Plum draw for Munster winners
Jack O’Connor might have insisted this week that his sole focus will be on the upcoming Munster Final in Ennis on Sunday afternoon but O’Connor and his players have the extra incentive now of winning a Munster title after hearing the draw for the Sam Maguire round robin series on Tuesday afternoon.
Kerry are seeking their 85th Munster Senior Football Championship title on Sunday and if they win against Clare, they have been handed, on paper, what looks to be a plum draw in the All-Ireland qualifier series.
First up for Kerry (should they win) would be a home game against Monaghan in Killarney on the weekend of May 18th/19th.
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Kennedy bids to hold off Townend’s challenge
The picture by today (Thursday) could be different depending on how matters are shaping up in Punchestown but Jack Kennedy landed an all-the-way winner as Touch Me Not took the opening two-mile maiden hurdle at Tramore on Monday April 22nd last.
In the Gigginstown House Stud colours, the Gordon Elliott-trained 2-1 chance saw off the challenge of Gavin Cromwell’s 5-6 favourite Al Gasparo from the second-last hurdle to win by four lengths, the pair all of 20 lengths clear of Ciaran Murphy’s Sloan Sq.
Kennedy secured another valuable winner in the jockeys’ championship title bid as he partnered the Paul Power-trained Morepowertoya to take the two-mile Handicap Hurdle at Tipperary on Tuesday April 23. A 13-2 chance in the colours of the Going Global Syndicate, the six-year-old led at the penultimate hurdle and was clear over the last as he beat the Denise O’Shea-trained 5-2 favourite Tingarran Express by five-lengths, a 600th career success for the Dingle jockey.
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