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Articles By Michael Graham

Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.
Tue 11th Oct 2022
Williamstowndancer tough in front

Mullins eyes Listed race for newcomer Williamstowndancer

5.36PM

Grozni up and over the last

Byrnes at double on Grozni

5.24PM

Gaius, yellow and blue, finds plenty for Philip Byrnes

Gaius fends off the favourite in Punchestown

4.43PM

Cool Survivor negotiates the last

Cool Survivor one for the punters

4.07PM

Keith Donoghue steers Darver Star home

Darver Star seals hurdle hat-trick in good style

3.33PM

One Last Tango, right, lands the spoils from One Cool Poet, centre, and Hey Johnny

One Last Tango shows his fast feet in Punchestown

2.54PM

War Correspondent, near side, gets the better of Bridgehead

War Correspondent wins on hurdling debut

2.17PM

War Correspondent, second right

Market movers

1.04PM

Mon 10th Oct 2022
Star Official, white cap, races clear

Star Official wins well under Heffernan

5.21PM

Noble Crusade and connections

Noble Crusade in charge under O'Connor

4.53PM

Your Honor, near side, beats Chatterbox by a neck

Your Honor lays down law to the favourite

4.29PM

Apologise forges on

Important colours in winning enclosure for Slatterys

4.05PM

Dazzling Spirit approaches the line

Dazzling Spirit back in a starring role

3.37PM

Rona Whelan guides Skontonovski home

Skontonovski pops up in Killarney

2.57PM

Clemmie C kept up to her work

O'Brien and McDonogh double up with Clemmie C

2.27PM

Rubio Draco sees them off in Killarney

Rubio Draco travels ever so well on soft ground

2.21PM

John Feane

Market mover

11.45AM

Fri 7th Oct 2022
Luke Dempsey

Clonbury Bridge to mix and match after winning over fences

6.19PM

Inclusion, left, beats Sam's Choice, centre, and Ashlia Dancer right

Inclusion progressing for Mullins

6.09PM

Thu 6th Oct 2022
Shartash (green colours) beating Blackbeard in the Railway Stakes

Shartash to aim for sprinting prizes

10.22AM

Wed 5th Oct 2022
Rough Diamond, near side, beats Princess Sela

Lynam's Rough Diamond good to follow in Navan

5.03PM

Mon 3rd Oct 2022
Kiki Badger and Aine O'Connor well clear in the finale

Kiki Badger runs away from the field

5.36PM

Good Bye Milan and Gavin Brouder depart at the last (both okay) leaving Good As Hell clear on the run-in

Good As Hell left clear to score under Hayes

5.18PM

Donagh Meyler

So Scottish goes into plenty of notebooks on chasing debut

4.41PM

Problem Solver, near side, gets up to deprive A Dublin Job

Problem Solver works it out in Tipperary

4.19PM

Kieren Buckley steers Good World home

It's a Good World for Griffin and Buckley

3.32PM

Hercule Du Seuil tackles the ninth and final flight

Hercule Du Seuil different class to his rivals

2.51PM

The Model Kingdom and Bryan Cooper team up to win the opener

The Model Kingdom cruises home on first crack at hurdling

2.19PM

Fri 30th Sep 2022
No Say Ever wins from the closing grey Amortentia

No Say Ever pops up at 50/1

8.56PM

Zabeir powers home

Zabeir a first for the Kinsella/Manning combination

7.29PM

Funny Money Honey, yellow, has them under pressure

Funny Money Honey off the mark in Listed company

6.14PM

Thu 29th Sep 2022
Firstman is driven to the line by Ben Coen

Firstman takes the last for Martin and Coen

5.57PM

Harry Rogers with his son Chris and jockey Siobhan Rutledge after Clifftop won his wife Mary's memorial race

Clifftop a poignant winner for Rogers family

5.32PM

Lady Of The Vale approaches the winning post

Lady Of The Vale gets her turn in Clonmel

5.16PM

Cher Why Not and Cian Quirke

Cher Why Not avail of 25/1

4.52PM

Colin Keane

Aloysius Lilius quickly away and dominates the field

4.19PM

My Minervina stretches away under Shane Foley

My Minervina loves it in Bellewstown

3.52PM

Appian Way, second left, obliges under Jack Foley

Appian Way one for Foley and O'Brien

3.26PM

Corkbeg, near side, puts in a good jump at the last

Corkbeg brings up plenty of bets in Clonmel

3.03PM

Native Queen, left, finishes best of all

Native Queen reigns by half a length

2.34PM

Reigles, left, challenges Pure Circle

Reigles has measure of the favourite

2.01PM

Emir De Rots sees off the pursuers

Emir De Rots sticks to his task in claiming hurdle

1.45PM

Mon 26th Sep 2022
Kartayaz, far side, beats Complete Fiction

Kartayaz finds for Van Buuren in Down Royal

6.21PM

Shoebox King and Joe Doyle return

Shoebox King gets off the mark in Down Royal

6.11PM

Betty Dutton

Betty Dutton game for O'Keeffe

3.13PM

Chris Hayes

Hayes at double on All In The Hips

2.51PM

Fri 23rd Sep 2022
Tawaazon, blue, beats Instrumental into second

Tawaazon makes breakthrough in Dundalk claimer

6.44PM

Mehman and Shane Foley stride on

Mehman set for quick reappearance after Dundalk win

6.00PM

Thu 22nd Sep 2022
Lord Erskine and Siobhan Rutledge clear in the closing stages

Lord Erskine stays every yard in nightcap

5.57PM

White Caviar forges on

White Caviar brings up O'Brien's treble

5.33PM

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