ts2 Tongue Strap
vs2 Visor
hd2 Hood
es2 Eye Shield
ec2 Eye Cover
cp2 Cheekpiece
bl2 Blinkers
tt2 Tongue Tie
bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run
srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results
bbvBroke Blood Vessel
The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.
Mark Walsh banished the memory of a cruel defeat last year when giving Bob Lingo a perfectly timed ride to grab glory in thetote.com Galway Plate.
Wed 01st Aug
Willie Mullins landed one of the few big races to have eluded him as Blazing Tempo put in a great run to take the Galway Plate in the hands of Paul TownendWed 27th Jul
Willie Mullins fulfilled a life-time ambition by recording his first win as either a trainer or rider in thetote.com Galway Plate as Blazing Tempo justified huge support in the €200,000 feature of day three at the Festival.
Wed 27th Jul
There has been an even spread of money this morning in the €200,000 thetote.com Galway Plate, with Blazing Tempo and the J P McManus pair Dr Whizz and Wise Old Owl the chief ones to catch the punters eye.
Wed 27th Jul
Sweeps Hill was made to pull out all the stops by Mr Nosie in order to justify 6-4 favouritism in the opening Motivate Challenge In Association With The Evening Herald Beginners Chase at PunchestownWed 18th May
Carrigmartin partnered by Slippers Madden led home a one two for owner JP McManus in the two mile handicap chase at Punchestown when beating Wise Old Owl by three lengths.
Wed 18th May
J P McManus looked like he had another winner in the bag after a fabulous Sunday, courtesy of the favourite Wise Old Owl in the Castlegar Handicap Steeplechase at Galway but it wasn't to be as Barry Geraghty completed a double on Got Attitude.
Mon 25th Oct
Runners from the John Kiely stable can do little wrong at present and Wise Old Owl continued the momentum with a fluent success in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Captain Christy Novice Steeplechase at Clonmel.
Sun 26th Sep
Wise Old Owl finally delivered after a sequence of three second placings when he landed a grief-stricken Kevin McManus Beginners Steeplechase under Mark Walsh at Listowel.
Thu 16th Sep
Bahrain Storm staked a strong claim for back-to-back victories in the Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle later this month when successful at TipperarySun 18th Jul
Glenstal Abbey, under David Casey, made a winning chase debut in the Family Day Beginners Chase at Tipperary today, leading home a 1-2 for owner J.P. McManus, with eye-cather Wise Old Owl staying on for second.
Sun 18th Jul
After race at Clonmel Sun, 26th Sep, 2010 (1st)
I've had a fortnight to remember! This fellow is after improving a lot and he was good there as the ground was a bit dead for him in Listowel last time. He'll get a holiday for the winter now.
John E Kiely
After race at Listowel Thu, 16th Sep, 2010 (1st)
He has just been unlucky. All the horses (Kilmurry, Gonebeyondrecall and Glenstal Abbey) that he was second to have gone on to win since. He deserved his turn and maybe he was lucky today with all the fallers. He'll make a nice handicapper and he'd prefer better ground.
John E Kiely