Galway Plate preview: Donn McClean best bets By Donn McClean 18:26 · WED July 28, 2021 Donn McClean has two against the field for the tote Galway Plate including an interesting JP McManus runner. They reckon that over 40,000 people went to Ballybrit for the first Galway Plate in 1869. That is about 240,000 fewer people than went to Ballybrit to see Pope John Paul II 110 years later – it can hold a crowd all right – but it is 39,000 more than there will be in attendance today. These are the times through which we are navigating our way these days and, actually, there was atmosphere in Ballybrit over the last couple of days. It’s not the normal Galway buzz, but it’s something. Some people is a significant step up on no people.
For 12-time champion jockey Ruby Walsh, being a professional sports person was never a popularity contest. He looked it as being a results based contest and never got too caught up in what people thought of him. That attitude served him well during his career, which spanned 24 years and yielded over 2500 winners. People s opinion of me didn t overly bother me or worry me. Everyone wants to be popular, but I soon realised that the real popular guys in the weigh-room are the ones that aren t riding the winners, said Ruby Walsh speaking on We Become Heroes, an RTÉ Sport podcast.
Advertisement Torrens crowned jockey champion By Chris Caldwell THIRTY-FOUR wins, 25 second places, 32 thirds and 42 fourth placed finishes that earned over half a million in prizemoney during the 2020/21 National Hunt season have ensured that Simon Torrens was crowned Conditional Champion jockey in Ireland. The Castlederg native enjoyed a number of high-profile handicap wins during the season, notably at the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown in February where he partnered the Pat Fahy-trained Drop The Anchor to win the Ladbrokes Hurdle and A Wave Of The Sea, trained by Joseph O’Brien, to win the Matheson Handicap Chase, both horses owned by JP McManus.
Punchestown Festival day three | Klassical Dream & Energumene star in Willie Mullins 299/1 five-timer By Sporting Life 20:13 · THU April 29, 2021 A review of all the action from day three of the Punchestown Festival as Energumene and Klassical Dream starred in a Willie Mullins-trained five-timer. Energumene among five for Mullins Energumene claimed his second Grade One triumph with a smooth performance from the front in the Ryanair Novice Chase. Paul Townend enjoyed something of an armchair ride on the 2/5 favourite, who was last seen winning the Irish Arkle at the Dublin Racing Festival, before missing the Sporting Life Arkle at Cheltenham due to a late setback.
UPDATED 5:24PM, APR 27 2021 An unraced four-year-old trained by Willie Mullins that was heavily backed for the closing bumper (7.35) at Punchestown on Tuesday has been withdrawn on veterinary advice. The Ballylinch Stud-owned Glowing Account had been shortened to a general 2-1 shot (from 7) when making the cut for the day one finale, but now misses the race. Glowing Account s stablemate Hara Kiri, who was favourite until this morning s market move, heads the betting again at a general 11-4 and is the mount of Patrick Mullins. There is little to choose between Envoi Allen and Monkfish in the market for the blockbuster Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase (6.30) at Punchestown.
UPDATED 2:40PM, APR 27 2021 An unraced four-year-old trained by Willie Mullins has slipped into the closing bumper (7.35) at Punchestown on Tuesday as a first reserve and been heavily backed. It is yet to be confirmed who will take the ride on the Ballylinch Stud-owned Glowing Account, who has tumbled into a general 2-1 shot (from 7) since his place in the race was finalised. Glowing Account s stablemate Hara Kiri, who was favourite until this morning s market move, has Patrick Mullins aboard but will need to settle better than when finishing third at Gowran Park in January. Elsewhere, the money is coming for Allaho before his clash with stablemate Chacun Pour Soi in today s William Hill Champion Chase (5.25) at Punchestown.
Punchestown Tuesday preview: Donn McClean tips By Donn McClean 10:53 · TUE April 27, 2021 Our man thinks Colreevy is overpriced at Punchestown today and he has a 12/1 fancy for the big handicap hurdle on the card. Punchestown Tuesday best bets: Best in handicaps: Champagne Gold (4.50) And so begins a Punchestown Festival like no other, the culmination of a season that has no precedent. There hasn’t been one since 2019, when Monkfish was beaten in a bumper and Ruby Walsh retired, and we have missed it. There will be sub-plots this week for sure, like the jockeys’ championship sub-plot. Paul Townend, returned from injury, four clear of Rachael Blackmore, 95-91, with five fantastic racing days left. And the amateurs’ title on the line, Patrick Mullins 45, Jamie Codd 45, each of them with three rides today and three rides tomorrow in a battle that could run to Saturday evening.
Donn McClean: Expect fireworks as Townend and Blackmore do battle for jockey s title There will be intriguing clashes all week at Punchestown between the pair of leading jockeys, and their amateur equivalents, beginning tomorrow. By Donn McClean Monday 26 Apr 2021, 4:48 PM 45 minutes ago 2,284 Views 2 Comments Paul Townend on Concertista (green) jumping the last to beat Rachael Blackmore on Minella Melody at Fairyhouse in November. Image: Peter Mooney/INPHO Paul Townend on Concertista (green) jumping the last to beat Rachael Blackmore on Minella Melody at Fairyhouse in November. Image: Peter Mooney/INPHO EGALITY MANS WAS in front and travelling well in the Grade 2 Colm Quinn BMW Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse three weeks ago when he came down at the third last flight. It looked like an awkward fall. Power Of Pause was tracking the leader at the time, he had nowhere to go when his stable companion fell in front of him and he and Bryan Cooper were taken down too.
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