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Donnas Palm (IRE) gr g 3rd May 2004
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Review navan 29th Sep
Our Victoria (5/2) took a drop back in trip in her stride to claim the prize for the Le Grande Chase at NavanSat 29th Sep
Review leopardstown 4th Mar
Pittoni (6-5 favourite) consigned a poor Cheltenham performance firmly to the past when readily landing Leopardstown's Ballsbridge Hurdle under Barry GeraghtySun 04th Mar
Geraghty completes double on Slieveardagh
Slieveardagh benefited from the drop in class to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Chase at Leopardstown today, winning for trainer Edward O'Grady and completing a double for jockey Barry Geraghty. Sun 04th Mar
Review navan 19th Feb
Mourad put Mikael D'Haguenet firmly in his place when he overturned his Willie Mullins-trained stablemate with a commanding performance in the Ladbrokes Boyne Hurdle at NavanSun 19th Feb
Donnas Palm takes Flyingbolt Chase
The Noel Meade trained Donnas Palm was always going to lead a colourful life, being owned by a coalition of politicians (the Grand Alliance Racing Club) from different parties, and the gelding turned another corner at Navan today when completing five wins from five runs at the venue in the Grade 2 Flyingbolt Novice Chase. Sun 19th Feb
Donnas Palm makes winning chase debut
Noel Meade’s purple patch continued at Wexford today when his Donnas Palm, under stable jockey Paul Carberry, made a winning chase debut in the Royal Marine Hotel Beginners Chase, which unfortunately was run in thick fog. Sun 30th Oct
Review naas 16th Oct
Handassa at last began to build on the promise of her eyecatching debut victory last back-end when she took the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Garnet Stakes at NaasSun 16th Oct
Pittoni makes it four in-a-row with easy win
The 4/6 favourite Pittoni ran out a very easy winner of the Profile Systems Kommerling C70 Hurdle beating his main rival at 13/8 Donnas Palm by a convincing twelve lengths. Sun 16th Oct
O'Grady's Article looks a Real star
The Real Article landed a touch in great fashion when running away with the Friends Of Tipperary Hurdle at the Limerick junction track this afternoon. Sun 02nd OctReview naas 15th Jan
Quito De La Roque demonstrated stamina in spades as he lifted the Grade Two Woodlands Park 100 Club Novice Chase at NaasSat 15th Jan
Paddy shows his true colours at Naas
Shinrock Paddy put up a great performance to concede weight all round in the Grade 3 Limestone Lad Hurdle, scoring a good win from more experienced rivals in the two mile three furlong event under Alain 'Squeaky' Cawley at Naas. Sat 15th Jan
Review punchestown 14th Nov
Solwhit returned to action with a superb performance to land back-to-back runnings of the Dobbins & Madigans At Punchestown HurdleSun 14th Nov
Solwhit storms home on return
Solwhit made a winning return to action when claiming the Dobbins & Madigans at Punchestown Hurdle in good style. Sun 14th Nov
Donnas wins race number 9
Noel Meade registered his second winner of the day at Galway when Donnas Palm became the third winning odds-on favourite of the session in the www.swordsecurity.com (Q.R) Race. Mon 25th OctPreview punchestown 26th Oct
Aitmatov retains plenty of zest for racing and he sets a high standard in the Go Racing In Kildare Hurdle at Punchestown on TuesdayTue 26th Oct
Review tipperary 3rd Oct
Donnas Palm bounced back to form as he led home stablemate Aimatov in the feature event of the day at TipperarySun 03rd Oct
Donnas & Aitmatov give Meade a 1,2 at Tipp
Noel Meade has his team in good form at present and the Tu Va handler saddled the one two in the Grade 2 Friends Of Tipperary Hurdle as favourite Donnas Palm beat Aitmatov by a length and a quarter. Sun 03rd Oct
Review fairyhouse 5th Apr
James Motherway enjoyed the biggest win of his training career when Bluesea Cracker came out on top in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National at FairyhouseMon 05th Apr
Mullins and Walsh double up with Mourad
Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh notched a double when Mourad ran out an easy winner of the Ladbrokes.com Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Mon 05th AprReview leopardstown 24th Jan
Solwhit put up a commanding performance to record his fifth victory at Grade One level in the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at LeopardstownSun 24th Jan
Solwhit claims Irish Champion Hurdle
Solwhit powered to victory in the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown today. Sun 24th JanReview navan 13th Dec
Shinrock Paddy showed his class with a runaway success in the Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Hurdle at NavanSun 13th Dec
Geraghty at his best aboard Donnas Palm
Donna’s Palm ran out an easy winner of the Grade 2 Giltspur Scientific Tara Hurdle in the hands of Barry Geraghty. Sun 13th DecReview fairyhouse 28th Nov
Noel Meade and Paddy Flood were the team to follow at an almost fog-bound Fairyhouse as they mopped up with a 21-1 trebleSat 28th Nov
Meade/Flood complete Fairyhouse double
Paddy Flood and Noel Meade recorded an opening card double after they landed the Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Hurdle with Donnas Palm. Sat 28th Nov
Hennessy on agenda for Casey
Casey Jones produced a fine front-running performance to land the Star 'Best For Racing Coverage' Chase at Punchestown. Thu 15th Oct
Palm too strong for rivals
Donnas Palm justified his short-price in fine style in the Ryan's Cleaning Events Specialists Hurdle at Punchestown. Thu 15th OctReview navan 7th Oct
Pat Smullen and Dermot Weld proved the combination to follow at Navan as the Rosewell House team combined for a fantastic treble on the cardWed 07th Oct
Carroll gets off the mark
Tim Carroll, younger brother of apprentice sensation Gary, partnered his first winner when giving Donnas Palm a well-judged ride in the October Maiden at Navan. Wed 07th OctReview punchestown 1st Feb
Mansony landed the feature Amazing Thailand Chase after hot favourite Big Zeb took a crashing fall two out when poised to challengeSun 01st Feb
Review navan 14th Dec
Mikael D'Haguenet burst the Pandorama bubble with a classy performance in the Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle at NavanSun 14th Dec
Donnas Palm impresses at Navan
The Noel Meade trained Donnas Palm justified favouritism when winning the opener, The 2009 Navan Membership Hurdle in great style under Paul Carberry in the colours of The Grand Alliance Racing Club. Sun 14th DecReview fairyhouse 30th Nov
Catch Me supplemented his recent Lismullen Hurdle triumph with a thrilling victory in the Bar One Racing Hatton's Grace HurdleSun 30th Nov
Hurricane flies at Fairyhouse
Hurricane Fly in the hands of Paul Townend got the better of Donnas Palm by a neck to land the Grade 1 Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Sun 30th NovReview NAAS 25th Oct
Thyne Again, winner of the Baileys Arkle Perpetual Challenge Cup Novice Chase in January, made his class tell when romping to victory in the Woodlands Park 100 Club Poplar Square Chase at NaasSat 25th Oct
Meade wins opener at Naas
The opening race this afternoon at Naas, The Naas Annual Membership Maiden Hurdle was won by the Noel Meade trained Donnas Palm ridden by Paul Carberry and owned by the Grand Alliance Racing Club. Sat 25th Oct
I couldn't believe the price he was and told the lads to back him. Donnas Palm had been running in very good company but is a little bit of a lad and the blinkers helped. The last day at Leopardstown he looked like he had a chance turning in but the next thing he was gone! He probably wants further than two miles and he needed every inch of it there. It was a race he had a chance of winning on ratings and he jumped well. I don't know where I'll go with him now, he won't be going to Cheltenham or anything like that. He is rated high enough but wouldn't be good enough for the Powers Gold Cup either - we'll look for something a grade below that and he'll get 2m4f.
Noel Meade
Donnas Palm was disappointing at Fairyhouse when he really should have been closer to Voler La Vedette. We'll wait and see with him before making up our minds to run.
Noel Meade
He just hadn't been sparkling at home. He tends to be quite lazy but he just started to come right in the last ten days. When he first came back in he got a stone bruise which took him a long time to get over.
Noel Meade
My only concern was that he might not get two and half miles so the slow pace really suited us. He's a good horse we just don't know how good he is but he's up there with Go Native and Muirhead. I'm not too sure where we'll go next. I don't know what happened him last year maybe he did too much racing too quickly.
Noel Meade
There's not a whole lot between this lad and my other Grade 1 horse's. We just sneaked this lad into the race today on prize money. That wasn't a bad performance but because of his set-back last year I didn't want to over challenge him. We will wait until Leopardstown at Christmas and see what happens but he's a horse going the right way.
Noel Meade
I'll enter him in the November handicap and see what way they assess him,. If for some reason Go Native didn't go to the north (Down Royal) that would be an option but he wouldn't run in the November handicap then. It'll be one or the other. I probably overdid it a little bit with him last season and I have to stop myself doing that again. After his next run he'll have to mix it with the big boys. When he tailed off last year he tailed off very bad. We couldn't find anything wrong with him but it must have been something. He had a very hard race against Hurricane Fly and maybe that took more out of him than we thought. Then we brought him to Navan at Christmas and that was probably too soon. I just have to mind that I don't do that again.
Noel Meade
He rides well and is a genuinely good kid,. He is very good over jumps and has done a lot of schooling over fences and hurdles. He's a kid with a future. We were pretty confident as he had been working well with the horse that won on Sunday (Go Native). I don't know what happened him towards the end of last season - maybe he's better fresh. He started off well but had a couple of hard races and just felt the effect. It's quite possible he could go to Punchestown for a race for last season's novices.
Noel Meade
He was impressive, we didn't think he'd handle the ground today. We'll probably go for The Royal Bond at Fairyhouse with him next. The horse is owned by a group of 12 politicians, which includes The Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
Noel Meade
