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@bduke77
brendan duke
7 years
@its_love_tym @medwards_92 Pretty baller move from her in fairness.
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brendan duke
4 years
Surprised he didn't get his cock out 2 furlongs from home. Laughed at them.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
8 months
Johnny D. Didn't get the responsible gambling memo. King.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
10 months
This is borderline bringing the game into disrepute. What are the owners/punters of the second to make of it?
@RacingPost
Racing Post
10 months
🗣 "He hasn't listened to me" Patrick Mullins vented his frustration at cousin Danny after the pair finished first and second in the Grade 1 Guinness Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick on Thursday
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Gordon has taken it better that I have. If he can live with it, so can I. That's enough.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
@TitaniaMcGrath @guardian Only snag is all those children he fathered. Not a model for population control. Also a decent chance he did his fair share of raping. Could be problematic.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
The Heff is wasted at Ballydoyle. Should be part of the secret service crew that minds Biden. He'd take multiple bullets for the firm.
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brendan duke
2 years
Class act.
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brendan duke
4 years
7 minutes of Bryony or having your nuts slowly squeezed in a vice for the same period?
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brendan duke
6 years
So Samcro got on the boat, but Kemboy didn't? Of course @Ui_Maine we can't rule out the possibility that Samcro just walked over the water.
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brendan duke
3 years
This is why it's so difficult to land a touch.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
Ah here. It's possible to think the best horse won and also that the ride the second got stunk the joint out. In fact 90% of the people I've talked to hold both views simultaneously.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
400 bags can't buy a Kilbeggan winner. Some game.
@RacingTV
Racing TV
1 year
One to note 👀 You Oughta Know (Beat Hollow) makes a big impression on debut for Willie and Patrick Mullins at @KilbegganRaces . Related to the yard's former Grade 1 novice Pont Alexandre, he saunters home from €400,000 buy Croke Park and looks exciting for team Closutton
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
The same Altior who beat the UDS on deep ground. Henderson fucking hates running horses.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
What a journey Brazil has been on. Apply handbrake. Get 119. Will the UK premium get us in? Too close to call. Bottle it. Release handbrake. Piss up in Naas. Get a stone. Still beat a horse with a stone in hand. At 20 to fucking one. So JP is GATG? Bewildering.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
Twomey some sicko. They backed it too. The 500 bags wasn't enough.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Have emails from Russian women wanting to talk dirty to me and bookies wanting to talk safer gambling to me. One went in the bin.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
7 years
@MvG180 @the_enigma888 Class act. Not a man to waste characters or darts.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
The state of this country.
@Galway_Races
Galway Races
3 years
🎥Update from our CEO Michael Moloney… #GalwayRaces
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brendan duke
1 month
They say you should never meet your heroes. They say a lot. Most of it guff. In unsurprising scenes, the man is a king.
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brendan duke
4 years
Have some of that BHA. Magnificent outfit.
@LauraScott__
Laura Scott
4 years
Breaking: Tiger Roll withdrawn from Grand National by Gigginstown over "unfair weight"
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
I been waitin fo ya Billy Ray. To the Curragh my good man, and don't spare the horses.
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brendan duke
4 years
Some musings. Defensible : Indefensible?
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brendan duke
4 years
Gonna try to resurrect some moribund hashtags at the protest. Also a new one for the day that's in it.
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brendan duke
5 years
Storm Brendan I see. About fucking time.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Nothing like sitting up the front on the top deck of a bus with a driver hurrying to finish his shift. Have made my peace with the Lord 3 times and only at Baker's Corner. €2.50 for this thrill ride. Cheap at a pony.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
6 years
@PGATOURSMartin @MichaelVerity Who doesn't have a dew simulation guy?
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@bduke77
brendan duke
8 years
I wrote this. Racing was shite today. See what you think. Any feedback welcome.
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brendan duke
6 years
@KittyHollandIT That's Cheltenham Gold Cup day. Any parent not taking their child out of school should be hearing from social services.
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brendan duke
2 years
Absolute state of the replies to this. They walk among us.
@RacingPost
Racing Post
2 years
🚨 Gordon Elliott has been fined £1,000 and Zanahiyr disqualified from third place in last year’s Champion Hurdle after testing positive for a banned raceday substance
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Back to my greatest worry. Who'll be seen on a racecourse first. Me or Gordon?
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
Give Henderson enough grief so have to give props for declaring. This is what it's all about. Horseracing.
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brendan duke
6 years
@PennyRed @PatrickFreyne1 Incorrect. Pretending to constantly worry about all the problems in the world is a cynical accumulation of modern social capital.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
2 years
Dirtbags. I can live with the Mona Lisa being defaced but to see the fabled green baize tainted cuts deep.
@GoonerLee180
Lee
2 years
Absolute madness at the snooker!! #WorldSnookerChampionship
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brendan duke
6 years
@brehonisbest PM of Luxembourg. Wow. Any word from the King of the Canaries.
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brendan duke
4 years
So pure. No surprise that he's a good jumper of course. The horse could probably cure Covid if he wasn't busy taking over NH racing.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
@adriancummins @redgoose2012 Channel that fury. Open the pubs. Open the restaurants. We will come. They can't arrest us all.
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brendan duke
3 years
With a pedigree like that, it's definitely one to keep an eye on. Probably one for next season though.
@Independent_ie
Irish Independent
3 years
A newly-discovered Covid variant that combines mutations from both Omicron and Delta is “the real thing,” scientists have said
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@bduke77
brendan duke
5 years
48 hr decs. Four beautiful words. 8 beautiful characters.
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brendan duke
3 years
Chatting with a bird on Tinder. Late 30's so swimming in a shallow pool anyway. Further reduces it by only dating the unvaccinated. Think I'm in love. Sadly, my lack of principles means we're as ships in the night. Punchestown on tomorrow though. We move on.
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brendan duke
1 year
Curragh abandoned. Feck sake. Always thought the world revolved around me but am becoming increasingly suspicious that it actually revolves around Fran Berry.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
8 years
Willie Mullins stable tour. Oh dear. When will they learn? Get more insight reading about Kim Jong-Il's time on the PGA tour.
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brendan duke
2 years
I mean. Cheltenham week ffs.
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brendan duke
8 years
@paddypower good sport. I thought it was credible til Ruby threw the score out the window.
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brendan duke
3 years
Who's in charge, me or the devil? Brandy Love is currently 9/4. If I can get 2/1 tomorrow morning, my bet will be at the highest level.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
6 years
Dave Yates. A true inspiration to those of is that hope to steal a living one day.
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brendan duke
4 years
Rick's people all set to inherit the earth. Be a dismal place to rule mind you.
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brendan duke
6 years
In fairness to the people who bought the Giggi horses, we all make relatively bad decisions. They've obviously made more than a few good choices in life. Wouldn't mind being a fiver behind them.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Find someone that looks at you the way Chacun looks at the second last in the Leop.
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brendan duke
4 years
Twitter will be like the Guardian soon. People will only open it for a laugh, and the sports section.
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brendan duke
6 months
I've seen some stones in my time but extreme thoughts and prayers with Ramatuelle backers
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brendan duke
4 months
Djokovic is a king. Can say what he wants. The hate ultimately comes down to him holding up a mirror. Vast majority of us disgraced ourselves during Covid. He balled out.
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brendan duke
3 years
Shot 59 in pitch and putt, got a nice swim in. Sun shining. Then threw this bad boy while listening to the golf pod. Pretty, pretty, pretty sweet Tuesday.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
5 years
WHAT A FUCKING HORSE.
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brendan duke
3 years
Scenes. Just the 7 months in the making.
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brendan duke
4 years
Depressing turn of events. An inspirational figure torn down by spivs and mediacrities. NH racing hastening its own demise. If anyone needs me, I'll be watching the golf.
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brendan duke
4 years
Unbelievable. Can't talk about deaths because erm, no one is dying. Can't talk about hospital admissions because erm, no one is in hospital. Let's talk about long term effects which are a complete guess up. People are suffering you know. This narrative shift happened today. Joke.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
I blame myself for looking but Santini making BTB look like Harchibald is reason enough not to even show these "gallops". As a wise man once said to me about the work after racing in Leopardstown, "99% of people might as well be looking at a field of corn".
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Nice. It's normally cruel but now that it's cool, I just happened to be watching. Timing is a useful quality in a comedian I suppose.
@daraobriain
Dara Ó Briain
4 years
Don’t normally watch the Grand National, turned it on by chance and was delighted, because I got to see Rachael Blackmore make history! Well done to her!
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brendan duke
5 years
Beyond bants. "I didn't fancy him at all". Mr Charles Byrnes.
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brendan duke
4 years
@danroan A rise in joy too. Can pinpoint exactly the last time I felt happy. Those 4 days in Cheltenham.
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brendan duke
2 years
I mean. What sort of a mind is this?
@equinties
BGP Capital
2 years
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
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brendan duke
2 years
Heckle this muthafucka at your peril.
@JohnnyDineen
Johnny Dineen
2 years
It wasn’t too bad really , a bit like yereselves I don’t go overboard when I’m laying them.
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brendan duke
3 years
Dreamy. Possibly my favourite bit is when JH describes that extraordinary leap at the one past the stands as proficient.
@RacingTV
Racing TV
3 years
This is well worth 5 minutes or so of your time. 😍 🐴 The chasing debut of five-year-old Galopin Des Champs, having signed off last season with wins at Cheltenham and Punchestown. What a magnificent prospect he is.
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brendan duke
3 years
Found him. Thanks be to jaysus. Such a show of unity from racing twitter was making me uneasy.
@andyfal199
Andrew Walters
3 years
#Shiskin FFS, they plodded to the last fence and then had a race. It’s embarrassing. M Fitz said it was a tear jerker. WTF. Apparently it was one of those days people will say “I was there” hahaha. It was tedious to watch and listen too. Let alone claim it made people cry. WTF
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brendan duke
2 years
For those of us concerned that the youth might be losing their sense of humour in these rather po-faced times, I bring good tidings. Met a woman on Thursday. 13 year old son is identifying as invisible. Pronouns are who and where. Decent patter.
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brendan duke
5 years
@chlojmatthews8 Justice refunds have ruined a generation.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
2 years
Maries Rock 3/1 you say? I believe the expression goes something like 'load the pony'.
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brendan duke
4 years
More evidence for how different brothers can be. Donnacha looks like he's broadcasting from Versailles. Joseph was on RTE yesterday. Looked like he was in my granny's spare room.
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brendan duke
5 years
Nice. Logician nearly as impressive as Hoiles line about them being strung out from Norway to Constantinople.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Feck sake. How does a Bannister not know about the rail.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Have just been reminded by an actual PR professional the Oisin's excuse was fairly ropey too. But they didn't call him a liar. Gordon's PR company playing chess. Twitter can stick to checkers.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
4 years
Really is like prison. Cooped up save for an hour in the yard, 3 square meals and no women. Just fashioned a shiv from my toothbrush to complete the experience.
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brendan duke
6 years
Sir Erec. Another well handled situation. Could get used to this being kept in the loop lark.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
10 months
Bob Olinger turning into Bob's Worth off the bridle one of the more surprising developments of the season.
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brendan duke
3 years
What it's all about. Shiskin has no quit in him.
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brendan duke
7 years
Catches breath. What a game. So one man stands alone against the Prince of Darkness. That one man is an electrician. If anyone can deliver us into the light it's him right? Be grand. Please, please let it be grand.
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brendan duke
5 years
De Bromhead could train them to jump bail.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
If Frankie can get the Paddy Twomey job he'll ride for another 10 years.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
First bet on track in a looong time. Bad beat but good experience.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
3 years
This diversity in racing shit has gone too far. Two fucking NH meetings at the end of May.
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brendan duke
4 years
Ladies advisory. Make sure you're sitting down. First dip of the season. Bliss #riseup #goouthavelives
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brendan duke
7 months
Reeks of the Streisand effect.
@icyestretro
Icy
7 months
How about fuck off.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
7 years
Don't know anything about Dancing On Ice but have had plenty of first days in a job. Dickheads.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
2 years
@AKBets87 No chance he jumped off but will be disappointed he fell off.
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brendan duke
4 years
Asterion is some tart.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
6 years
16 lengths!!! If they don't go CH, I'd half consider a Ryanair boycott.
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brendan duke
7 years
@Shadling @Kelsomatic @its_love_tym @medwards_92 Priceless that stuff. One of those moments when you do the right thing. Usually think of it about 2 minutes later. She's a class act.
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brendan duke
4 years
I'm going out the front door with Gordo. Bastards.
@HonestFrank
Francis Keogh
4 years
NEW: The British Horseracing Authority will not allow the Irish trainer Gordon Elliott to race horses in Britain whilst the Irish authorities investigate an image that appeared on social media over the weekend.
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brendan duke
4 years
Long term effects of concussion are shocking.
@RadioEmmet
Emmet Kennedy
4 years
The Gordon photo made me physically ill. But who drafted his statement, Prince Andrew?! Action must be swift & harsh. A horrible few days for the greatest sport in the world 🤬
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brendan duke
6 years
On a weekend away with the missus. Somehow convinced barman to switch soccer to darts. She's got her Mona Lisa groove on. Could be fascinated by me explaining the inticacies of the oche. Also could be thinking, how did it come to this?
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@bduke77
brendan duke
1 year
Ray Reardon made a century break today apparently. He's 91. Pure baller.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
5 years
What a morning to wake up on. Altior inching closer to his optimum trip. Definitely justifies scrambled eggs.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
5 years
With Twitter on the verge of losing another election and vats of boiled piss likely to be spilled in the next day or so, do try to keep some perspective. Never been a better time to be alive.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
2 years
The real story of this Masters will never be written. Phil hasn't been off for a year. Himself and JP have got the lot betting top 10 into dark Asian markets.
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@bduke77
brendan duke
10 months
Pierre Long. 5 Mountjoy St. Dublin 7. Lost your wallet and passport in Dun Laoghaire. This can be a test of my twitter reach. Please RT and hopefully he'll see this.
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