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In the past week alone there were 301 horse races run at 44 separate race meetings in Ireland and the UK.
The action comes thick and fast this time of the year. Thousands of horses and jockeys on the move, travelling the length and breadth of these islands to entertain us by competing in races broadcast and streamed live on various platforms to maximise betting turnover.
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I live in Garristown, north Co Dublin, near Ashbourne in Co Meath. I started riding ponies when I was younger. I did a lot of hunting with the Ward Union Hunt and Fingal Harriers Hunt, and then I got into the Ward Union Pony Club. My brother, my two younger sisters and I all did the pony club for a good couple of years. We did eventing and show jumping and everything.
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Emma Nagle, Johnny Ward and Paddy Flood react to a busy week of racing, including Chester controversy, Leopardstown and the latest Derby and Oaks talking points.
By Michael Graham - TOUCH THE MOON ought to have a career on the Flat in Ireland. His close third for George Scott in a Ripon handicap last year has been very well endorsed, especially by the horse in fourth who has subsequently run up a hat-trick. He switched to Bill Durkan for whom he has been placed in two maiden hurdles. A facile victory in a charity race at Punchestown should have him primed for this assignment. Poetic Sound has gone well fresh before and has to be respected with his mark of 94. Drucker is a tough sort that showed his battling qualities when winning over the same trip in Dundalk, while The Real Screamer and Soaring Sun are others for consideration.
