Cousins Patrick and Danny Mullins had something of a difference of opinion on the Limerick racecourse on Thursday afternoon. “He hasn’t listened to me,” said Patrick in his post-race interview on Racing TV. This comment came with Patrick having pointed at Danny in a none-too-friendly manner after passing the finishing post in first place aboard […]

2 years ago

In his interview with Katie McCabe after Ireland’s 1-0 loss to Australia in the women’s World Cup, Tony O’Donoghue made the point to her that she could have had a penalty if she made more out of an Australian tackle. McCabe wasn’t having it. She shook her head immediately before telling Tony, in no uncertain […]

2 years ago

RTE’s coverage of the Punchestown racing festival ran for just over three hours on Wednesday. And with Davy Russell and Ruby Walsh on the panel, butting heads, talking it through and, occasionally agreeing to disagree, you’d have to say that, for a finish, three hours wasn’t half long enough. To the enchanted viewer, it’s clear […]

3 years ago

Even crazier than we expected

3 years ago

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby. It says it all about the Kildare man, that a surname isn’t even necessary. Up there on the same level as DJ, Roy and Rory, when it comes to horse-racing, Walsh will always stand alone. Time flies and it’s hard to believe that it’s almost two years since the greatest national […]

5 years ago

The best, and worst thing about all of this is that Ruby Walsh is bowing out at the very peak of his powers. His final hour showed just that. Kemboy pulled and dragged him around Punchestown for three full miles on Wednesday afternoon but Walsh didn’t even flinch. He bided his time, eased his horse […]

7 years ago