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GBGB files High Court claim for judicial review over Welsh ban

THE GBGB has filed a claim for judicial review in relation to the decision announced by the Welsh government in February to ban greyhound racing in the country. A number of key stakeholders from across the sport are offering financial support. Mark Bird, CEO of the Greyhound Board of Great...

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Brealey is new GBGB owners’ rep after topping poll

TONY BREALEY has been elected the new Owner Practitioner Director on the GBGB. As Owners’ Rep, he will represent the views of all GBGB registered owners and ensure their interests are represented at Board level. Brealey is a company director, based in South Derbyshire. He has owned greyhounds for just...

Irish Focus

Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 14th May edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Dundalk, Kilkenny, Newbridge, Shelbourne Park and Tralee feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /16:54 1×...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 7th May edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Kilkenny, Newbridge, Shelbourne Park and Tralee feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /18:12 1×...

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Star Pelaw and Untold Racing to revive the famous Stewards Cup

STAR PELAW is to revive the famous Stewards Cup after an absence of 17 years with the backing of Untold Racing’s Callum Purdy. The early October competition will have Category Two status and be staged over the six-bend 590m trip at the County Durham venue with heats on Saturday...

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Heiress brilliant in Juvenile win, Holland lands another Kirby title

A monthly video record of the major SIS UK and Irish races run during 2025 with accompanying reporting. 05/04 - Shelbourne Park: BresBet Easter Cup final - Hopes Teddy HOPES TEDDY credited Pat Buckley with a third win in the Classic when taking early control to claim the €25,...

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Shelbourne redevelopment is recognised at industry awards

THE much-vaunted redevelopment of Shelbourne Park was recognised at the Irish Construction Excellence Awards on Thursday. The project - and LAM Architects and Grant Fit Out - picked up two awards for Architectural Design Excellence and Project Fit-Out up to €5 million. Work commenced in February last year with a...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 30th April edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Newbridge, Shelbourne Park and Tralee feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /11:26 1×...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 23rd April edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Limerick, Shelbourne Park, Tralee and Waterford feature in this week's edition with the highlight being the €80,000 Con & Annie Kirby Memorial final. 0:00 /17:27...

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Playgirl Holloway-bound as she tops successful Star Pelaw sale

TOTAL turnover of almost £65,000 with 39 of 40 lots sold saw the first sale organised by International Greyhound Services at Star Pelaw on Thursday 17th April deemed a great success. Top lot on the day was Droopys Playgirl, a January 2024 repeat mating to Shelbourne track record breaker...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 16th April edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Limerick, Shelbourne Park, Tralee and Waterford feature in this week's edition with Aoife Corrigan guest hosting. 0:00 /11:31 1×...

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Davis and Greyhound Racing UK strengthen ties with Towcester

MIKE DAVIS, who launched and is MD of Greyhound Racing UK, has reached agreement with Towcester promoter Kevin Boothby to boost the customer experience at the Northamptonshire venue. It extends the arrangement already in place between Boothby and Davis that covers the responsibility of promotion and marketing of the Star...

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Greyhound Homing UK sets up an online 'Adoption Platform'

GREYHOUND Homing UK has launched what it claims is a ground-breaking innovation to find greyhounds their forever homes. The Adoption Platform on Greyhound Homing UK’s website has been described as a “Rightmove for greyhounds” and brings together homing centres around the country allowing them to upload details of greyhounds...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 9th April edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Enniscorthy, Limerick, Shelbourne Park and Tralee feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /18:32 1×...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 2nd April edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Enniscorthy, Limerick and Shelbourne Park feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /19:07 1×...

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Towcester sale produces record tally with near £211K aggregate

TOWCESTER's Greyhound Trader sale on Monday 31st March lived up to expectations by producing record aggregate turnover of £210,950. In all, 44 of the 46 (96%) of the greyhounds offered were sold on the day including eight for whom off the bench deals were concluded after they...

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Patriot stars in Juvenile Classic, Towcester goes wild for Mongys

A monthly video record of the major SIS UK and Irish races run during 2025 with accompanying reporting. 07/03 - Tralee: T Nolan CVRT Centre Juvenile Classic - Droopys Patriot DROOPYS PATRIOT, trained by Robert Gleeson for the Newmarket Racing Syndicate, showed his rivals a clean pair of heels...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wed 26th March edition

THE weekly Irish Focus takes in all the big racing in Ireland and is published on sisracing.tv every Wednesday. Curraheen Park, Enniscorthy, Kilkenny, Limerick, Shelbourne Park and Waterford feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /18:29 1×...

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Racing offices given ability to conduct automated trap draws

THE GBGB has announced that racing offices will shortly have the ability to conduct automated trap draws through the new Racing Office System [ROS] which has been rolled out over the past few months in collaboration with Racing and Sports. The first phase involves minor open races and competition finals...

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Return of greyhound racing at Suffolk Downs is still planned

MILDENHALL Stadium, which hosted greyhound racing under the name Suffolk Downs until a devastating fire last summer, will rise from the ashes this weekend when staging a stock car meeting on Saturday. And hopes remain high of a resumption of greyhound racing at some point although much remedial work remains...

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Rugby legend Marler enlisted to spread the word on rehoming

THE GBGB, which launched the withagreyhound.org.uk rehoming website last autumn, has enlisted rugby legend Joe Marler to spread the world. Recently retired himself, Marler features in ‘Adopt a Sporting Legend’ which is a spoof documentary from PR agency W Communications asking ‘ What’s more adoptable, a cuddly canine...

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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×...

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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...

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Ian Fortune's Weekly Irish Focus - Wednesday 12th 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, Mullingar, Newbridge, Shelbourne Park, Tralee and Waterford feature in this week's edition. 0:00 /18:21 1×...