Our morning started out much later
than usual as the day is being dedicated to racing at the Curragh. We navigated
to the upper-level dining area and, after another superb lunch, made our
way between the reserved seats and the dining area.
Several members of our tour have figured out
how to handicap the horses and made some money. It seems some bets earned
more when placed with the bookies and others did better with the tote system.
After a day at the races we headed to the
Rathsallagh House for another full course dinner. The Rathsallagh House
has an informative website
and includes another of the outstanding golf clubs in this part of Ireland.
We had to rush through the last of the dinner
so we could get back to the Killashee House, and, more specifically, to
the Nun's Kitchen bar to watch the Hollywood Gold Cup.
The race was to go off close to midnight and
we all wanted to watch. The ESPN crew met us as we got off the bus. They
had cleverly found Lava Man's trainer, Doug O'Neill, on our tour.
The excitement leading up to the race was
not stifled by the fact that the race was preempted by a poker tournament.
Doug was given an audio connection and was able to give us all a live race
call as the cameras focused on him and our crowd.
The boys graduating from the first class of
the Darley Flying Start School and many locals enlarged our crowd. Pandemonium
broke out as Lava Man's nose reached the wire first. It's possible many
bars in Ireland didn't close for the night.
The tour bus and some of its occupants.
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The ESPN crew in the Nun's
Kitchen pub waiting for the
Hollwood Gold Cup
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ESPN interviews Doug O'Neill,
Lava Man's trainer.
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Dinner at the elegant
Rathsallagh House.
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