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Weekend Report
SUCCESSFUL MATINEE MEETING AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
20 March 2023
Clonmel hosted their Matinee benefit meeting yesterday afternoon and with no fewer than five finals down for decision, it's fair to say that it proved quite a success.
A COMPETITIVE MCCALMONT CUP AT KILKENNY
Ian Fortune
11 March 2023
Both Lynchy Boy and Delirium Tremens posted 29.14 to set the standard in the second round of the McCalmont Cup at Kilkenny on Friday evening.
COCO POPS AT NEWBRIDGE
Ian Fortune
11 March 2023
Boylesports Coco may have been handed a tricky second round assignment in the Brownstown Tango & NTSC Open Unraced Bitch 525 but a flying start, allied with a tremendous display of pace, saw her set a strong standard as she came home clear in a rapid 28.60 in the last of the three heats.
HI HAVING A HOOLY IN TRI-DISTANCE
Ian Fortune
11 March 2023
The ‘Ballyhooly’ prefix has been carried by some talented greyhounds in recent years, most notably by Shelbourne Open 600 winner Ballyhooly Henry.
NEWINN DOUBLE IN TRAP 1 OPENER AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
11 March 2023
The opening round heats of the Trap 1 Greyhound Supplies Unraced took place at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium and there was a nice double in the heats for Kevin O’Brien as both Newinn Syd and Newinn Sensation scored in style.
LUCK SETS THE PACE AT NEWBRIDGE
Ian Fortune
4 March 2023
Ballyhimikinluck set the standard in the opening round of the Brownstown Tango & NTSC Open Unraced Bitch 525 at Newbridge on Friday night, making the best of her way home in the final heat for John and Noreen Dunne.
BOLGER QUICKEST BUT MCCALMONT CUP LOOKS COMPETITIVE
Ian Fortune
4 March 2023
The best was left to last as far as the opening round of the Frightful Flash Kennels McCalmont Cup at Kilkenny was concerned with Burgess Bolger emerging an easy winner of the final heat, posting a fastest of the round 28.98 in the process.
FAST STARTING BLUE OBLIGES AT SHELBOURNE
Ian Fortune
4 March 2023
An impressive semi-final scorer seven days earlier, Hawkfield Blue fully justified his position at the head of the betting in the final of the Talking Dogs ON1 Unraced at Shelbourne Park on Friday night.
TOP-CLASS ACTION AT CLONMEL AS KIHEI CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM
Peter Farrell
20 February 2023
After winning the Rural Kennels Unraced 525 last week, Rural Kihei continued her winning form last night at Clonmel as she made light work of her rivals in stepping up the additional twenty-five yards.
BRYNOFFA ARMINTA STARS IN DOUBLE FOR MACKEYS AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
13 February 2023
There were a number of smart performances last night at Clonmel but Brynoffa Arminta without doubt stole the show with an incredible display in an Open/A1 contest.
FOUR TIMER FOR GRANGEVIEW AS JOMAC LANDS 350 FEATURE
Peter Farrell
11 February 2023
There were some good performances on show at Galway Greyhound Stadium last night but the pick of those was that of Grangeview Port as he made it four wins on the spin in the concluding race.
DOUBLE FOR CAMPION AS SIX SWEEPSTAKE FINALS COME TO A CONCLUSION AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
6 February 2023
There were no fewer than six sweepstake finals down for decision last night at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium and Paraic Campion was in particularly good form as he landed two of the stake finals on offer.
APOLLO BLASTS OFF AT NEWBRIDGE
Ian Fortune
4 February 2023
Zaconey Apollo saved his best form the night that mattered, claiming the valuable Eamon Wheatley Memorial A4 525 in superb fashion at Newbridge on Friday night.
NOSHOW TAKES KILKENNY’S FEATURE
Ian Fortune
4 February 2023
Ballintee Noshow produced a professional performance to claim the feature of Friday’s action at Kilkenny, the final of the Talking Dogs A2 525.
BRILLIANT DEBUT FROM BONNIE AT GALWAY
Peter Farrell
4 February 2023
There were a number of smart displays at Galway Greyhound Stadium last night but the pick of those was a debut victory for the Noel Hehir-owned Ivy Hill Bonnie.