IRELAND’S TOWCESTER PROGRESS BY NUMBERS

Ian Fortune

A total of 27 Irish greyhounds from a possible 39 qualified from the opening round of the Star Sports& Orchestrate English Greyhound Derby over the weekend with 13 of the 28 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 fastest heat winner on each evening. 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 opening round:

13 from a possible 24 (Ireland had runners in 24 of the 28 heats)

Number of Irish trained qualifiers:

27 (from a possible 39)

Breakdown of Irish qualifiers:

Graham Holland (9from 11)

Cheap Sandwiches

Donishall Sam

Faypoint Harvey

Garfiney Warrior

Gaytime Clyde

Gaytime Joachim

Slippery Brian

Swords Style

Yorkie Ollie

Paul Hennessy (6 from 6)

Coloursaregreen

Lennies Desire

Lennies Dynamic

Lennies Eddie

Lennies Tank

Priceless Romeo

Liam Dowling (6 from 8)

Ballymac Deniro

Ballymac Duffle

Ballymac Iroko

Ballymac Ralf

Ballymac Stud

Pat Buckley (4 from 7)

Glengar Kane

Glengar Silent

Hackney Corner

Singalong Polly

Brendan Matthews (1 from 4)

Unassuming

Mark Robinson (1 from 2)

Getup The Boy

John Kennedy (1 from 1)

Epic Ace

WHERE THE IRISH FINISHED

A full breakdown of where the 39 Irish trained greyhound finished in the opening round. 

Friday (22 runners)

Heat 1

1^stPriceless Romeo

2^ndBallymac Ralf

Heat 2

1^st Glengar Kane

2^nd Getup The Boy

4^th Ballymac Tibet

Heat 4

1^stSingalong Polly

3^rdUnassuming

6^th Grouchos Jack

Heat 5

2^nd Faypoint Harvey

Heat 6

1^st Swords Style

2^ndDonishall Sam

Heat 8

3^rd Coloursaregreen

5^th Bockos Diamond

Heat 9

2^nd Lennies Eddie

5^th Unanimous Leo

Heat 10

4^th Glengar Silent

5^th Ballinabola Joe

6^thShudacudawouda

Heat 11

5^th Ballymac Malinas

Heat 12

1^st Epic Ace

Heat 13

1^st Ballymac Stud

Heat 14

1^st Ballymac Duffle

Saturday (17 runners)

Heat 15

1^st Slippery Brian

5^thUncle Keith

6^th Ello Ello

Heat 16

5^thBallymac Setanta

Heat 17

2^nd Lennies Desire

4^th Cheap Sandwiches

Heat 18

1^stGaytime Clyde

Heat 19

2^ndGarfiney Warrior

Heat 20

1^stHackney Corner

Heat 21

2^ndGaytime Joachim

Heat 22

1^st Ballymac Deniro

4^th Low Profile

Heat 23

4^th Lennies Dynamic

5^th Down Tothe Wire

Heat 25

3^rd Yorkie Ollie

Heat 26

1^st Lennies Tank

Heat 28

1^st Ballymac Iroko