IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

A total of 15 Irish greyhound from a possible 22 qualified from the second round of the Star Sports/ TRC English Greyhound Derby over the weekend with 9 of the 16 heats going to the raiding party. 

There were some exceptional performances over the two nights and it was no surprise to see the Irish sending out the four fastest heat winners. Below 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 second round: 

9 from a possible 11 (Ireland had runners in 11 of the 16 heats) 

Number of Irish trained qualifiers: 

15 (from a possible 22)

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers: 

Graham Holland (5 from 7)

Bockos Diamond

Bombay Pat

Cheap Sandwiches

Faypoint Harvey

Faypoint Susie

Paul Hennessy (4 from 7)

Jaytee Craze

Barefoot On Fire

Dynamic Force 

Hello Diego

Liam Dowling (2 from 3)

Ballymac Tibet

De Lahdedah

Pat Buckley (2 from 2)

Ballinabola Joe

Singalong Molly

Brendan Matthews (1 from 2)

Bubbly Charger

Peter Cronin (1 from 1)

Sole Mio

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED 

A full breakdown of where the 22 Irish trained greyhound finished in the opening round.  

Friday (9 runners)

Heat 2

1^st Ballinabola Joe

2^nd De Lahdedah 

5^th Lennies Desire 

Heat 3

1^st Dynamic Force 

3^rd Hello Diego 

5^th Boylesports Blue 

Heat 4

5^th Ballymac Pebb 

Heat 6 

3^rd Ballymac Tibet 

Heat 8

1^st Faypoint Susie 

Saturday (13 runners)

Heat 9

1^st Sole Mio

5^th Pain Barrier 

Heat 10

1^st Bombay Pat 

Heat 11

1^st Bubbly Charger 

3^rd Barefoot On Fire

5^th Crokers Planet

Heat 12

1^st Singalong Molly 

4^th Vals Tashadelek 

Heat 13

1^st Bockos Diamond

Heat 16

1^st Cheap Sandwiches 

2^nd Faypoint Harvey

3^rd Jaytee Craze 

6^th Boylesports Bob