Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 19th March edition THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Newbridge, Shelbourne Park and Waterford feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /20:25 1×...
Knegare heads BresBet Easter betting after narrow R1 reverse CALLAWAY KNEGARE is 5/1 favourite with the sponsor for the BresBet Easter Cup after just being pipped in the joint-fastest time of the opening round of the Shelbourne 550 yards Classic. Owen McKenna's Irish Derby third flew late to go down by the minimum margin to Geoff...
Sue's sprint pace can prove key to landing A7 Harlow success ALNO SUE has performed consistently well in defeat since her most recent victory on Valentine's Day and Colin Dibb's bitch makes strong appeal in Harlow's A7 over 415m at 6.46. That latest success was in a similar contest to this since when she...
Draw made for opening round of Limerick's €80K Kirby Memorial THE €80,000 Con & Annie Kirby Memorial takes place at Limerick over the next five Saturdays and can be seen in its entirety on sisracing.tv The draw for the first round has been made and features an early rematch in the opening heat between The Other Wild and...
Taylor is quickest in TV Trophy heats as Class of '24 stands firm BALLYMAC TAYLOR was fastest as all three Time Greyhound Nutrition TV Trophy heats over 942m at Towcester went to market leaders. Completing a double for champion trainer Mark Wallis, who had earlier scored with Mongys Wild, the track record holder and 2024 TV Trophy runner-up was heavily-supported into 8/15F...
Cooper hits out at welfare claims of his former employer RSPCA GBGB chairman Jeremy Cooper has responded strongly to a recent RSPCA opinion piece published by website Nation Cymru following the proposed call for a ban on greyhound racing in Wales. The response, link below, has also been published in full by Nation Cymru. Cooper wrote: "I read with utter...
Hillside Lily is dominant in the Vase decider at Star Pelaw HILLSIDE LILY, sent off a well-supported 9/4 favourite on the night having been 20/1 with the sponsor ante-post pre-event, took early command to land the £1,000 final of the Bet Aways And Sports Events With Star Sports On-Course Vase over 435m at Star Pelaw. Trained by Martin...
Star Sports/TRC English Derby first prize confirmed as £175,000 THE first prize for the 2025 Star Sports/TRC English Derby has been confirmed as remaining at £175,000 with the final on Saturday 14th June. The competition can be seen in its entirety on sisracing.tv There had been suggestions that the huge sum had proved unviable for promoter...
Diamond and Julie take top dog and bitch titles at Irish awards BRILLIANT Irish Derby champion Bockos Diamond was predictably crowned Dog of the Year at the National Greyhound Racing Awards at Shelbourne Park on Sunday with fellow finalist and Irish Oaks dead-heater A Lucky Julie taking the Bitch award. Bockos Diamond has a career record of 16 wins in 17 races...
Dolly retains Irish Cesarewitch title digging in to hold off Scoby SINGALONG DOLLY became the fourth multiple winner of the event when just holding off Radical Scoby to successfully defend her Time Irish Cesarewitch Open title with narrow victory in the €10,000 final over 600 yards at Mullingar. Trained by Pat Buckley for Gilbert Anderson, Singalong Dolly (11/4) turned...
Patriot is quick on the draw to claim Juvenile Classic title DROOPYS PATRIOT, trained by Robert Gleeson for the Newmarket Racing Syndicate, showed his rivals a clean pair of heels to land the €11,000 T Nolan CVRT Centre Juvenile Classic final over 525 yards at Tralee's Kingdom Stadium. Outsider Flashing Fender (10/1) was first to show but...
SIS and RMG agree three-year deal extension SIS and Racecourse Media Group (RMG) have agreed to an extension for the distribution and transmission of audio-visual and data from RMG racecourses to licensed betting offices (LBO) across UK and Ireland. High-quality and day-in, day-out horseracing output from RMG’s stable of racecourses, including the Jockey Club courses – such...