KILKENNY SALES BREAKDOWN

Ian Fortune

Kilkenny’s final sale of 2024 took place on Saturday and it was another great success with turnover topping €70,000.

That was the highest of the year and was also better than any of the sales in 2022 and 2023.

54 of the 58 greyhounds that went on the bench were sold with bids for all greyhounds.

Start The Mixer (Coolavanny Hoffa/ An Cailin Alainn), a May ’23 unraced dog, won his trial in 29.56 and topped the sale, fetching €5,100.

Sawdust Peg (Droopys Sydney/ Queen Lily), a maiden after 2 starts, won her trial in 29.38 and was later sold for €3,500. Grace and Laura (Jacob Tashadelek/ Coolavanny Model), who has two wins from nine starts, won her sales trial in 29.16 and was sold for €2,700.

Don Rico (Dorotas Wildcat – Benzema) an April ’23 unraced dog won his trial in 30.17 (Blkd) and sold for €2,500. Other sales include Klassy Shoe (€2,300), Rackethall Rambo (€2,300), Puckane Novel (€2,100), Deller Star (€2,000), Lemon Merlin (€2,000) and Wakeywakey Rakey (€2,000).

The next sales at Kilkenny will be in the New Year with the first of 2025 pencilled in for Saturday, February 15th.