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Parramatta should go well in mares’ bumper

Next week's Galway Festival is the focus of interest for all Irish racing enthusiasts but before getting immersed in the Ballybrit meeting, I've come across to London for the first few days of the Olympic Games.

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Violet to bloom in maiden

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‘Indian summer’ playing havoc with planning process

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Pathfork and Laughing Lashes coming along nicely
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Turf Club’s rostering of officials needs to be looked at

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No One Tells Me will go chasing after fine Galway Hurdle
Fort Defiance laid out for Bumper

IT’S nice to be back with you this morning, if only briefly, having been on the sidelines of this great game of ours since last April.

Sat, 24 Jul, 2010

Sometimes you just have to take what racing throws at you

I have said it more than once here that you just have to take what racing throws at you. It’s a great leveller and some days you get a kick in the teeth but on others things work out well.

Sat, 17 Jul, 2010

Hidden Universe atones for Cheltenham flop impressively in Champion Bumper

THE Grade 1 Paddy Power Champion Bumper produced a particularly smart winner in Dermot Weld’s four-year-old, Hidden Universe, writes Pat Keane

Thu, 22 Apr, 2010

Monty bolts up under mandatory penalty

WILLIE Mullins and Ruby Walsh shared a double with Scholar’s Mate and Our Monty in the two handicap hurdles at Punchestown yesterday.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2009

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