2026 Irish Derby Contenders & Draw

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2nd Round Draw - Watch it live!

The draw for the 2nd Round of the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby will be made after racing on Satruday night. The draw will be live on Facebook.com/Shelbourne.Park, keep an eye on social media for updates. 

Please note that in order to allow our racing team time to compile names etc, there is no set time for the draw and will be made as soon as possible but it will not be immediately after racing. 

Race Programme: 1st Round 2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th August

Nothing beats being in Shelbourne Park and being part of the action at the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby, but, if you can't make it from Dublin and are watching from home with SIS or Barking Buzz, use your free Virtual Race Programme to follow the action.

The virtual race card programme looks best when viewed fullscreen. Click on the square icon in the middle on mobile, or on the right-hand side on desktop, to view fullscreen.

If you cannot see embedded race programme above, click here to view fullscreen.

2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby 1st Round Draw

The draw for the opening round of the 2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby was made on Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd August, in Shelbourne Park. 144 names went in to the draw drum, bidding for Derby glory, but just one can emerge victorious on Saturday 12th September. Don't miss a minute of the action!

If you cannot see the embedded video above, click here to view on Facebook.

The 1st Round of the 2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby will run over 2 nights, Friday 7th & Saturday 8th August. There will be 12 heats on each night, with 4 to qualify from each. 

Heats 1 - 12 Friday 7th August

Heat 1
1 Roarin Ogara
2 Magical Jet
3 Lennies Dream
4 Certificate
5 Kevinsfort Fancy
6 Ballyhooly Cliff (W)

Heat 2
1 Down To The Wire
2 Firstpastthepost
3 Brayview Lad
4 Grouchos Frank
5 Ello Ello
6 Foulkscourt Cody (W)

Heat 3
1 Faypoint Harvey
2 Frisky Ruby
3 Aulton Cash
4 Galloping Jack
5 Timmys Bucks
6 Kilcolgan Norman (W)

Heat 4
1 Ballymac Ralf
2 Silent Noelle
3 Razldazl Thelma
4 Droopys Monk
5 Coolemount Spy
6 Uncle Keith (W)

Heat 5
1 Solo And Go
2 Roaming Shelby
3 Ballymac Jetaway
4 Croydon Avenger
5 Fun Inthe Dark
6 Lennies Dynamic (W)

Heat 6
1 Barntick Bucko
2 Blastoff Heffo
3 Ballymac Kamala
4 Hackney Ranoox
5 Callaway Fia
6 Paulstown Cash (W)

Heat 7
1 Vivaro Warrior
2 Kerryroad AI
3 Ballycowen Frank
4 Hackney Plan
5 Oriental King
6 Mydras Opinion (W)

Heat 8
1 Swords Style
2 Glengar Kane
3 Jacktavern Bull
4 Highview Excel
5 Ballyea Warrior
6 Kuma Abdu (W)

Heat 9
1 Low Profile
2 Fleeting Moment
3 Mona Lee Monbeg
4 Music In The Air
5 Lennies Jamesmac
6 Im Here (W)

Heat 10
1 Getup The Boy
2 Harlequin Gee Up
3 Slick Sanctuary
4 Bockos Gold
5 Bockos Diamond
6 Glengar Silent (W)

Heat 11
1 Clonfert Teddy
2 Cheque For Cash
3 Gaytime Teco
4 Ballydoyle Tina
5 Droopys Faithful
6 Bombay Special (W)

Heat 12
1 Razldazl Loreal
2 Gaston
3 Droopys Porter
4 Romeo Alliance
5 Kilwest Major
6 Ballymac Gwennie (W)

Heats 13 - 24 Saturday 8th August

Heat 13
1 Ballymac Scheff
2 Bouncing Monarch
3 Goldmine Diamond
4 Newinn Spot
5 Cracking Cody
6 Leameneigh Godes (W)

Heat 14
1 Coloursaregreen
2 Gaytime Clyde
3 The Other Mel
4 Ballyhooly Bruno
5 Arofert Sam
6 Ballymac Altobel (W)

Heat 15
1 Avenue Queen
2 Singalong Cherry
3 Unassuming
4 Microchip
5 Mill Willow
6 Kilcolgan Eddie (W)

Heat 16
1 Slippery Felix
2 Miami Hans
3 Hunters Pilot
4 Coolemount Fame
5 Harvard Square
6 Priceless Romeo (W)

Heat 17
1 Bills Harbour
2 Droichead Nua
3 Sober Barry
4 Ballymac Siun
5 Callaway Five
6 Kapuka Coley (W)

Heat 18
1 Miami Hyland
2 Callaway Knegare
3 Ballymac Hitman
4 Lone Calling
5 Lemon Hidalgo
6 Ballymac Deniro (W)

Heat 19
1 Metal King
2 Shotgun Dez
3 Sure Exile
4 Ryee
5 Sawdust Barry
6 Glengar Phantom

Heat 20
1 Kerlogue Jet
2 Jaykay Fly
3 A Charda
4 Ballymac Charbel
5 Skywalker Bruno
6 Lansky

Heat 21
1 Grouchos Chief
2 Hackney Dancer
3 Gallant Captain
4 Crossfield Matt
5 Hackney Corner
6 El Prez George

Heat 22
1 Carrigeen Whit
2 Berlin Trilogy
3 Waitingforastar
4 Gaytime Joachim
5 Slippery Brian
6 Dear Sir

Heat 23
1 Sleight Of Hand
2 Wi Can James
3 The Other Eimear
4 Droopys Winsome
5 Text Amiright
6 Supa Mac

Heat 24
1 Ballymac Cmax
2 Lennies Eddie
3 Amidus Hulk
4 Ballymac Setanta
5 Grangeview Rocko
6 Faypoint Ranger