Ian Fortune
After 32 opening round heats, Ireland’s hand in the Star Sports & TRC English Derby remains as strong as ever.
There were some superb displays over the past three nights and we now look forward to the second round draw which is due to be made tomorrow afternoon.
There will no doubt be some seeding changes. A grand total of 32 Irish trained greyhounds will be in the draw, including an incredible eight from Pat Buckley, who saw each and every one of his team progress. Below we’ve highlighted some of the stats from the opening round focusing, as you would expect, on the Irish runners.
Number of Irish trained winners in opening round:
15 from a possible 24 (Ireland had runners in 24 of the 32 heats)
Number of Irish trained qualifiers:
32
Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:
Pat Buckley (8)
Bobsleigh Dream
Singalong Sally
Glengar Scholar
Scarty Yank
Le Bonite
Cushie Concorde
Ballinabola Ed
Glengar Jenny
Graham Holland (5)
Bockos Leah
Part Blake
Bockos Vieira
Knight Tornado
Romeo Magico
Peter Cronin (5)
Da Bold Freddie
Emilys Jet
Kildare
Cape Cloud
All About Ted
Liam Dowling (4)
Hoodoo Brown
Ballymac Fairone
Ballymac Belvult
Ballymac Leon
Paul Hennessy (4)
Hello Hammond
Priceless Jet
Barefoot Supremo
Jaytee Wexford
Michael O’Donovan (2)
Skywalker Barry
Coolavanny Calvn
Brendan Matthews (2)
Wide Open
Fernandes
Karol Ramsbottom (1)
Deadly Showtime
Owen McKenna (1)
Ballymore Border
WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED
A full breakdown of where the 43 Irish trained greyhound finished in the opening round.
Thursday (10 runners)
Heat 2
2nd Hoodoo Brown
Heat 4
2nd Hello Hammond
Heat 5
5th Conamara
Heat 6
2nd Ballymore Border
4th Im To Blame
Heat 7
1st Da Bold Freddie
Heat 8
1st Skywalker Barry
2nd Ballymac Fairone
3rd Bockos Leah
Heat 9
3rd Priceless Jet
Friday (17 runners)
Heat 11
1st Bobsleigh Dream
3rd Ballymac Belvult
Heat 12
1st Part Blake
2nd Singalong Sally
4th Savana Hero
Heat 15
2nd Glengar Scholar
Heat 16
1st Emilys Jet
4th Run Bolt
5th Balymac Ben
Heat 17
1st Scarty Yank
Heat 18
1st Le Bonite
2nd Kildare
Heat 19
2nd Coolavanny Calvn
Heat 20
1st Ballinabola Ed
2nd Cushie Concorde
5th Getawaywithit
Heat 21
1st Cape Cloud
Saturday (16 runners)
Heat 22
1st Barefoot Supremo
4th Beach Avenue
5th Russian Glory
Heat 24
2nd Glengar Jenny
3rd Jaytee Wexford
Heat 25
1st Deadly Showtime
Heat 27
1st Bockos Vieira
Heat 28
1st Wide Open
5th Bockos Budsit
Heat 29
2nd Knight Tornado
3rd Romeo Magico
4th Deadly Destroyer
Heat 30
1st All About Ted
3rd Fernandes
6th Romeo On Fire
Heat 31
1st Ballymac Leon