THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. This week's edition features action from Curraheen Park [Irish Laurels semi-finals], Newbridge [Gleeson Memorial final], Limerick [Kennedy Cup final] and Shelbourne Park [Yvonne Barry 600 semis]. 0:...

STAR PELAW has been thwarted in its bid to revive greyhound racing’s hurdles Classic, the Grand National, for this year at least. Having announced earlier this year that the competition, last staged in 2024 at now closed Crayford, was to be reintroduced, the north-east track has been staging...

PORTUMNA CRYSTAL can make the most of a drop in class to regain the winning thread by taking Mullingar's A4 finale over 525 yards at 8.26. Beatrice Steiner's bitch has been running quite well in marginally better grade and, in addition to the ease, she...

DROOPYS UNREAL and Slick Sanctuary shared time honours in the semi-finals of the 2026 Bar 1 Betting Irish Greyhound Laurels over 525 yards at Curraheen Park. And the field for €30,000 Classic was finalised on Tuesday morning when semi-final dead-heaters Ballycowen Moon and Magical Jet met...

WEEKLY updates from the four UK greyhound tracks which feature regularly on the sisracing.tv service. Minimum requirement - 10 runners during the previous 14 days. Sean Parker takes top billing for the second reporting period in succession, his 4 winners from 11 runners at Doncaster maintaining his previous strike rate...

BALLYMAC SARGIE became only the third dual winner of the famous competition with a shock 25/1 success in the £10,000 final of the SIS Star Sports Stewards Cup over 590m at Star Pelaw. On a brilliant night at the north-east track in front of a packed crowd...

THE GBGB has launched 'Seeing Is Believing' which aims to challenge those who think they are against the sport to experience it before passing judgement on its future. The campaign kicks off with the launch of a video starring a former opponent of the sport who subsequently became...

THE hugely successful Star Sports Welsh Derby final meeting at Valley has strengthened the resolve of two Senedd members to overturn legislation threatening the ban the sport. Both Cai Parry-Jones and Catherine Cullen were present to see the Mike Burton-trained Face The Storm justify favouritism in the Welsh...

FACE THE STORM completed an unbeaten run through the competition to land the £5,000 final of the Star Sports Welsh Derby over 460m at Valley. It was yet another contrasting style of success for the Mike Burton-trained dog who had come from last to first in the heats...

THE English Greyhound Derby is to remain at Towcester until at least 2031 after it was announced the venue had agreed a five-year-deal with the GBGB. Now known as Betway Towcester for sponsorship reasons, the Northamptonshire track staged the Derby in 2017 and 2018 and then again from...

ENNISCORTHY heralded the start of October by joining the sisracing.tv service with the first of what will be a weekly Thursday evening meeting. The eight-race card was well received with Richard Brankley, head of greyhound operations for SIS, saying: “It was pleasing to see Enniscorthy make its debut...

THE GBGB's campaign against potential further rises in gambling taxes received mainstream coverage and support in Tuesday's Sun newspaper. More than 1,000 people have put their name to a letter the GBGB has sent to Prime Minister Andy Burnham with the aim of safeguarding greyhound...