Archive for May, 2008
Hebridean- a Ballydoyle blueblood?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Aidan O’ Brien totally dominated the Guineas weekend at the Curragh. He won three Group 1′s, two Group 3′s and a Listed race. Many racing people would argue that such success is only to be expected given the quality of the horses stabled at Ballydoyle. The argument goes that good horses make good trainers and [...]
Jim Bolger’s favourite sires- 3 out 4 ain’t bad
Saturday, May 24th, 2008Jim Bolger is an opinionated man, often described as straight talking or as “not afraid of controversy”. As a trainer he has never found favour with Coolmore Inc, which is surprising as they owe him a great deal. Bolger deserves all the credit for moulding their greatest human asset in Aidan O’ Brien and their greatest [...]
Eurovision Sire Contest :)
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008It’s Eurovision week. All of the countries in Europe (and Israel which hasn’t realised it is in Asia) are sending forth various puppets, freaks, he-males, she-males and the occassional singer to battle for national pride. I’ll use it as an excuse to review the best sires standing in each country and then see who gets my douze points.
The King is retired,long live the King….
Saturday, May 17th, 2008My first blog entry has to be about Sadler’s Wells. I regard him as an old friend. I started following horse racing in 1987, and Sadler’s first 2 year olds arrived on the track in 1988. We got off to a good start when I backed Kyra who was his first winner in Ireland (and the first [...]
