Daz
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@Aoife_Khalifah @PaulTreyvaud I think a SF Soc dems gov to follow would galvanise the Irish people back to the proper centre right where they belong
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Credit where's it's due @Ladbrokes and @jamesaknight and @NicolaMcGeady quoted and laid the 12/1 Dan Skelton to break Martin Pipes record to the full amount requested. It's like the old days
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I was standing on Ascot Heath for the Clarence House Chase in January when a tired Il Etait Temps and Paul Townend fell right in front of me at the second last. When horses fall I always look for them to get back on their feet quickly and I am always looking for them to continue with the herd and to check that they are sound. Il Etait Temps did not get up quickly. In fact he stayed down for a considerable amount of time. His jockey, Mr Townend stayed with him. The dreaded screens went up and they stayed up for a good 10 minutes. The horse ambulance arrived and the Ascot veterinary team were heavily present. Paul Townend remained with his horse showing considerable care. The longer the situation went on the more I feared the worse for the horse. I thought back to the Cyrname incident at Ascot which gave me some reassurance but I’d begun to give up hope.
Paul Townend eventually emerged from behind the screen and I shouted to him asking if his horse was alright. He gave me the thumbs up and he got into a car to take him back to the weighing room. Seconds later the screens came down and Il Etait Temps walked soundly into the horse ambulance. Such a relieve. This horse went on to be a fantastic winner of this year’s Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival a couple of months later.
I cannot possibly believe that Paul Townend would knowingly ride out a horse that he knew was injured. It beggars belief to think that anyone would believe that. That day at Ascot his prime concern was for the welfare and wellbeing of his horse and I find it inconceivable that that behaviour would not be a constant in his character and be the same for every horse that he rides.
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@UlationSpeck @MarkTreanor10 @itvracing 100k for JP is like a tenner for you, no big deal, not necessarily fake
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@MarkTreanor10 @itvracing The same JP who is best buddies with Paul Byrne, the owner of Fitzwilliam Sports.
It's all fake bullshit.
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Someone has just placed ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pounds on I Am Maximus to win the Grand National 😳
#ITVRacing
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@itvracing Hopefully Townsend breaks his fucking back, then he will know how that horse felt after he whipped it to the line, scum!
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@DarranPearce Shame on him potentially giving someone 15k! Funny if those 3 won, not a big deal either
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I get that Lowry has scored 13 pars in a row but he’s three off the lead. Scant coverage. #masters
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@TheRacingVet_ The truth is only Paul knows what he felt or heard after that impact of the last fence, and the rest of us will never know
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Aintree ✅
Epsom ✅
Absolutely no reason why this can't take place in Clonmel next.
Amazing. Oi oi 🐕
ITV Racing@itvracing
🗣️ "It's so important that in 2026 racing embraces things like this." Oli and Sam are enjoying the party at Aintree🕺 @olibellracing | @SamanthaQuek | @OBeachIbiza
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@john_mcguirk Stevie Wonder when looking into politicians but like CSI when a critic of the establishment sticks their head above the parapet
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The Irish Media's unbroken pattern of reserving detailed investigations for critics of the state, and never the state itself, continues unimpeachably. As one would expect when the media depends now almost entirely on state funding to survive.
Irish Independent@Independent_ie
Fuel protest organiser had tax judgments of €550,000 and was convicted of cruelty after 60 cattle died on farm buff.ly/PtD8KrA
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@holybulll Hind end lameness at gallop yes.....but the horse jumped a fence and had an absolutely awful landing
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Sickening to see that with Gold Dancer. Really not what the horse deserved or what this Aintree meeting needed.
But in Townend’s defence; it’s very hard to feel hind end lameness in a horse at gallop. I’ve ridden nearly every day of my life (and have a veterinarian as a father) and couldn’t reliably say that I’d be able to feel if a tired horse went off behind.
The only pace you can reliably feel lameness is trot, and that’s when he seemed to notice the issue and jumped off as soon as he could.
If the horse had a complete fracture that would be one thing, but that lameness could just as easily have been a muscle tweak as something so devastating
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@RichyShea He knew on landing.....did the maths on the 120k prize money and did what every ruthless jockey would do, unfortunately
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Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan says fuel protesters are being influenced by external figures, urging them to recognise the impact of their actions.
He referenced Tommy Robinson as an example of those seeking to use the protests to advance their own agenda.
#VMNews
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@seanhanlon77 Tell them he cost £800 and I’m sure they’ll let you through
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@quarterfirst4 Paddy englishman, Irishman and whatoddspaddy enter a bar....
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