O’Donoghue’s a Derby Treasure

THE 125-mile journey from the beautiful seaside town of Youghal to the picturesque plains of the Curragh affords a man plenty of time to ponder life’s big questions.

O’Donoghue’s a Derby Treasure

However, I, with the mechanisms of my mind still limping towards lucidity after Saturday night’s post-Curraheen Park celebrations (Youghal owned winner of the Red Mills All-Ireland Trial Stake final) coerced me to a state of excess, did not possess the wherewithal to get too deeply involved in such ruminations.

The purpose of my journey was the Irish Derby and I ought to have felt a compulsion to turn the race over and over in my head but, thanks to Aidan O’Brien’s annual annihilation, the result was as good as written.

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