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Leo Gray speculates on where the sporting honours might go in the next twelve months
Taking a sporting chance
WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS PREDICTIONS, I SEEM TO SUFFER FROM HYPEROPIA. THE CONDITION BANJAXES MY ATTEMPTS AT IMMEDIATE FORECASTING, IT SEEMS, BUT OFFERS ME A FAIR CHANCE OF GETTING LONGDISTANCE PREDICTIONS CLOSE TO THE MARK.
Sligo and Kerry slog it out at Tralee in the 2009 All-Ireland qualifiers. Both counties will be hoping to figure prominently in the hunt for honours in the coming year
Wednesday January 13 2010
I've come to this conclusion on the basis of some crystal ball gazing exercises in the past which produced conclusive evidence that my predictions for the forthcoming year are unlikely to bear fruit in the next twelve months but could prove a bit prophetic further down the line. The strange phenomenon was gloriously revealed when I tipped Mon Mome to win the 2008 Aintree Grand National. In my predictions for that year, I suggested the following: 'Keep an eye out for Mon Mome, who ran a cracker in the Welsh National at Christmas.
