DIAMOND AGAIN THE THIRD TURN KING

    DIAMOND AGAIN THE THIRD TURN KING

    Ian Fortune

    Bockos Diamon completed a clean sweep to the third turn in Saturday’s Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby semi-finals. Posting a truly stunning, record breaking 16.58, he made sure that he maintained his record of going fastest to the third turn in each of the five rounds of the Derby.

    It’s again worth remembering that prior to this year’s Derby, the record to the third turn came from Newinn Taylor back in 2020 with a 16.79 return. In no fewer than three of the five rounds, Bockos Diamond went faster and his latest run, which is some three lengths faster than the mark of Newinn Taylor, could potentially stand for a few years to come.

    To highlight just how good his run to the third turn was, he was some twenty nine spots faster than his kennel companion and impressive second semi-final winner Cheap Sandwiches, who clocked a rapid 16.87.

    Prior to this year’s Derby, that would have been good enough for a place in the top-ten all time list and yet in this year’s Derby it is only the joint seventh fastest time.

    A full breakdown of the each of the five prelim rounds, including the semi-finals, can be found below:

    Leaders Clocks (Fastest to Slowest):

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    1st round

    2nd round

    3rd round

    Q-finals

    S-finals

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Bockos Diamond

    16.85

    16.68

    16.63

    16.80

    16.58

    Cheap Sandwiches

     

    16.95

    16.92

    17.03

    16.87

    Bombay Pat

    16.93

    17.03

    17.03

    16.85

     

    Carrick Aldo

    16.92

     

     

    16.87

     

    Undulation

     

     

    17.11

     

     

    Untold Dollar

     

     

    17.24

     

     

    Ballinabola Jim

    17.22

    16.96

    17.25

     

     

    Ballymac Briar

     

     

    17.27

     

     

    Extra Gain

     

     

    17.59

     

     

    Grangeclare Lady

    17.19

    16.93

     

     

     

    Seven Beach

    17.09

    16.96

     

     

     

    Bubbly Shadow

     

    16.98

     

     

     

    De Lahdedah

     

    17.03

     

     

     

    Cheque For Cash

     

    17.08

     

     

     

    Whyaye Bonnylad

     

    17.11

     

     

     

    Droopys Metaphor

     

    17.19

     

     

     

    Scooby Pacemaker

     

    17.19

     

     

     

    Kapuka Warrior

    17.12

    17.22

     

     

     

    Robbies Galaxy

     

    17.35

     

     

     

    Glitzy Magic

     

    17.72

     

     

     

    Denos Bay

     

    n/a

     

     

     

    Tribal Syd

    17.00

     

     

     

     

    Tarsna Maasai

    17.03

     

     

     

     

    Short Grip

    17.04

     

     

     

     

    March On Freddie

    17.08

     

     

     

     

    Clona Duke

    17.12

     

     

     

     

    Singalong Dolly

    17.16

     

     

     

     

    Knockeen Dazzler

    17.17

     

     

     

     

    Glengar Martha

    17.19

     

     

     

     

    Dynamic Force

    17.20

     

     

     

     

    Breaghmore Dice

    17.27

     

     

     

     

    Down To Business

    17.27

     

     

     

     

    Ballymac Danica

    17.30

     

     

     

     

    Deelish Nora

    17.32

     

     

     

     

    Jaytee Craze

    17.35

     

     

     

     

    Tinahue Pappone

    17.38

     

     

     

     

    Quarry Boy

    17.40

     

     

     

     

    In Good Time

    17.44

     

     

     

     

    Born To Perform

    17.54

     

     

     

     

    Ballyhimikin Leo

    17.64