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Weekend Report
ZAFIRO IMPRESSES AGAIN IN RCETS UNRACED
Ian Fortune
20 April 2024
Syd Zafiro once again took the headlines at Shelbourne Park on Friday night when further enhancing his growing reputation with a stunning 28.37 return in the semi-finals of the valuable RCETS Open Unraced.
DEADLY ON A CRUSADE IN LEAHY FINAL AT KILKENNY
Ian Fortune
20 April 2024
Deadly Crusader could nearly drive himself to Kilkenny at this stage and he continued his love affair with the St James Park venue on Friday night, capturing the feature, the final of the valuable Georgie Leahy Memorial in tremendous fashion.
FRANCO LANDS OZARK UNRACED AT NEWBRIDGE
Ian Fortune
20 April 2024
Doonanes Franco may have been a 10-1 chance for the final of the Hawkfield Ozark at Stud ON2 at Newbridge on Friday night but there was nothing lucky about his victory.
TIERNAN DOUBLES DOWN IN SORLEY O’DORNAN MEMORIAL SECOND ROUND ACTION
Peter Farrell
20 April 2024
The second round heats of the Sorley O’Dornan Memorial A3/A4 Guys & Dolls 525 served as the highlight on Friday night’s card at Clonmel and once again it was Young Tiernan who set the standard.
PENNIE REMAINS UNBEATEN IN ANN CHEEVERS MEMORIAL
Peter Farrell
20 April 2024
The semi finals of the Ann Cheevers Memorial A4/A5 525 took place at Galway on Friday night and although both were very close in terms of the clock, Fast Fit Pennie maintained her unbeaten record in the stake with another decisive victory.
CHARLIE FLAWLESS AGAIN IN WEADICK 725
Ian Fortune
13 April 2024
Tuono Charlie was a brilliant winer of the TP Weadick Open 725 at Kilkenny on Friday night, justifying odds on favouritism in the process.
BACK-TO-BACK FOR FAYLA IN CHEEVERS SECOND ROUND ACTION
Peter Farrell
13 April 2024
The second round heats of the Ann Cheevers Memorial A4/A5 525 served as the highlight at Galway on Friday night and it was Brickhill Fayla that went quickest with another make-all performance.
TIERNAN SETS O’DORNAN STANDARD AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
13 April 2024
The opening round heats of the Sorley O’Dornan Memorial A3/A4 525 got underway at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium on Friday night and of the six heats on offer, it was Young Tiernan who set a pretty high bar.
CHARLIE RED-HOT IN WEADICK 725
Ian Fortune
6 April 2024
It is pretty clear by his performance in Friday’s semi-finals of the TP Weadick Open 725 at Kilkenny that Tuono Charlie is now firmly established as one of the best stayers around after just three attempts at a six bend trip.
ASTER GOES FAST TO SET OZARK PACE AT NEWBRIDGE
Ian Fortune
6 April 2024
John Wilson has put plenty of fast greyhounds through his hands over the years and he has another in the form of Annual Aster who set a strong standard in the opening round of the Hawkfield Ozark @ Stud ON2/ON3 525 at Nwbridge on Friday night.
DISCO PANTS BACK TO TOP FORM IN THE KINGDOM
Barry Drake
6 April 2024
DISCO PANTS returned to top form in the second round of the John & Mary Killeacle Memorial A1 575 stake.
BRUCE STARS AT SHELBOURNE
Ian Fortune
30 March 2024
Laughil Bruce took one of the feature races at Shelbourne Park on Friday night, showing a fine turn of early speed to dominate in the final of the Parade Jackets A3 525.
TOP-CLASS SPRING UNRACED ACTION AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
30 March 2024
The opening round of the Spring ON2/ON3 Unraced took centre stage at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium on Friday night and it was Goldcash Basher who set the standard with a brilliant performance on debut.
ANNADOWN PANTHER IS A FUTURE STAR
Peter Farrell
30 March 2024
There was an eleven race card on offer at Galway Greyhound Stadium on Friday night and the performance of the night came from Annadown Panther, who produced a quite brilliant debut performance.
BOSS AND COSS TAKE THE SPOILS AT SHELBOURNE
Ian Fortune
16 March 2024
Ballymac Deboss and Coss Summer were the toast of Shelbourne Park on Friday night as the captured the two valuable prizes on offer.
RAMBLING BOY & CAHIR ISLAND CLAIM CLONMEL SWEEPSTAKE DECIDERS
Peter Farrell
16 March 2024
There were a couple of sweepstake deciders on offer at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium last night and the feature of those was the €1,500 to the winner Clona Duke @ Stud ON2 525.
ARC SINKS RIVALS AS CYNTHIA SEALS NOVICE CLEAN SWEEP
Peter Farrell
4 March 2024
Two sweepstake finals drew a large crowd to Lifford Greyhound Stadium on Sunday evening and both deciders produced top-class performances from Droopys Cynthia and Ardnasool Arc.
GROUND STAFF THE REAL WINNERS AT SHELBOURNE
Ian Fortune
2 March 2024
The fact that there was even racing at Shelbourne Park on Friday night comes down to the ground staff and the racing office.
LILYS A REAL BEAUTY IN WGOBA OPENER AT GALWAY
Peter Farrell
2 March 2024
The opening round heats of the WGOBA St. Patricks Weekend A2 525 got underway at Galway Greyhound Stadium on Friday night and they were packed with quality as Lilys Beauty set a very high bar.
JET AND LOGAN SHINE AT SHELBOURNE
Ian Fortune
24 February 2024
Brayview Jet and Rathfalla Logan both did what was necessary at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night, picking up the two feature races with determined displays.
PRINCE WITH KNOCKOUT BLOW IN JOE SHOW
Ian Fortune
24 February 2024
Prince Naseem completed an unbeaten passage through the Joe Show ON2 525 at Kilkenny on Friday night with a statement like display.
CANON FIRES IN SHELBOURNE REGULARS DECIDER
Ian Fortune
17 February 2024
Burgess Canon may have left it late but he ran out a deserving winner of the feature race, the Shelbourne Park Regulars A3 525.
NASEEM AGAIN FASTEST IN JOE SHOW
Ian Fortune
17 February 2024
The Joe Show ON2 Unraced continued at Kilkenny on Friday night and Prince Naseem and Droopys Prairie did enough to win their respective heats.
NASEEM THE STAR OF ‘THE JOE SHOW’ AT KILKENNY
Ian Fortune
10 February 2024
Named after the flamboyant and hugely talented fighter of the late 1990’s, Prince Naseem delivered a knockout blow to his rivals at Kilkenny on Friday night to the star of the Joe Show On2 Unraced Stake.
FUTURE STAR FREDDIE MARCHES ON AT CLONMEL
Peter Farrell
10 February 2024
With the dust now settled on last week’s bumper weekend at Clonmel, the top-class performances kept on coming at the Tipperary venue on Friday night with March On Freddie seriously impressive.