IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

With just seven races remaining in the Star Sports & TRC English Derby, the Irish account for ten of the remaining twenty four competitors after Saturday’s third round heats.

It has to be said, the home challenge came alive on the night but Ireland still managed to provide four of the eight heat winners. 

Again, Graham Holland had a night to remember, sending out two winners while seeing six of his seven strong team progress.

Below we’ve highlighted some of the stats from the second round focusing, as you would expect, on the Irish runners.

Number of Irish trained winners in opening round:

4 from a possible 8 (Ireland had runners in all eight heats)

Number of Irish trained qualifiers:

10 (from a possible 17)

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:

Graham Holland (6 from 7)

Romeo Hanzo

Swords Rex

Clona Duke

Jacktavern Bella

Gaytime Nemo

Ballyhimikin Leo

Liam Dowling (2 from 3)

Ballymac Finn

Ballymac Marino

Brendan Matthews (1 from 4)

Burj Khalifa

Paul Hennessy (1 from 2)

Boylesports Gift

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED

A full breakdown of where the 17 Irish trained greyhounds finished in the third round. 

Heat 1

1^st Swords Rex

3^rd Ballymac Finn

6^th Ballymac Bronze

Heat 2

2^nd Clona Duke

5^th Beepers Lariat

Heat 3

3^rd Boylesports Gift

5^th Savana Hero

Heat 4

1^st Ballymac Marino

Heat 5

2^nd Romeo Hanzo

Heat 6

3^rd Gaytime Nemo

5^th As I Say

6^th Undulation

Heat 7

1^st Burj Khalifa

2^nd Jacktavern Bella

Heat 8

3^rd Ballyhimikin Leo

4^th Romeo Magico

5^th Mcneill