IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS
Ian Fortune
A total of 15 Irish greyhound from a possible 22 qualified from the second round of the Star Sports/ TRC English Greyhound Derby over the weekend with 9 of the 16 heats going to the raiding party.
There were some exceptional performances over the two nights and it was no surprise to see the Irish sending out the four fastest heat winners. Below we have broken down the challenge, highlighting some of the stats from the second round focusing on the Irish runners.
Number of Irish trained winners in second round:
9 from a possible 11 (Ireland had runners in 11 of the 16 heats)
Number of Irish trained qualifiers:
15 (from a possible 22)
Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:
Graham Holland (5 from 7)
Bockos Diamond
Bombay Pat
Cheap Sandwiches
Faypoint Harvey
Faypoint Susie
Paul Hennessy (4 from 7)
Jaytee Craze
Barefoot On Fire
Dynamic Force
Hello Diego
Liam Dowling (2 from 3)
Ballymac Tibet
De Lahdedah
Pat Buckley (2 from 2)
Ballinabola Joe
Singalong Molly
Brendan Matthews (1 from 2)
Bubbly Charger
Peter Cronin (1 from 1)
Sole Mio
WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED
A full breakdown of where the 22 Irish trained greyhound finished in the opening round.
Friday (9 runners)
Heat 2
1st Ballinabola Joe
2nd De Lahdedah
5th Lennies Desire
Heat 3
1st Dynamic Force
3rd Hello Diego
5th Boylesports Blue
Heat 4
5th Ballymac Pebb
Heat 6
3rd Ballymac Tibet
Heat 8
1st Faypoint Susie
Saturday (13 runners)
Heat 9
1st Sole Mio
5th Pain Barrier
Heat 10
1st Bombay Pat
Heat 11
1st Bubbly Charger
3rd Barefoot On Fire
5th Crokers Planet
Heat 12
1st Singalong Molly
4th Vals Tashadelek
Heat 13
1st Bockos Diamond
Heat 16
1st Cheap Sandwiches
2nd Faypoint Harvey
3rd Jaytee Craze
6th Boylesports Bob