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Mark Your Card: your best bets for Day 1 at Punchestown

Declan Smyth tipped up eight winners over the three days of the Aintree Festival. Here are his selections for day one in County Kildare.

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Apr 24th 2012, 8:20 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for Day 3 at Aintree

Declan Smyth advised three winners on yesterday’s card. Go on, have a look at his picks for Grand National day.

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Apr 14th 2012, 8:13 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for Day 2 at Aintree

A few favourites were turned over yesterday but don’t worry, Declan Smyth is back with tips to get you through this afternoon’s racing on Merseyside.

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Apr 13th 2012, 8:43 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for Day 1 at Aintree

Grand National weekend starts here. Declan Smyth has four tips to get you through the afternoon’s racing on Merseyside.

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Apr 12th 2012, 10:39 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for today’s racing at Fairyhouse

Let Declan Smyth take you by the hand and lead you through a world of pure imagination. And horse racing. Mostly horse racing.

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Apr 8th 2012, 10:00 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

With Cheltenham just around the corner, Declan Smyth trawls through today’s cards in search of some final pointers. Here are his tips for today.

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Feb 25th 2012, 9:20 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for Betfair Day at Newbury

With some top Cheltenham contenders set to go to post, Declan Smyth picks us a few winners from today’s rescheduled card at Newbury.

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Feb 17th 2012, 8:25 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

“It’s Trials Day, Trials Day, gotta get down on…” Ah, forget it. Check out Declan Smyth’s tips here.

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Jan 28th 2012, 9:15 AM

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Mark your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

Ahead of a bumper day of racing in Britain and Ireland, Declan Smyth picks you a handful of winners. He hopes.

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Jan 21st 2012, 11:53 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

Declan Smyth previews this afternoon’s big race, the Grade 2 Leamington Hurdle at Warwick.

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Jan 14th 2012, 10:05 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

Racing analyst Declan Smyth kicks off the new year with a look at today’s Grade One contest at Sandown, the Tolworth Hurdle.

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Jan 7th 2012, 8:20 AM

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Mark Your Card: Rubi to Light up the Lexus

Mark Hobbs helped shake off any festive fatigue by advising an 11/1 winner at Leopardstown yesterday. Get his thoughts on today’s card here.

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Dec 28th 2011, 11:13 AM

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Mark your Card: your best bets for the weekend’s racing

Racing tipster Declan Smyth had a 5/2 winner as well as a near miss at big odds last time out. Here are his selections for this weekend’s graded races.

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Dec 17th 2011, 7:25 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

With five Grade 1s on the card today, racing analyst Declan Smyth looks to reproduce some of last Saturday’s winning form.

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Dec 10th 2011, 9:20 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for this afternoon's racing

After tipping two winners at Sandown yesterday, Declan Smyth returns with his picks from today’s card at Fairyhouse.

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Dec 4th 2011, 9:30 AM

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Mark Your Card: Your best bets for the weekend's racing

Racing analyst Declan Smyth casts his eye over this afternoon’s Grade 1 chases at Sandown, the Henry VIII and the Tingle Creek.

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Dec 3rd 2011, 8:55 AM

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Mark Your Card: your best bets for the weekend's racing

Tipster Declan Smyth runs through the card for today’s two graded hurdle races, the Fighting Fifth and the Long Distance.

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Nov 26th 2011, 9:40 AM

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And they're off...

Join us for all the up-to-the-minute news and odds on a week of high-class racing. There may be some shouting.

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Mar 15th 2011, 9:03 AM

# GE11

Revealed: the ten biggest winners and losers of Election 2011

We’ve totted up the figures, quantified the quotas, and worked out the ten most – and least – popular politicians in Ireland.

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Feb 28th 2011, 9:57 AM