THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park concludes on Saturday evening - live on sisracing.tv - with an initial entry of 144 now whittled down to six. Jonathan Kay looks at the career records of the finalists with the field comprising exclusively 2024 whelps as...

THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park is the highlight of the Irish greyhound calendar and we are now down to the final six hopefuls ahead of Saturday's final. Jonathan Kay caught up with the sponsor's Damien Lonergan and Shelbourne...

BOUNCING MONARCH will go into Saturday's €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby final boasting the only unbeaten record in the event having produced another terrific all-round performance at Shelbourne Park. Michael O'Donovan's star was 8/11 favourite to continue his winning run...

THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park is the highlight of the Irish greyhound calendar and has been whittled down to a dozen hopefuls ahead of this weekend's semi-finals. Jonathan Kay caught up with the sponsor's Damien Lonergan and...

BOUNCING MONARCH not only set the fastest overall time of the event in BOYLE Sports Irish Derby quarter-final victory when posting 29.08sec, he also matched his own joint-best third bend sectional along the way. Michael O'Donovan's star equalled his 16.87sec second round...

BOUNCING MONARCH is the sole unbeaten contender remaining in the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby after another flawless display in the quarter-finals over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park. Michael O'Donovan's Kirby Memorial champion also set the standard for a third round out of four after...

THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park is the highlight of the Irish greyhound calendar and has been whittled down to 24 greyhounds ahead of this weekend's quarter-finals. Jonathan Kay caught up with the sponsor's Damien Lonergan and Shelbourne...

WI CAN JAMES matched the best time of the 2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby when landing his third round heat in 29.10sec despite being only second fastest through the third bend sectional mark. Honour of quickest to that point went to Bouncing Monarch with a 16.93sec split, five...

IT was doubles all round at Shelbourne Park on Saturday as three handlers each sent out a brace of winners in the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby third round. Other headlines were a trio of hopefuls maintaining their unbeaten records in the Classic including some emphatic victories but the Derby...

THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park is the highlight of the Irish greyhound calendar and continued last weekend with Bouncing Monarch again impressing in round two but Droopys Deniro being a shock elimination. Jonathan Kay caught up with the sponsor's Damien...

BOUNCING MONARCH took sole possession of fastest-of-round honours in round two of the BOYLE Sports Irish Derby with a 29.11sec effort in Friday's closer having had to share the accolade with Sleight Of Hand when both clocked 29.10sec a week earlier. However, Michael O&...

BOCKOS DIAMOND, the 2024 champion, re-affirmed that he is a major player in this year's BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby with another brilliant performance at Shelbourne Park on Saturday. 0:00 /0:33 1× Graham Holland's star will officially be a veteran by the date...

BOUNCING MONARCH, joint-fastest with Sleight Of Hand in the first round, was again the standard-setter in the opening night of second round action in the the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park. 0:00 /0:22 1× The Michael O’Donovan-trained Kirby...

THE 2026 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby is under way with Bouncing Monarch and Sleight Of Hand taking top first round honours on the clock with identical 29.10sec heat winning times on Saturday. The pair were very closely matched to the third bend as well with the official sectionals from...

THE €125,000 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park is the highlight of the Irish greyhound calendar and got off to a brilliant start last weekend with a series of top class performances. Jonathan Kay caught up with the sponsor's Damien Lonergan and Shelbourne...

BOUNCING MONARCH and Sleight Of Hand both produced sensational runs to jointly-set the first round standard in the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park. Michael O'Donovan's Kirby Memorial champion Bouncing Monarch opened Saturday's session with a heat 13...

LENNIES EDDIE produced the run of his short career on the biggest of stages with a superb from-the-front victory in the £125,000 final of the Star Sports/Orchestrate English Greyhound Derby over 500m at Towcester. In doing so, the Lee Craze-owned dog credited winning trainer Paul...

CHEAP SANDWICHES enshrined trainer Graham Holland in the history books with an authoritative performance to land the €125,000 final of the BOYLE Sports Irish Greyhound Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park. In doing so, the 4/5 favourite credited Holland with a fifth victory in Ireland's...