Friday, February 08, 2008
“The ending will never spoil the memories..”
The 25th anniversary of the kidnapping, and subsequent disappearing, of the champion racehorse Shergar in 1983 sees a number of articles about those events. Jockey Walter Swinburn reminisces here and, after a brief introduction of some the wilder conspiracy theories, there’s one of the more thorough accounts here. UTV’s Ivan Little also reports below - including on what “one veteran republican” had to say about the sanctioning, or otherwise, of “a spectacular own goal.”
Pete Baker @ 09:08 PM
Sorry Pete - but what’s the problem with 6 nations stuff?
Posted by on Feb 08, 2008 @ 10:09 PMDewi,
admittedly 3 or 4 years back but I can remember a Heineken cup commentary on RTE along the lines of “and they are almost over the try line.. and we’re off to Lepoardstown for the 3.30.
Horses always take precedence - as we’re probably the best horse racing country in the world.
Cracking Irish team for tomorrow - unfortunately still wont be anyway good enough.
Strange that Wales appointed Jimmy Savill as defence coach - though he does seem to know what he’s doing.
Posted by on Feb 08, 2008 @ 10:37 PMThat was the time of the supergrass “trials”. The rumor was that Shergar when is search of his own super grass. LOL
Posted by on Feb 09, 2008 @ 12:24 AM‘My horse my horse my republic for a horse ‘
doesn’t quite have the same ring to it .
Wales will hammer Scotland and Ireland will pip France in a nail biting finish . Trimble in the centre with O’Driscoll will make a difference -O’Hara is in form and Heaslip and Jackman will be anxious to do well’
Posted by on Feb 09, 2008 @ 11:44 AM
