Person: Declan Gillespie

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Spirit set to strike

BETT'S SPIRIT, who has shown distinct promise in her two runs to date, is the nap choice in the Boyne Waste Services Race at Dundalk tonight.

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Decree back for more

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Step down in trip likely to suit Drayton

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Man On The Nile completes memorable week for Brennan

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Bargain-buy Morning Glow notches third win

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Berry strikes it Rich

Man Of Repute ready to deliver

CLONMEL this evening houses what has almost become the norm lately, a dreadful card.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2005

Betsen lives up to his name with an impressive debut

BETSEN, called after the brilliant French rugby wing-forward, lived up to his name when making an impressive debut in the Mallow Maiden at Cork on Saturday.

Mon, 13 Jun, 2005

Galway aim for Dollars after easy win

DOLLARS ROCK, carrying the colours of the nine-member W G Hill Syndicate from Watergrasshill, Co Cork, streaked away with the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap at Limerick last night.

Sat, 28 May, 2005

Berry moves to within one of Kinane in title race

FRAN BERRY moved to within one of pace-setting 13 times champion Michael Kinane in the Jockeys Championship table when sharing the riding honours with Niall McCullagh ay Navan yesterday, each rider completing a double.

Mon, 02 May, 2005

Enterprisingly ridden Solskjaer scores for O’Brien

SOLSKJAER, enterprisingly ridden by Seamus Heffernan, landed the listed Heritage Stakes for Aidan O’Brien at Leopardstown yesterday.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2005

Medicinal makes impressive debut for in-form Weld

DERMOT WELD, who introduced Refuse To Bend to racing at Gowran Park three years ago, produced another potentially high class colt at the Kilkenny track yesterday when Medicinal made an impressive debut.

Fri, 22 Apr, 2005

GVA Ireland leaves some disappointing efforts behind

FRANCIS FLOOD’S GVA Ireland left a couple of disappointing efforts well behind when easily beating market leader, Joueur D’Estruval, in the Imperial Call Chase at Cork on Saturday.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2005

Markason lands tidy gamble

THE Gerry Cully-trained Markason landed a tidy gamble in a division of the Clonee Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, providing jockey Davy Condon with his first triumph over hurdles.

Sat, 20 Nov, 2004

Gaff makes no mistake

AMERICAN-BRED Gaff, trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by stable-jockey Pat Smullen, made a successful Irish debut when landing the listed El Gran Senor 2-Y-0 Stakes at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

Walsh cajoles Mirpour into putting best foot forward

“HE’S not where he is for nothing”, exclaimed trainer Eoin Griffin of Ruby Walsh, after he had just watched the pilot drive his Mirpour to a narrow victory in the John F McGuire Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Tue, 21 Sep, 2004

Judgment reserved on Spencer

THERE must have been times of late when Jamie Spencer has scratched his young head and wondered just what he’s doing back in his native country!

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

Improving Caradak steps up in style

CARADAK stepped up from maiden company to Listed class in style when landing the King Charlemagne Stakes at Cork yesterday.

Tue, 03 Aug, 2004

Door looks wide open for Sharesha

JOHN OXX and Johhny Murtagh can combine for a short-priced double with Sharesha and Parshawar at Clonmel today.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2003

Consistent Kurbaan looks the best option

THE consistent Kurbaan, representing the very much in-form Kevin Prendergast, can land the Beech Median Auction Race at Fairyhouse this evening.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2003

Kinane shrugs off rumours with treble

MICHAEL KINANE arrived at Tipperary last night well aware silly rumours were circulating regarding his future at Ballydoyle.

Fri, 27 Jun, 2003

Lad can leave his chase rivals in the shade

KILLARNEY has enjoyed two decent days racing, but the fare on offer this afternoon really is poor.

Tue, 13 May, 2003

Progressive Millstreet can lower Roe’s colours

MUCH interest this weekend will centre on the performance of brilliant stayer Vinnie Roe, who returns from a short break in the listed Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Sat, 17 Aug, 2002

Flurry best of a moderate bunch

WHO would want to have a moderate horse in training in this country?

Fri, 16 Aug, 2002