IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

Nine Irish trained dogs failed to qualify from the opening round of the Star Sports/ TRC English Greyhound Derby between Thursday, leaving 22 of the final 96 representing these shores.

There were some superb displays over the three nights of the opening round from the raiding party and below we have broken down the challenge, highlighting some of the stats from the opening round focusing on the Irish runners.

Number of Irish trained winners in opening round:

14 from a possible 22 (Ireland had runners in 22 of the 32 heats)

Number of Irish trained qualifiers:

22 (from a possible 31)

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:

Graham Holland (7 from 9)

Bockos Diamond

Bombay Pat

Cheap Sandwiches

Crokers Planet

Faypoint Harvey

Faypoint Susie

Val Tashadelek

Paul Hennessy (7 from 7)

Boylesports Bob

Boylesports Blue

Jaytee Craze

Barefoot On Fire

Dynamic Force

Hello Diego

Lennies Desire

Liam Dowling (3 from 4)

Ballymac Pebb

Ballymac Tibet

De Lahdedah

Pat Buckley (2 from 5)

Ballinabola Joe

Singalong Molly

Brendan Matthews (2 from 2)

Bubbly Charger

Pain Barrier

Peter Cronin (1 from 2)

Sole Mio

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED

A full breakdown of where the 31 Irish trained greyhound finished in the opening round.

Thursday (13 runners)

Heat 1

1^st Jaytee Craze

Heat 2

2^nd Bubbly Charger

4^th Untold Rufiyaa

Heat 3

2^nd Hello Diego

4^th Ballymac Sorrel

6^th Ballymac Rapid

Heat 5

5^th Randolph Scotts

Heat 6

1^st Bockos Diamond

Heat 8

1^st Ballymac Pebb

4^th Swords Don

6^th Riverside Pingu

Heat 9

1^st Val Tashadelek

Heat 10

1^st Cheap Sandwiches

Friday (8 runners)

Heat 13

1^st Faypoint Susie

6^th Ballinabola Jim

Heat 14

1^st De Lahdedah

Heat 15

1^st Faypoint Harvey

Heat 16

2^nd Singalong Molly

3^rd Boylesports Blue

Heat 17

1^st Sole Mio

Heat 18

1^st Dynamic Force

Saturday (10 runners)

Heat 23

1^st Lennies Desire

Heat 25

2^nd Ballymac Tibet

Heat 27

1^st Bombay Pat

Heat 28

4^th Clona Ice

Heat 29

1^st Ballinabola Joe

2^nd Barefoot On Fire

Heat 30

1^st Boylesports Bob

Heat 31

3^rd Crokers Planet

Heat 32

3^rd Pain Barrier

4^th Untold Dollar