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Saturday Report
MAESTRO TAKES THE PRIZE AS DEVIL GOES QUICKEST AT LIMERICK
Peter Farrell
The final of the Limerick & Clare GOBA A7 525 was the highlight on last night's Limerick card and Hawkeye Maestro made it back to back wins to claim victory for owner Aishling Murphy.
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE FOR BLUE IN THURLES
Peter Farrell
Thunder Blue produced a brilliant performance on his first outing at Thurles Park last week but that was merely a taster of what was to follow as Kevin McLean’s charge landed a hot open contest last night in brilliant style.
DERBY LOCH ONE FOR THE FUTURE
Peter Farrell
It was an all graded affair last night at Limerick Greyhound Stadium but there was one performance in particular which caught the eye as Derby Loch landed his novice event with relative ease.
COOLEMOUNT BOSS MAKES A WINNING START FOR THE FOUR CULCHIES
Peter Farrell
In what was an all graded affair at Galway Greyhound Stadium on Friday night, there was a special reason for celebration for a certain group of individuals as the newly formed, Four-Culchies syndicate got off to an unbeaten start with their promising greyhound Coolemount Boss.
DOUBLE FOR KELLY AS NICO STARS FOR TROY
Peter Farrell
The litter of Good News - Magical Zeta has already hit the headlines in recent weeks with the exploits of Magical Soraya at Galway. Last night however, another littermate in Mystical Nico got off to an impressive winning start at Limerick.
SPEEDSTER MANNY STARS AT GALWAY
Peter Farrell
Without doubt the star of last night's Galway meeting was that of Aoife McGrath owned Foxwood Manny as he posted a flying 18.76 for the sprint distance.
FOOT PERFECT DISPLAY FROM BALLYMAC TRUDI IN FINAL OF THE TWO WHEEL TRAINING
Barry Drake
Woodbrook Laurel (Laughil Blake-Kilbarry Sharpe) went quickest on the clock at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.
OUTSTANDING FRONT RUNNING DISPLAY FROM CORMACS JET
Barry Drake
The €1,200 to the winner of the Jack, Mary & Brian Finn Memorial went the way of Cormacs Jet at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.
CABRA BLITZES THE FIELD AT THURLES
Peter Farrell
Cabra Blitz was the star performer at Thurles Park last night as she landed the luck last in style for owner Paul Scally.
MYSTICAL LUNA STEALS THE SHOW
Peter Farrell
Galway hosted an all-graded, eleven race card last night and there was one performance in particular which caught the eye as Mystical Luna blew her rivals away over the extended 575 distance.
DANA ON POINT WITH STUNNING DISPLAY AT GALWAY
Peter Farrell
Miss Joss hit the headlines in recent weeks after two very impressive performances at Galway greyhound stadium and whilst her aim will now turns to the Juvenile Derby at Shelbourne Park later this month, her litter sister Dana Point stole the show in a 575 yard event last night at the Connacht venue.
SEVERAL QUALITY DISPLAY AT THURLES PARK
Peter Farrell
Thurles Park held a nine race card last night and there were several performances of note on the night.
PALACE THE STAR ON NIGHT OF DOUBLES AT GALWAY
Peter Farrell
There were some fine performances of note last night at Galway stadium and despite two kennels landing nice doubles, the star of the show was Palace Mystery who recorded a slick 28.57 for trainer Rachel Wheeler.
THREE ON THE BOUNCE FOR MINGLERS OMEGA
Barry Drake
Confirming his semi-final form, Minglers Omega (Sparta Maestro-Minglers Suarez) ran out a most impressive winner of Saturday night's feature at Waterford track, the final of the €1,700 Casey's Caravan & Camping Park unraced stake.
MISS JOSS AN EXCITING PROSPECT
Peter Farrell
Miss Joss was highlighted a number of weeks back after a hugely impressive debut at Galway greyhound stadium saw her clock a brilliant 28.74. Fast forward three weeks later and the Mullins-Curtin syndicate owned bitch is back in the headlines with another hot performance.
A MAGICAL DEBUT FROM SILAS
Peter Farrell
With all eyes fixed primarily on the stars contesting the second round of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park last night, a future star also emerged at Limerick greyhound stadium and not for the first time, it hailed from the kennel of Pat Guilfoyle.
MINGLERS OMEGA MAKES IT BACK TO BACK VICTORIES IN FINE STYLE
Barry Drake
The Casey's Caravan and Camping Park unraced stake reached its semi-final stage in Waterford on Saturday night and it produced two outstanding semi-finals.
DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR LYNCH KENNELS AT LIMERICK
Peter Farrell
Last night’s Limerick card was an all graded affair with the highlight being a nice double for the kennel of Mary Lynch with her greyhounds, Bright Dream and Bright Rock.
ANOTHER AMAZING DISPLAY FROM ALICE
Peter Farrell
While Grangeview Ten was romping to Bar One Irish Sprint Cup success in Dundalk for trainer Pat Guilfoyle, Amazing Alice was representing the Moneygall handler down in Galway and she certainly didn’t disappoint in the final of the ‘Sean Conneely Plant Hire A3 525’
NEVER IN DOUBT FOR GRAIGUE RETALICK
Peter Farrell
The €1,600 to the winner ‘Centenary Feed & Grain A2 570’ was the highlight on last night’s Thurles Park card and Graigue Retalick was a cut above the rest as he maintained his unbeaten streak through the stake to land the spoils.
PEARL STARS AT THURLES
Peter Farrell
With the Tipperary Cup now scheduled to begin next Saturday night, it was an all graded affair at Thurles Park last night and the star of the show came in the opening race of the night when Private Pearl showed her rivals a clean pair of paws.
XTRA SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AT THURLES PARK
Peter Farrell
Next week’s opening round of the Centenary Tipperary Cup will be hotly anticipated based on some of the fantastic performances put on show last night at Thurles Park. Boylesports Xtra was the star over the four bends but Azzabi gave the clock a real scare over the sprint distance.
HAT TRICK FOR TYRUR AT LIMERICK
Peter Farrell
It was an all graded affair at Limerick Greyhound Stadium last night but there was an extra special performance from Cloncunny Tyrur in race nine as the Nora O’Malley owned greyhound made it three wins on the spin.
MINGLERS POPEYE ONE TO FOLLOW GOING FORWARD
Barry Drake
Minglers Popeye (Sparta Maestro-Minglers Suarez) confirmed his status as a very promising youngster with another brilliant performance in Waterford on Saturday night.
PACEMAKER TED STAR PERFORMER AT CURRAHEEN PARK
Barry Drake
There was one performance of note from Curraheen Park on Saturday night with Pacemaker Ted (Laughil Blake-Droopys Harbour) making the most of the drop-in class to win the closing race on the card.
DAITNI & MOUSE SET THE BUMBLEBEE STANDARD
Peter Farrell
The first round of the €1,400 to the winner, ‘Bumblebee Kyne A2/A3 550’ took centre stage at Galway last night and despite the best efforts of Storm Jorge, Bumblebee Daitni and Springwood Mouse turned in two quality performances.
UNTOUCHABLE FLOYD MAKES IT EIGHT FROM EIGHT
Peter Farrell
Burnpark Floyd holds the mantle of the most in-form greyhound in the Country at present and last night at Galway, the pocket sized black made it eight wins from eight starts as he landed another sprint contest for owner, Michael Browne.
BIG FUTURE FOR MAGICAL BUDDY AS VALOR MAKES A WINNING RETURN
Peter Farrell
With the ‘Con & Annie Kirby Memorial 2020’ not too far away, last night’s Limerick card featured the final of the ‘Upcoming Kirby Unraced 525’ and team Guilfoyle look to have unleashed another potential star as Magical Buddy ran out an easy winner of the €800 to the winner feature.
GANGSTER STEALS THE SHOW IN DUBLIN COACH DECIDER
Peter Farrell
With €1,800 on offer for the winner, the ‘Dublin Coach A3’ final was the feature at Limerick Greyhound Stadium last night and it was the Johnny O’Sullivan trained, Killahan Gangster who got back to winning ways on the night that mattered.