Irish St Leger Winner Clonbrien Makes History At Treaty Track
Sarah Kinsella
Press Release
August 19th 2024
Irish St Leger Winner Clonbrien Makes History At Treaty Track
Back-To-Back Victories & Fastest Ever Leger
History was made at Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night as Clonbrien Treaty became the first dog in over 50 years to win back-to-back WillWeGo.com Irish St Legers.
Trained by Graham Holland, this son of Pestana – Clonbrien Millie made all over the 550 yards trip by producing his absolute best in a time of 29.28, the fastest ever time in an Irish St Leger final.
Emma Buckley with Ower Cracker after he broke the 600 yards track record.
Treaty, as he is known at home, went on to win by a length and a half to the Garry Dempsey trained Miami King who ran the race of his life to finish second. Barefoot On Fire was third for trainer Paul Hennessy.
It will go down as one of the best Irish St Leger finals of all time with this title being Treaty’s 4th classic win, a wonderful achievement.
Track Record
Fifteen minutes after his huge success the track record was broken for the 600 yards trip by the Pat Buckley trained Ower Cracker who recorded a blistering time of 32.04. There was a brilliant supporting card on offer with the 2023 Irish Derby champion The Other Kobe winning in 28.18 for the 525 yards.
The full report can be found here by Talking Dogs correspondent Peter Farrell.
Clonbrien Treaty, winner of the WillWeGo.com Irish St Leger with trainer Graham Holland, owners James & Muireann Murphy, CEO of GRI Tim Lucey, Ray Quinn, Head of Entertainment at Willwego.com and many more…
Sarah Kinsella, spokesperson for Greyhound Racing Ireland, said: “Wow. I have run out of superlatives for Clonbrien Treaty. To win back-to-back titles is an astounding achievement but to win it in the fastest ever time recorded is the icing on top. Congratulations to trainer Graham Holland, owners James & Muireann Murphy and all the connections. It was a special night at Limerick. Massive thanks to our sponsors WillWeGo.com.”
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