From an inter national point of view that is
Kinane was actually well past his prime by then and had began to be considered something of a liability in day to day racing.
Ideal for that horse though, preserving him through the season. A John Murtagh, Frankie or a K Fallon might have opened him up and hockeyed the Coolmore mob, they wouldnât be able to resist.
I think heâd have beaten Frankel, wouldâve just sat in behind him.
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Horses are sportspeople now 
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You could probably argue shergar as the most recognisable name in Irish sport but maybe not for his sporting achievements
Are horses people now? I wouldnât recognise any horse from another one anyway. Lads say hurling is going the same way since the helmets were made mandatory because Buff is the most recognisable person in the hurling world. I saw a few retired GOAT horses at the National stud a few months ago. The money involved is mind boggling.
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Is a horse more of a sportsperson than Michael Dara McCauley? I dunno
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Yeah its good identification that there is space there. Oppositions would know what you expect on the open side and get bodies over as there is so many options for 9 and 10 but now there is space out on the blind. The structure would allow a backrow or the hooker to constantly be on one of the wings adding a body creating the 3 on 2 or 4 on 3. It works very well when done right and very hard to defend. But you need players like sexton who can identify the defenders decision by their bidy language in a split second
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If there was no betting on horses would any lads watch it at all.
Itâs roulette with hooves.
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I never bought the idea helmets are the reason hurlers arenât very recognisable.
They arenât very recognisable because the gaa makes no effort to grow the game or promote it.
I wouldnât know Brian Fenton If he sat down beside me tomorrow at the game as an example.
They need to do something with the helmeys so viewers can see the expression on lads faces. Watching the old games, fellas like JBM and Jack o Shea just oozed charisma
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Iâd struggle to recognise him if he was in a lineup with other horses tbh
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Top 5 Irish Sports people:
Cian Lynch
Roy Keanne
Shay Given
Gearoid Hegarty
Barry Nash
Conor McGregor
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High level horse racing can be fantastic but there are few things worse than low level distance racing on extremes of ground and I watch a nice bit of it.
The Eclipse at Sandown the other week was a wonderful race. If youâre going to watch an Irish horserace this year, watch either the Irish Champion Stakes in early September or the Lexus over Jumps on the final day of Leopardstown at Christmas. Watch 10 minutes before each race, youâd get the picture, ignore the bullshit and jargon.
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Ah no - itâs a lot more than that. Their shape of rucks with options flat, on the angle or out the back to a similar pod is levels above what they were trying with Schmidt which was far more about strike moves off setpiece
Hello pot.
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Schmidt gone a while now sham
Sure but just picking a reference point for the difference. The Autumn just gone was the first time we really saw it in my view (maybe a bit in the Eng game a year ago). The first year of Farrell was a bit of a mess
Surely doing a Six Nations Grand Slam is a bigger achievement than this? At least thatâs an actual competition.
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It was⌠But the discussion was that this style is just an advancement of what Farrell has been doing. Just took a bit of time to bed in
Iâd have thought the same. Or a
Leinster or Munster European cup.
Thereâs a bizarre fetish in Ireland about New Zealand rugby.
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