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IRELAND’S EYE on Thursday

Thursday 8 April IRELAND'S EYE Aintree kicks off today with an excellent card that include half a dozen Graded contests and one Listed event while Taunton may be just a ‘bit player’ but nevertheless they do have some fine fare on offer for jumping enthusiasts away from the ‘madding crowd’. The Tizzard yard can spring a minor surprise in the Grade 2 novice chase at Liverpool whilst we will be opposing the warm favourite in the hunter chase at Taunton. Though there a few disappointments yesterday we did however keep up our winner a day sequence when Day Of Destiny (12-10/1) easily took the opener at Fairyhouse for trainer Pat Colville

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Apr 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

IRELAND’S EYE on Saturday

Saturday 20?March IRELAND’S EYE After Cheltenham everything pales into relative insignificance but nevertheless we do have some fair racing today with meetings at Newcastle, Ffos Las while Uttoxeter stages the Midlands Grand National chase where there is a two pronged Irish raid on the big prize. In Ireland a few of the home riders including Andrew Lynch, Adrian Heskin, Richie Harding and Davy Russell who all tasted success at the Festival have mounts on a competitive Gowran card. A former Iris point winner may benefit for blinkers in the Uttoxeter main event today while a progressive hurdler can land an open novice on the Gowran card. Though punters found it tough going this week at the Festival we did show a small profit for the second day with another brace of winners.

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Mar 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

IRELAND’S EYE on Friday

Friday 19 March IRELAND’S EYE It is our last change to make a telling profit at Cheltenham and whilst the Gold Cup may not prove the ideal medium to show profit we do have some interesting bigger priced selections on another day which looks tough for punters. Willie Mullins bottom weight in the County Hurdle ‘catches the eye’ at generous odds while we will take on an impressive ex pointer in the Albert Bartlett hurdle with an unbeaten pointer/hurdler from the in form Pipe yard. It was a case of so near but yet so far when our nap Sunnyhillboy (8-6/1) failed to jump well enough till staying on to take a close second in the 2m 5f hc chase yesterday. Nevertheless on a slightly disappointing day we did register two winners with Albertas Run (14/1) taking the Ryanair under the champ Tony McCoy while another saver Big Bucks (evens-5/6) won the featured World Hurdle in great style. In addition China Rock (10-9/1), The Midnight Club (16/1), Poquelin (3-11/4) and Ma Yahab (20-14/1) all filled the frame. 1-30 TRIUMPH HURDLE – 2m A race which has not been kind to the Irish and but Edward O’Gradys Alaivan and Gordon Elliotts Carlito Brigante hold strong claims in this years renewal

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Mar 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Cheltenham Placepot: Wednesday 17th March

Having got through the first three legs yesterday it was disappointing to fall by the wayside in the Champion Hurdle. But, even though we are faced with the intimidating Coral Cup and Fred Winter today, we are still confident that placepot success is well within our reach

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Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Cheltenham Festival 2010: The Irish view on day two

The Irish challenge got off to a decent start with three winners on Tuesday’s card. The chances of St Patrick’s Day success aren’t outstanding but Gerard Delahunty has found some contenders who could repay interest. “Master Minded provides a forbidding presence in the Champion Chase and the ‘betting without’ market is much more competitive and fascinating.” Two Irish challengers top the market in the Neptune Novices’ Hurdle (four Irish-trained winners in the past seven runnings): Quel Esprit 4.4 and Rite Of Passage 5.1

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Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Cheltenham Festival: The Irish Challenge, Wednesday 17th March

Timeform’s Irish expert, Billy Nash, gives you the lowdown on the Irish challenge at Cheltenham on Wednesday… “Weapon’s Amnesty won the Albert Bartlett here last year but he has looked anything but a natural over fences this term and is worth laying for a place in an above-average renewal of the RSA Chase” Cheltenham 2.05 – Win Back – Rite of Passage Rite of Passage should give the Irish plenty to smile about at Cheltenham on Wednesday. Dermot Weld’s charge hasn’t really been tested over hurdles, barely needing to come off the bridle on either of his starts, but he was deeply impressive when running away with the November Handicap on the Flat at Leopardstown and remains open to considerable improvement over jumps. He shouldn’t have any trouble with this trip having won a bumper over 2m 3f at Naas last year and it is worth pointing out that he finished in front of Quel Esprit in the bumper here last year. Cheltenham 2.40 – Place Lay – Weapon’s Amnesty Weapon’s Amnesty won the Albert Bartlett here last year but he has looked anything but a natural over fences this term and is worth laying for a place in an above-average renewal of the RSA Chase. Charles Byrnes’s gelding has his own way of getting from one side of a fence to the other (tends to go left) and he won’t get away with making his usual quota of minor mistakes in this company. Cheltenham 5.15 – Win and Place Back – Frawley It isn’t easy to weigh up the Irish contingent in the bumper but one that could go well at a bit of a price is Frawley. John Kiely’s gelding took a bit longer than expected to get off the mark, winning at Leopardstown last month on his fourth start, but his form is working out well. Frawley seems to have inherited a bit of speed from his sire Catcher In The Rye and the drier ground should suit.

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Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Timeform 1-2-3: Cheltenham Festival: March 16th

Hardy Eustace, Istabraq, Sea Pigeon, Night Nurse, Bula, Persian War and Hatton’s Grace – just some of the illustrious names to have won back-to-back Champion Hurdles, and Timeform 1-2-3 think Punjabi can join the list of greats. “Twelve horses have won the Champion Hurdle in successive years, so it doesn’t take a genius to work out that previous form in the race often comes to the fore..” Twelve horses have won the Champion Hurdle in successive years, so it doesn’t take a genius to work out that previous form in the race often comes to the fore, and last year’s winner Punjabi (3.20) is our selection for 2010. Tough and genuine, Punjabi has four Grade 1 wins to his name, and enjoyed a confidence-boosting victory at Kempton last month. Barry Geraghty delivered a sublime ride on Punjabi twelve months ago and has kept faith in the horse after stable-companion Zaynar was on the wrong end of an upset at Kelso last month. Aptly, the first horse to complete the Champion Hurdle double was called Insurance, and that’s exactly what you should take out in a wide-open renewal.

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Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Cheltenham Head-to-Heads: RSA Chase

Will Hayler and Graham Cunningham are very much in opposition over Punchestowns’ chances in the RSA Chase – maybe you’ll be swayed by one of their arguments…? “Punchestowns made one serious error at Sandown last time, but his jumping is functional overall and unless my eyes deceived me on day three at Cheltenham last year he hit the line in the World Hurdle under two lengths behind the most relentless stayer around and a mere 17 lengths clear of the remainder,” Graham Cunningham Will Hayler : Maybe if Punchestowns had done anything more than prove himself to have four legs and be a competent jumper of steeplechase fences in his two appearances this season, I would see the situation differently. But as things stand, he’s the one I want to be against in the RSA Chase and I’ll be hoping to lay him for a place at a little over 2.0 . Yes he was about the only horse to give Big Buck’s any sort of a race in the World Hurdle last year, but with Kasbah Bliss failing to see out the trip, there was even less strength in depth to that contest than there is to this year’s renewal – more of that later in the week.

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Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Pattern Race Review: National Clues at Newbury?

It was pretty quiet on the pattern front last weekend, but an impressive win in Kelso’s biggest race for Bygones Of Brid merely served to underline the claims of Tell Massini at next week’s Festival. Meanwhile, there was a shake-up in the Grand National betting after Newbury’s feature. ” Big Fella Thanks needs to show a bit more mettle if he’s to win a National, but perhaps the key lies in whether Paul Nicholls can retain the services of the excellent Barry Geraghty, who seemed to establish an immediate rapport with the son of Primitive Rising.” I’ve been very keen on Tell Massini since seeing him rout Reve De Sivola in the mud at the Paddy Power meeting and was delighted that one of his victims at the December meeting, Bygones Of Brid , has done so well since and that horse, in the colours of James Callow, capped a fine campaign for trainer Karen McLintock by winning the totepool Premier Kelso Hurdle in fine style on Saturday. Probably a non stayer when racing at three miles, he nonetheless paid a compliment to Tom George’s Albert Bartlett favourite.

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Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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