I have brought in armfuls, the picking is such a delight, and every pot and bowl and tub in the house is filled with purple glory, and the servants think there is going to be a party and are extra nimble, and I go from room to room gazing at the sweetness, and the windows are all flung open so as to join the scent within to the scent without; and the servants gradually discover that there is no party, and wonder why the house should be filled with flowers for one woman by herself, and I long more and more for a kindred spirit-- it seems so greedy to have so much loveliness to oneself--but kindred spirits are so very, very rare; I might almost as well
cry for the moon.
He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't
cry for the moon.
CRY FOR THE MOON is a sporting nap choice in the [euro]50,000 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle on today's rescheduled Galway card.
Travelling wide throughout, she cruised into the lead on the 5-4 fav, and despite opposition of the quality of Forpadydeplasterer and Staying Article, Go Native sprinted clear to beat
Cry For The Moon by six and a half lengths in the 1m6f Flat heat.
CRY FOR THE MOON can return to form in the Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Gowran this afternoon.
the other to consider is
Cry For the Moon, second in this for the last two seasons.
The Jim Culloty-trained
Cry For The Moon has filled the runner-up berth on his last three visits to Galway, including the last two renewals of this race - he was beaten four lengths by Fosters Cross in 2011 and chased home Midnight Music 12 months ago.
THERE is a case to be made for festival regular
Cry For The Moon (below) dreading Galway.
O'Connor is particularly looking forward to partnering the Jim Culloty-trained
Cry For The Moon, who aims to go one better than 12 months ago in today's Connacht Hotel Handicap.
His success on the Flat at Galway last month was really impressive, making a good stayer in
Cry For The Moon look ordinary.
Having run creditably on his return after a long break at Navan recently, the 5/4 favourite oozed class as he cruised into the lead on the home turn and, allowed to stretch clear by Nina Carberry, quickly opened a clear advantage and slammed
Cry For The Moon by six-and-a-half lengths.
Fosters Cross goes again for Motherway, while O'Connor rides
Cry For The Moon, who finished second under 'Corky' Carroll a year ago.
Soon headed by eventual winner Midnight Music, Clarach plugged on to fill third spot, beaten less than five lengths, behind Dermot Weld's mare and
Cry For The Moon.
Last year's second
Cry For The Moon has disappointed connections in handicap hurdles lately, but trainer Jim Culloty is hopeful that a return to the Flat for a second shot at the contest will cause a return to top form.
I think it could be worth keeping faith with
Cry For The Moon in the Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Gowran Park (3.
