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Boston Globe
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
22 bucket list activities in Greater Boston, for visitors (and residents, too)
.bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } American Repertory Theater "Moby-Dick" at American Repertory Theater. Maria Baranova The A.R.T. at Harvard University is arguably the country's best feeder of shows to the Great White Way. Big-time productions of , and many more originated here. But these aren't half-formed shows in mid-workshop — they're fully realized, gorgeous, and intimate, thanks to being staged in the roughly 550-plus-seat theater at the Loeb Drama Center. Lauren Patten's take-no-prisoners performance of 'You Oughta Know' in the middle of Jagged Little Pill — and the thunderous ovation that followed — was the sound of a star being born. She went on to win a Tony for the same role on Broadway. Address: 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge Phone: 617-547-8300 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Black Heritage Trail Black History Trail in Boston NPS Photos At the trail's starting point, the stirring monument to the Massachusetts 54th Regiment opens the door to the vibrant Black community that lived on Beacon Hill around the Civil War. You'll encounter homes of activists for equal rights and navigate narrow warrens where fugitives hid as they fled to freedom on the Underground Railroad. End your 1.6 mile walk at the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, spiritual and educational anchors of the community. Register for free National Park Service ranger tours in summer and early fall, or go your own way with the free NPS app audio tour. Address: Starts at corner of Beacon and Park streets Phone: 617-429-6760 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Boston Harbor Islands The Fort Independence returns to Boston after dropping off passengers on Spectacle Island. Lane Turner/Globe Staff For a quick escape from the city, or even an overnight getaway, look no further than the Boston Harbor Islands. Take the ferry to Georges Island and explore the 19th-century fort that's rumored to be haunted; listen to live jazz on Spectacle Island; picnic on Cathleen Stone Island (formerly known as Thompson Island); or reserve a campsite on Peddocks Island and sleep over in one of the yurts. Whatever you choose, at least one island adventure should be on your to-do list. Address: Ferry departs from 66 Long Wharf, Downtown Phone: 617-227-4321 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Boston Public Garden Boston Public Garden. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Cascading willows, Victorian fountains, sunbathing turtles — it's a postcard of Boston come to life. Not much changes within the garden's picturesque gates and tulip-lined pathways — and that's the charm. From a child's first visit to the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture and pleasure cruise on one of the iconic Address: 4 Charles Street, Beacon Hill Phone: 617-635-4505 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall. Winslow Townson At over 140 years old, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the city's longest-standing cultural treasures, and for most of the year, the lights are on at the gilded auditorium of Symphony Hall. For most of the fall and spring, the orchestra (music directed by Andris Nelsons since 2014) offers symphonies, concertos, and even opera in concert, and world-class soloists are a regular presence. The winter holidays, late spring, and a big slate of special events — including the annual July 4 Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell — belong to the Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart since 1995. In summer, both orchestras head for Tanglewood, their bucolic summer home in the Berkshires where concertgoers can either reserve a seat in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or lounge on the lawn. You should join them. Address: Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Back Bay Phone: 617-266-1200 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Courtyard Tea Room Courtyard Tea Room Patricia Harris/Globe file Sometimes it feels necessary to pretend to be a Bridgerton. You can do this at tea at the Central Library branch of the Boston Public Library, in a tea room run by The Catered Affair. The regal spot still serves cucumber sandwiches, scones, and petit fours — but the main attraction is a tea menu with everything from Earl Grey to a Address: Boston Public Library, 230 Dartmouth Street, Back Bay Phone: 781-763-1360 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Faneuil Hall Marketplace Fanueil Hall Marketplace. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff If you've written off Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market as just for tourists, take a second look. The historic meeting hall and the granite-and-brick market buildings constitute a shopping and dining destination unparalleled in downtown. Munch a pizza slice or a lobster roll while you peruse the pushcart vendors and applaud the street performers. Full restaurants, from an Irish pub to a seafood grille, cater to bigger appetites. Don't miss the historic meeting hall where speakers fomented revolution and demanded civil rights. Address: 4 South Market Street, Downtown Phone: Not available Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Fenway Park Fenway Park. Erin Clark/Globe Staff The Red Sox (the team's principal owner also owns the Globe) have for years touted Fenway Park as 'America's Most Beloved Ballpark.' Curiously, the greatest affirmation of the slogan tends to come not when the Sox are faring well, but when they are not. That's when fans of visiting teams seize the opportunity to catch a game at the historic venue, built in 1912, and the broad appeal of Fenway is at its most obvious. If game tickets are unavailable or too pricey, a tour of Fenway is an excellent alternative. We recommend the Day Game Premium Tour, especially if you have kids. It includes a chance to meet mascot Wally the Green Monster and a photo op on the field. Address: 4 Jersey Street, Fenway Phone: 617-226-6000 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Handel + Haydn Society Handel + Haydn Society Sam Brewer H+H (as everyone calls it) musters a mighty chorus, energetic period-instrument orchestra, and smartly selected soloists to present performances of Baroque and classical music that crackle with life and color. Handel's Messiah is a beloved annual tradition, but that just scratches the surface; throughout the season, the orchestra offers refreshingly eclectic programs of concertos, cantatas, symphonies, oratorios, and more, making the old new again with every outing. Now that's worth a 'hallelujah.' Address: Performances usually at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall or Symphony Hall Phone: 617-262-1815 Find online: Advertisement .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums. David Lyon Harvard's art museums became one roughly a decade ago, in the airy Renzo Piano-designed addition and redux of its storied Fogg Museum on Quincy Street. What lies inside is nothing short of a world-class institution that, true to form, continues to push forward with innovative treatments of its renowned collection that probe the outer limits of a museum's place in the world. Here, everything from the Renaissance to German Expressionism to Impressionism — to one of the most thoughtful collections of American Modernism in the country — rub up against contemporary art, thought, and self-examination in a way that routinely makes for one of the most stimulating museum-going experiences in the world. Oh, and did we mention? It's always free. Address: 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge Phone: 617-495-9400 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Hub Town Tours Hub Town Tours in Boston Krishna Hemant Durgasharan Even history buffs (and longtime locals) will learn a thing or two on a Hub Town Tour. On the jaunt that follows the Freedom Trail, guides shape their passion for history into a compelling narrative that dramatizes the events leading up to the American Revolution. Small groups spark conversation and make it easier to navigate crowded sidewalks. Want to learn more? Check the schedule for a Beacon Hill walk that elucidates the Civil War and the Abolitionist movement. Address: Start at Boston Common, opposite 50 Beacon Street, Downtown Phone: 844-482-8696 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Institute of Contemporary Art The ICA Watershed. Lane Turner/Globe Staff There's so much to love at the Institute of Contemporary Art, you need a ferry to see it all. At its main building in the Seaport, stroll the mix of contemporary works and soak in the breathtaking view from its glass overlook. The ICA Watershed (open from late May through Labor Day) across the harbor in East Boston deepens the experience. Housed in a former copper pipe factory, its seasonal, large-scale exhibits are immersive and free. A water shuttle ($20 for non-member adults, ticket includes general ICA admission) operates between the two. Address: 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport Phone: 617-478-3100 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff A confection of eccentricity, this faux Venetian palazzo on the fringe of the Fenway was first Mrs. Gardner's home and then, once it was packed full enough of jaw-dropping European paintings to be a museum, it, well, became a museum. (Mrs. Gardner lived in suites upstairs the last years of her life as the public perused her collection below.) A perennial magnet for tourists, locals may tire a tad of the palazzo's static display (a display studded, it should be said, with Titian, Botticelli, Rembrandt, and Sargent, to name a few; just goes to show how spoiled for art we are in this town). But if that's the case, the museum's vibrant temporary exhibition space in its Renzo Piano-designed contemporary wing keeps things fresh, as does a robust roster of concerts, lectures, and performances in its state-of-the-art theater. Address: 25 Evans Way, Fenway Phone: 617-566-1401 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Jacque's Cabaret A performer at Jacques Cabaret. Jodi Hilton for The Boston Globe The nightly drag shows at Jacque's Cabaret are the old heel-stomping grounds of famous Boston-bred queens Katya, Jujubee, and Plane Jane. With shows such as The Dollhouse featuring an all-trans cast and MT Hart's open-stage Drag Stroll welcoming 'drag kings, queens, and things,' Jacque's continues its legacy as a hotbed for the up-and-comings of the drag world as well as established local favorites. Come with cash for tips; leave with photos (tag those queens!), glitter in unexpected places, and a little piece of drag herstory from Boston's oldest operating LGBTQ establishment. Address: 79 Broadway Street, Theater District Phone: 617-426-8902 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff More than six decades have elapsed since Massachusetts sent one of its own to the White House, but those glory years of energy, hope, and limitless possibility still burn brightly at the Kennedy Library and Museum. Relive the launch of the Peace Corps and space program, chat about glamorous state events, see the stark challenges of Cold War diplomacy, and watch Kennedy's mesmerizing command of the television medium. Address: Columbia Point, Dorchester Phone: 617-514-1600 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery. A cemetery?! Your out-of-town guests may initially be alarmed by the idea of such an outing, but just wait til they wander through this 175-acre oasis of willows, secret gardens, rococo tombs, and monuments. Serene and exquisitely landscaped, Mount Auburn Cemetery is part arboretum, part wildlife sanctuary, and entirely fascinating. The venerable burial ground is the final resting place for an extraordinary array of folks, including abolitionist Harriet Jacobs, Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, painter Winslow Homer, pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and many more. Rain or shine, this is a special place to visit. Address: 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge Phone: 617-547-7105 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Museum of Fine Arts, Boston An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe Already one of the most important museums in the country, the MFA's overhauls of its core collections in the past few years have helped make it more whole than it's been in ages: Visit the recent re-dos of its best-on-the-planet displays of Greek and Roman, Egyptian Pyramid Age, and Japanese art, and marvel at rare and special pieces. Its American and European collections are icing on the cake: Replete with Van Goghs, Monets, Gauguins, Copleys, and Sargents — to name but a few — a day is never enough to work your way through its myriad riches. Plan a week, and you'll still be coming back for more. Address: 465 Huntington Avenue, Fenway Phone: 617-267-9300 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Paddle Boston Paddling on the Charles River. David L Ryan/Globe Staff For visitors and longtime residents, a paddle on the Charles River, Mystic River, or Boston Harbor offers a new perspective on the city. With several locations including in Allston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Paddle Boston rents out canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards and also offers group outings and guided tours. Nothing says Boston quite like paddling alongside a collegiate crew or duck boat. Address: 1071 Soldiers Field Road, Allston Phone: 617-965-5110 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market There are few more pleasant ways to occupy a summer Sunday than meandering, iced coffee in hand, among the dozens and dozens of artisan stalls, farm stands, and food trucks of SoWa Open Market. But all year 'round, the (indoor) SoWa Vintage Market next door is a labyrinth spilling over: gorgeous mid-century modern armchairs jostle for space with chipped beer mugs, vintage ball gowns, and old license plates. It's a magpie's heaven. Address: 500 Harrison Avenue, South End Phone: 857-378-4449 Find online: Related : .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } The Sports Museum The Sports Museum at TD Garden. Fittingly, Boston sports history is celebrated in the same building where much of it has been made. The Sports Museum can be found mainly on levels 5 and 6 of TD Garden, a few elevator stops up from where the Bruins and Celtics play on level 3. Displays include a tribute to the 'Impossible Dream' 1967 Red Sox, and of course, an homage to Boston's most recent sports champion, the 2024 Celtics. Both Sports Museum and TD Garden Arena tours are being offered this summer, and all now include a visit to Boston Bruins Heritage Hall, an experiential venue celebrating a century of Bruins hockey. Address: 100 Legends Way, West End Phone: 617-212-6814 Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } USS Constitution and USS Cassin Young The USS Constitution. Erin Clark/Globe Staff The oldest active warship in the world is a definite Boston must-see. The USS Constitution earned her 'Old Ironsides' nickname in the War of 1812 because British cannonballs bounced off her hull. Once you've trod the wooden decks of this majestic relic of the Age of Sail—it's free, but ID required for adults—be sure to board the USS Cassin Young (closed mid-November to late May). This World War II-era destroyer elucidates the dramatic changes in naval warfare over more than a century and a half. Address: 1 Constitution Road, Charlestown Phone: 617-426-1812 Find online: Boston Globe Best of the Best winners for 2025 were selected by Globe newsroom staff and correspondents, and limited to Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline. 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Scotsman
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Alanis Morissette Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Gig set times, support, drinks prices, tickets, setlist, age restrictions
Alanis Morissette has a date with Glasgow. | Getty Images for FIREAID One of the biggest singers of the 1990s is in Scotland this week. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... With global record sales in excess of 75 million, Alanis Morissette is one of the biggest selling singer-songwriters in history. Her first two dance-pop albums released in the early 1990s made little impact, but global fame arrived in 1995 with a switch to alternative rock for third album Jagged Little Pill, featuring hit singles Ironic, Hand In My Pocket, All I Really Want and You Oughta Know. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad To date she has released ten studio albums, most recently 2022's The Storm Before the Calm, and has won a Brit Award, seven Grammy Awards, fourteen Juno Awards, and has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. She's currently on her Triple Moon World Tour and there's good news for Scottish fans - with a Glasgow gig. Here's everything you need to know if you are going along. When is Alanis Morissette playing Glasgow? Alanis will be performing at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Who is supporting Alanis Morissette at her Glasgow gig? Alanis Morissette has announced that her support act for Glasgow will be American rock singer-songwriter Liz Phair. The Grammy-nominated artist is best known for her 1993 debut album Exile in Guyville. She has released seven studio albums to date, most recently 2021's Soberish. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad What are the stage times for Alanis Morissette in Glasgow? Doors open at 6.30pm and Liz Phair will start at 8pm. Expect Alanis Morissette's set to start at around 9pm, with the show finishing by 11pm at the latest Are tickets still available for Alanis Morissette? If you've decided at the last minute that you'd like to go to the gig then you're in luck, although remaining tickets are priced from a wallet-bursting £143.60. If you have deep pockets you can get tickets here. Are there any age restrictions at Alanis Morissette's Hydro gig? It's over-14s only in the standing areas. What are the drinks prices at Alanis Morissette's gig? Here's how much you'll be paying at the bar: Pint of Madri: £7.90 Pint of Aspall Cyder Blush: £7.60 Wine: £7.80 Pinot Grigio Fizz: £8.50 Can of soft drink: £2.40 Bottle of water: £3.10 Spirits: £5.80 Mixers: £1.10 What is the likely Alanis Morissette setlist? Alanis Morissette seems to be playing a broadly similar setlist every night of their current tour. Expect to hear most of - if not all - the following in Glasgow.
Wales Online
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Alanis Morissette gives fans in Cardiff the one thing they want
'Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you,' so the song goes. And it's terrifying that 2025 marks 30 years since the release of much-loved Alanis Morissette album Jagged Little Pill. Back in 1995 and for years after, it was the CD teenagers across the world, myself included, obsessively played for a solid hour right through to the bonus a cappella track of You Oughta Know. The perfect album for letting off steam. No need to skip a song. Three decades on, lyrics still etched into our brains, fans at Cardiff's Blackweir Fields joined in with every single word of those JLP tracks, for some now perhaps with the angst of perimenopause rather than adolescence. 'All I really want is some patience' directed at their kids now rather than parents. And one fan brought a flag that declared 'My ex is here Alanis. Don't hold back." She really didn't. Remarkably it's the first time that Alanis Morissette has ever played in Wales with promoters moving the gig from the castle to accommodate the demand. From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What's On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here After a '90s' montage charting the singer's rise to fame, her set kicked off with the sound of the harmonica. Alanis arrived to the opening bars of Hand In My Pocket, the indie pop queen donned in black leather-style skater trousers with a chain, leopard-print top and red trainers. Off the back of an incredible Glastonbury debut at the weekend, expectations were high. But Alanis was radiant and pitch-perfect, her voice as powerful and flawless live as on her albums. Testament to Jagged Little Pill, a beefy nine songs from that era made it onto the set including Right Through You, You Oughta Know, Perfect, Head Over Feet, You Learn, Mary Jane and her biggest track Ironic. Alongside them and no lesser were recent tracks, just as powerful and confessional, like Reasons I Drink (from 2020 album Such Pretty Forks in the Road) about her battles with addiction and the brilliantly catchy Hands Clean (from 2002's Under Rug Swept), the story of a relationship with an older man when Alanis was 14. Alanis didn't stop moving. Darting across the stage, she performed with high energy, spinning furiously to Smiling and head-banging her long locks for Uninvited. Gone is the serious teen; she genuinely seemed to be having the time of her life. Beyond introducing her band and expressing her gratitude and love for the audience, she didn't give the crowd a lot of chat. But she's always had plenty to say through her music and feminist messages flashed up on the screens behind. Statistics appeared during Right Through You highlighting sexual violence against women, the gender pay gap and inequality, later followed by anti-war and pro-choice messages. The lack of interaction between songs didn't detract from the one thing that fans were there for - to belt out the songs that soundtracked their most formative years. It was a mass singalong from start to end, with screams of 'Thank you, consequence! Thank you, silence!' in the uplifting finale of Thank U. You do wonder what it would have sounded like in the cauldron of the Principality than in open-air. But while Cardiff's newest music venue has had its critics for hogging public space in the summer ( read more about that here ), you can't deny that the park was an absolute joy to be in on a warm and sunny July evening. Alanis Morissette impeccably delivered fans a show of sentimentality, but she's no novelty nostalgia act. Her voice is incredible and her song-writing as relevant now as ever. The Blackweir Live music series continues with Slayer on Thursday and Stevie Wonder next Wednesday. Tickets are available for Slayer here and Stevie Wonder here .
Perth Now
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Alanis Morissette given designer blouse by Madonna after turning up in sweat pants
Alanis Morissette was given a designer blouse by Madonna after turning up for an important meeting wearing sweat pants. The Ironic singer, 51, has revealed she didn't have any fancy clothes to wear when she was invited to meet with Madonna's manager Guy Oseary before signing to the singer's Maverick record label and she was helped out by Madonna, who gifted her a Prada shirt, and Alanis was astounded by the pricey present. She told The Sunday Times newspaper: "When I moved to LA from Canada in the early 1990s I lived in sweatpants. "I was too frugal to spend money on nice clothes. I was writing [1995 album] Jagged Little Pill and Guy Oseary, at Madonna's record label Maverick, asked me for a meeting. "I only had sweatpants to wear, but played him [songs] Perfect, Hand in My Pocket and You Oughta Know and then he signed me. "Madonna was always coming in, weighing in, and one day she said: 'Girl, I'm going to get you your first blouse.' "She gave me a chartreuse Prada blouse. I was paralysed by how much it cost, but she was like: 'Here, honey!'" Alanis is due to perform at the UK's fabled Glastonbury Festival later this month and she gave a hint about what she's going to be wearing for her performance at Worthy Farm. She added: "I'd call it slightly eclectic with an onus on natural. So, flowers, earth, but then, because I'm 1990s by default, it's also like, 'throw glitter on it, mess it up, fray the edges. "I like being messy and slightly surprising. Chic but also misshapen." Alanis added of her style: "[It's] greasy, fancy, careless. I care but I also don't care, which is very 1990s, I guess." As well as performing at Glastonbury this summer, Alanis is also touring the US and Europe and she's just announced a residency at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas which kicks off in October. The singer's tour comes 30 years after she released her seminal album Jagged Little Pill, and she recently admitted the record's huge hit track Ironic nearly didn't make the cut. She told Rolling Stone magazine: "You know, I didn't even want that song on the record. I remember a lot of people going, 'Please, please, please.' "That was one of the first songs [songwriter/producer] Glen Ballard and I wrote, almost like a demo. "But people wound up liking the melody, and I wasn't that precious about it. I came to realise later that perhaps I should have been. Whoops!"
Irish Examiner
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Townend picks up where he left off with Tipperary success
Crowned champion jockey for the seventh time at Punchestown last Saturday, Paul Townend made a perfect start to the new season when scoring on board his first mount of the 2025-2026 campaign, Gold Dancer, in the Hotel Minella Beginners Chase in Tipperary. The Gigginstown-owned, Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old, raced prominently, jumped soundly in the main, and, in the closing stages, saw off Le Coq Hardi by four lengths. 'He's been so disappointing, but had a run over fences,' said Townend. 'Chasing was always going to be his game. He makes lengths over his fences and it'll take a good novice to lie up with him. I'd say we'll keep going with him.' Townend was expected to complete a double for the Closutton team on You Oughta Know in the Ryans Cleaning beginners Chase. However, the 11-8 favourite blundered and unseated the champion jockey at the second fence. Victory in this event went to the 134-rated, Gordon Elliott-trained Western Fold, positively ridden by Danny Gilligan to put his experience to good use. The six-year-old, having his sixth run over fences, jumped impeccably and relished every yard of the longer trip, powering home eight lengths clear of Oscars Brother. Representing Elliott, Lisa O'Neill said: 'He had plenty of experience and his jumping improved as he went along. Danny gave him a lovely, positive ride and said he got the run of the race. It's great to get him on the scoreboard. And I''d say he'll keep going through the summer.' Edward O'Grady registered his first success since November when St Faz, successful on the Flat and over hurdles, opened his chasing account in the Botanica International Handicap Chase. Ridden by Darragh O'Keeffe, the 5-2 favourite took command at the second last and stayed on to beat One Last Tango by two and a quarter lengths. 'The horses have been running well without winning, so I'm very pleased this fellow has won,' commented the veteran trainer, 'He's a five-year-old, so might progress and he'll run in those novice handicaps through the summer.' The father and son combination of trainer Alex and amateur Luke Burke-Ott struck in the Join Racing TV Now With A Free Month Trial Handicap Chase when Inchidaly Copper recovered from a last fence blunder to outpoint the flattering In The Trenches by a neck. 'The main thing is to keep him fresh and he's only in six weeks, so we thought he'd need the run,' said the trainer, 'I'd say he trains himself and we had no real plan for him. The distance was shorter than ideal for him.' Another father/son team was on the mark in the Buy Tickets Online Novice Hunters Chase as The Rebel County, owned and trained by Garrett Ahern in Bartlemy, County Cork and giving his son Josh a first racecourse success, saw off favourite Cause For Comment and Keep On Dreaming. 'He loved that summer ground,' declared the winning rider. 'He was wicked keen with me and I kept wide for the best ground. I gave him a squeeze turning into the straight and away he went.' The only four-year-old in the field, Chosen Comrade, described by her trainer Peter Fahey as 'not the biggest, but a nice staying filly', made an impressive debut in the mares' bumper, beating favourite Katie's Melody comfortably, and proving another winner for in-form John Gleeson. And, successful with I'm Slippy at Fairyhouse last month, Robert Tyner and Josh Williamson teamed-up again to take the geldings' bumper with six-year-old Quakerstown scorer Stanners Glen.
