TALKING DOGS ON THURSDAY EPISODE 102: LEONARD O'HANLON

Barry Drake

This week Barry Drake is joined by trainer Leonard O’Hanlon.

Leonard is no stranger to success and is well known within the greyhound racing industry. He starts by sharing his earliest memories of greyhound racing as he reminisces on fond memories shared with his grandad trackside across the country. From a young age Leonard was fascinated by greyhounds and soon fell in love with the amazing sport. He went on to share the amusing story of purchasing his first greyhound and how a bus trip home with the dog was simply not going to cut it!

Leonard chats about his family’s involvement with horse racing with his brother, Paddy O’Hanlon, enjoying Irish Grand National Success. Leonard suffered an injury form a kick from horse at a young age and he chats about how this incident led him to move his attention to greyhound racing. 

After he completed his Leaving Cert, Leonard went on to work with some high-profile greyhound trainers of the time including Ian Reilly. Leonard now has his own set up at home where he schools and trains greyhounds with his plans for developing and improving. He chats about Beepers Chris who is currently racing in the 2022 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby.

Listen to their chat now!

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