IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

With just one last hurdle to negotiate to make the final of the Star Sports/ TRC English Derby, there will be many nervous connections in the coming days.

Ireland had mixed luck on Saturday night in the quarter finals but, ultimately, have a great chance of claiming yet another English Derby title with six of the remaining twelve greyhound representing these shores.

The other good news is that the numbers have been split equally with three Irish and three UK runners in each of the two semi-finals, allowing for a potential equal spread in the decider. Below we’ve highlighted some of the stats from the quarter finals focusing on the Irish runners.

Number of Irish trained winners in the quarter finals:

2 from a possible 4 (Ireland had runners in each of the four heats)

 

Number of Irish trained qualifiers:

6 (from a possible 12)

 

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:

Graham Holland (2 from 3)

Gaytime Nemo

The Other Kobe

(Swords Rex was a non-runner)

 

Liam Dowling (3 from 4)

Ballymac Gizmo

Ballymac Slick

De Lahdedah

 

Paul Hennessy (1 from 1)

Boylesports Bob

 

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED

A full breakdown of where the 12 Irish trained greyhound finished in the quarter finals.

Saturday (12 runners)

Heat 1

3rd Gaytime Nemo

5th Superfast Gorden

6th Grouchos Duke

 

Heat 2

3rd Ballymac Gizmo

4th Ballymac Finn

5th Hawkfield Abbie

6th Ballinabola Ed

 

Heat 3

1st Ballymac Slick

2nd The Other Kobe

5th Hawkfield Blue

 

Heat 4

1st Boylesports Bob

3rd De Lahdedah