old finished second behind Captain Cee Bee in the Grade 3 Grimes Hurdle under [...]
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An inquiry into the running and riding of The Real Article at Tipperary last Sunday will be held on Monday morning. The Turf Club referrals committee are to analyse the performance of the Edward O’Grady-trained six-year-old, who was only a short-head second behind Captain Cee Bee in the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle. Victory for The [...]
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Day two of the great jumping festival and, with pockets fair bulging after Outlaw Pete and Quito de la Roque yesterday, I might have to resist my natural urge to pile back in today. To say it looks tricky is a bit like General Custer reporting the same when first viewing the onrushing indian hoardes! [...]
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Trainer Edward O’Grady is more optimistic than assured his charge Catch Me can follow on from Tranquil Sea with a victory in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday. Last November, the running of the event saw the trainer from County Tipperary sending out Tranquil Sea as the first Irish trained victor for [...]
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The undefeated status of The Real Article remains after making a successful jumps debut in the Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Maiden Hurdle at Listowel. The Edward O’Grady charge, under jockey Andrew McNamara was always prominent, hitting the lead four furlongs out, travelling well and clear of the field approaching the last, his lead reducing but continuing [...]
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 …The feature race at Leopardstown on Sunday is the Newlands Chase over two miles and a furlong. This contest sees a number of Cheltenham and Aintree hopefuls have their final trials before the Festivals. Indeed, very few of the contestants are ideally suited to the minimum trip and it is being used as match practice [...]
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. [...]
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