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Dundalk - Maiden - 2 ans - 1207m - 17 Pts - 18 001 โฌ
๐Strait And Narrow ๐C T Keane @ctkjockey
๐(Ten Sovereigns (Ire) @CelikogluStud - Strait Power (Ire) Par Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire))
๐ถ๏ธM O'Callaghan
๐ฉCharles & Paul O'Callaghan
๐ฅBreeze Up Sale graduate Its All Peachy won on her return to maiden company @ClonmelR.
๐ค Trained by @MDOCallaghan, she was purchased from Paddy Turleyโs @KingsfieldStud by her trainer at the 2024 Breeze Up Sale.
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A first winner for @waynemlordan since Derby glory last weekend ๐ฅ
It's a nice one too as Copacabana Sands hits the line strongly in the Group 3 @Barberstown Castle Stakes for the @MDOCallaghan team
Three-year-old filly Copacabana Sands beats her elders and the boys in our feature, the Group 3 @Barberstown Castle Stakes, for @waynemlordan and @MDOCallaghan
A successful raid for @MDOCallaghan!
Ninth Crusade was very well supported before the off and makes a winning debut in the opener at @WolvesRaces in the hands of @CierenFallonJr3!
Red Evolution shows a good attitude on the far side and manages to stay in front, landing the Follow Us On Social Media Handicap for @JamiePoweII and @MDOCallaghan ๐
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Sunday morning and I draw the curtains. Jesus what a horrible sight ! Its grey dark and the sky looks to be on the ground. The scene mirrors the way I feel after yesterday evenings result in the football with The Dubs beating us in our own backyard by a point. I have to face them at Punchestown today, putting on a smiley face and let their banter roll off me. Oh the thoughts of it ! Problem is Iโm used to it now sure they have us where they want us for the past decade and a half.
Pick up the phone check whats happening in the world, is Trump giving us a laugh today ?
Wallop ! Noooo ! Aw Holy God ! Like a heavy weight boxers punch into the stomach The IHRB let us know that Mikey has left us. Punchestown and The Point To Points called off. Be no trace of any Dubs today ! Oh how Iโm wishing now that there was, that way wouldnโt Mikey still be with us.
Tramore New Years Day 47 nights ago. Mikey steers Embassy Gardens home to win the feature event on the card for trainer Willie Mullins. I photograph him and his mount in a happy kinda celebration shot on the track before they head for the winners enclosure. โWell done Mikey boy, good on you kidโ โThanks Pat, I needed thatโ the relief washing over him. โMikey, this game is about the long road, stay on the roadโ I tell him. โDonโt worry Pat when I get my chance I will turn it into a motorwayโ he says and a big hearty laugh out of him !!
I know Mikey, not well but I know him. Sure we are both part of the same community. The racing community. We move from town to town like a circus. Same clowns different towns. As I get older I appreciate the younger generations. They make me smile and I learn from them. Little life lessons like new slang words, phone and computer shortcuts, that type of stuff. Sure they know it all !
Mikey is a step above the youngest generation I interact with. There is a group of 16-17 year olds riding. Mikey is 24. I love capturing their 1st success on the track and then watching them achieve their goals and dreams. Cheltenham is every jump jockeyโs dream and in March 2023 we saw Mikey grab his dream twice in the one day. Glorious,Great and Gracious, Mikey stole the show in the biggest circus.If you hadnโt seen the results you wouldnโt have known it. His cap still fitted his head, his walk didnโt alter and his tongue didnโt let him down. Pure humble hi.
The last few days everything I have read and heard spoken about him is true. It makes me wish I knew him better. Makes me wish I spent time in his company socially. Makes me wishโฆโฆ
Mikey you are a credit to your family and friends.
May God speed you on that motorway and wrap his loving arms around you X