IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

A total of 10 Irish trained greyhounds from a possible 15 qualified from the third round of the Star Sports/ TRC English Greyhound Derby over the weekend with 5 of the 8 heats going to the raiding party. 

To highlight the brilliance of the Irish, the five fastest heat winners were all trained on these shores. Honour of going fastest went to Sole Mio as he took the final heat in 28.64, while the remaining heats winners were Bubbly Charger, Bockos Diamond, Singalong Molly and, of course, the defending champion De Lahdedah.   

Again, we have broken down the challenge, highlighting some of the stats from the second round focusing on the Irish runners. 

Number of Irish trained winners in third round: 

5 from a possible 7 (Ireland had runners in 7 of the 8 heats) 

Number of Irish trained qualifiers: 

10 (from a possible 15)

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers: 

Graham Holland (4 from 5)

Bockos Diamond

Bombay Pat

Cheap Sandwiches

Faypoint Harvey

Paul Hennessy (2 from 4)

Dynamic Force 

Hello Diego

Liam Dowling (1 from 2)

De Lahdedah

Pat Buckley (1 from 2)

Singalong Molly

Brendan Matthews (1 from 1)

Bubbly Charger

Peter Cronin (1 from 1)

Sole Mio

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED 

A full breakdown of where the 15 Irish trained greyhound finished in the third round.  

Saturday (15 runners)

Heat 2

1^st Bubbly Charger 

2^nd Bombay Pat 

Heat 3

1^st De Lahdedah 

5^th Barefoot On Fire 

6^th Ballinabola Joe

Heat 4

1^st Bockos Diamond 

2^nd Cheap Sandwiches 

5^th Jaytee Craze 

Heat 5

4^th Ballymac Tibet 

6^th Faypoint Susie 

Heat 6 

2^nd Hello Diego 

Heat 7

1^st Singalong Molly 

2^nd Faypoint Harvey 

Heat 8

1^st Sole Mio

2^nd Dynamic Force