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A massive gamble on Deutschland, in the Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, went astray when he proved no match for the Pat Flynn-trained 20-1 shot Bahrain Storm.
MASTER MINDED has to be the choice to land the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.
THE DUNGUIB bubble was well and truly burst in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices' Hurdle and, on this evidence, he appears to have been clearly over-rated.
LISS Na Tintri, so unlucky last time, can redress the balance in the Munster Supporters’ Club Mares Maiden Hurdle at Limerick this afternoon.
RUBY WALSH and Tony Martin joined forces to land a double with Psycho and Tijuana Dancer at Clonmel yesterday.
SOLWHIT remains a major doubt for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next Tuesday, having scoped badly on Monday.
DERMOT WELD can warm up for Cheltenham by saddling Brushed Aside to land the ATR Festival Focus Fillies Maiden, at what is sure to be a less than packed Dundalk tonight!
COULDN’T believe the news regarding Solwhit on Monday.
RUBY WALSH has a strong hand at Clonmel this afternoon, headed by Psycho in the Comeragh Beginners Chase.
IRISH racing received a major boost yesterday with the news that Boylesports.com is the new title sponsor of the opening day of this year’s Punchestown Festival.
TAKE a chance on French-import Sweet My Lord in the opening Thoroughbred County Maiden Hurdle at Naas this afternoon.
BETTER TIMES can help us top up the Cheltenham tank by landing the nap in the Great Oak Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park this afternoon.
WILLIE MULLINS has finally given up the fight to get the brilliant Mikael D’Haguenet to Cheltenham.
IF Tranquil Sea wins the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on March 18, there seems little doubt connections will look back at Leopardstown last Sunday as having played a massive part in the success.
ONCE-raced Jim Bowie can land the Richard Behan Financial Planning Bumper at Downpatrick this afternoon.
NICANOR, who once beat Denman at the Cheltenham Festival, should be finally ready to strike over fences in the Trim Beginners Chase at Navan this afternoon.
WESTERN LEADER stamped himself as one of the most exciting young horses in the country with a breathtaking display to land the Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.
DOONEYS GATE is a confident nap choice to land the Cashel Chase at Thurles this afternoon.
A LETTER in the Racing Post last Sunday didn’t half catch the eye of this observer.
THE Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon should be a cracking contest, bringing together some very promising young horses.
MORNING SUPREME is the nap choice to run her rivals ragged in the Grade 2 paddypower.com Novice Hurdle at Naas tomorrow.
WILLIE MULLINS continued his terrific campaign when landing a treble at Clonmel yesterday.
LAST Saturday in front of the television was the place to be - and I’m not talking about watching that debacle in Paris!
QUISCOVER FONTAINE, the least experienced horse in the field, can land the nap in the Powerstown Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.
IT may be the height of folly to nap a horse who finished a remote seventh of seven finishers last time, but that’s precisely what we are going to do with J’y Vole in the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.
HORSE Racing Ireland have announced a replacement fixture for Thurles after yesterday’s fixture was cancelled following heavy overnight frost.
THERE could hardly have been a more popular winner of Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown than Joncol.
TURF CLUB officials, currently in dispute with the Turf Club, are threatening to strike on Sunday February 28, an afternoon when racing is scheduled for both Leopardstown and Clonmel.
THE Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown tomorrow centres on which Cooldine turns up. If the one which landed the RSA Chase at Cheltenham in March appears then there can only be one winner.
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