Diamond is rated 2/5 to see off Tokyo's round two challenge

Diamond is rated 2/5 to see off Tokyo's round two challenge

BOCKOS DIAMOND is 2/5 with the sponsor to rebound from a first-ever Shelbourne defeat at the hands of Epic Ace last Friday by seeing off impressive first round winner Rolo Tokyo in round two of the BOYLE Sports Irish Derby this weekend.

Graham Holland's reigning champion was one of just four heat favourites quoted at odds-on initially although Hello Diego is now 10/11 from an opening evens in heat six.

Hopes Teddy and Shanahee Boomer are others to have seen seen early support ahead of their round two engagements.

Friday (BOYLE Sports, R2 heats 1-8)
Heat 1

1 Lennies Dream 2/1
2 Droopys Patriot 5/4
3 Harlequin Paul 16/1
4 Shanahee Boomer 7/2 (from 9/2)
5 Tarsna Maasai 8/1
6 Betgoodwin Ben 12/1

Heat 2
1 Callaway Five 4/1
2 Ballymac Danica 2/1
3 Swithins Jim 20/1
4 Fahee Phantom 8/1
5 Seven Beach 7/4
6 Coosane Pickles 5/1

Heat 3
1 Desert Flower 33/1
2 Magical Mag 2/1
3 Ballyhooly Bruno 5/1
4 De Lahdedah evens
5 In Good Time 10/1
6 Ballinabola Jim 10/1

Heat 4
1 Faypoint Harvey 8/1
2 Rolo Tokyo 5/2
3 Happy Jet 33/1
4 Ventry Faith 20/1
5 Blackeyed Turbo 33/1
6 Bockos Diamond 2/5

Heat 5
1 Toolmaker Josepe 3/1
2 vacant
3 Cheque For Cash 11/8
4 Da Bold Falcon 4/1
5 Hot Wood 4/1
6 Upper Horgan 8/1

Heat 6
1 Headleys Trump 4/1
2 Cosmonaut 8/1
3 Sallagh Curly 8/1
4 Lookandlep 4/1
5 Razldazl Kamaria 8/1
6 Hello Diego 10/11 (from evens)

Heat 7
1 Oreo Ollie 9/4
2 Brickhill Moana 25/1
3 Solo And Go 5/2
4 Danzig Rebel 20/1
5 Blossoms Syd 20/1
6 Ballymac Axel evens

Heat 8
1 Brunch Pal 25/1
2 Bushpark Rodney 16/1
3 Unanimous Leo 12/1
4 Epic Ace 5/2
5 Carrick Scholsey 9/4
6 Cheap Sandwiches 11/10

Saturday (BOYLE Sports, R2 heats 9-16)
Heat 9

1 Faypoint Ranger 6/1
2 Sunshine Sioux 10/1
3 Prince Naseem 16/1
4 Slipalong Duke 20/1
5 Ballymac Tibet 9/2
6 Bombay Pat 2/5

Heat 10
1 Hackney Corner 8/15
2 Priceless Romeo 16/1
3 Great Morning 50/1
4 Blastoff Heffo 6/1
5 Cushie The Best 10/1
6 The Other Wild 3/1

Heat 11
1 Phoenix Memphis 5/2
2 Cagey Billy 6/1
3 Callaway Knegare 5/2
4 Timmys Bucks 14/1
5 Glengar Silent 3/1
6 Lennies Madge 4/1

Heat 12
1 Proper Heiress 6/4
2 Magical On Fire 9/2
3 Doctor Darcy 16/1
4 Ballymac Stud 5/2
5 Droopys Orator 20/1
6 Lemon Joey 3/1

Heat 13
1 Maireads Diamond 6/1
2 Harry Houdini 12/1
3 Barefoot On Song 6/1
4 Daraghs Sydney 8/1
5 Town Lucky 12/1
6 Ballinabola Joe 1/2

Heat 14
1 Hackney Tango 6/1
2 De Bono Lad 11/2
3 Coloursaregreen 5/2
4 Toolmaker King 4/1
5 Rural Pest 6/4
6 Alva Mist 20/1

Heat 15
1 Hopes Teddy 9/4 (from 3/1)
2 Ballymac Lake 8/1
3 Westway Rossa 5/2
4 Triangle Brando 33/1
5 Highview Plan 16/1
6 Magical Sapphire 5/4

Heat 16
1 No More Fiftys 9/2
2 Badly Behaving 10/1
3 Swords Style 9/4
4 Magical Keith 5/2
5 Droopys Slick 8/1
6 Droopys Deploy 3/1


Special markets
BOYLE Sports - winning trainer: 6/4 Graham Holland, 4 Liam Dowling, 5 Pat Buckley, Patrick Guilfoyle, Paul Hennessy, 6 Robert Gleeson, 12 Owen McKenna, 14 Jennifer O'Donnell (others on request).

6/4 bitch finalist, 5/1 Track record [28.94sec] to be broken during the Irish Derby, 5/1 unbeaten winner, 10/1 bitch winner, 33/1 Derby champion not to have won a previous heat

Winning seed: 4/6 wide, 5/4 rails, 16 middle

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