BALLYMAC KOBE and Bombay Birch dominate the betting for Sunday's English Puppy Derby final over 500m at Towcester (live on sisracing.tv) after respectively setting the first round and semi-final standard in the Category One event. Bombay Birch is unbeaten in the competition, while Ballymac Kobe went down...

BROADWAY STEEL is the sole unbeaten finalist going into Saturday's £3,000 BetGoodwin Series Maiden Sprint Cup decider over 253m at Oxford (live on sisracing.tv). Sean White's dog has steered an extravagantly wide course in both heat and semi but rallied well to win by...

THE weekly Irish Focus, which takes in all the big racing in Ireland, now appears on sisracing.tv It is Shelbourne Park all the way this week with the semi-finals of the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby and Michael Fortune Memorial Derby Plate plus the final of the Gourmet Island Puppy...

KILKENNY will feature on the SIS service on Friday evening this week with the intention being that the slot will become a regular on the schedule after a successful outing on 8th November due to fireworks issues in the UK. A ten-race card is programmed and further cements the relationship...

JUST six remain the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby including three Classic winners, an English Derby runner-up and a progressive four lengths semi-final winner but the quintet are all overshadowed by the brilliant Bockos Diamond so far as the betting is concerned. Indeed, after breaking the 550 yards track record with...

BOCKOS DIAMOND equalled his own 550 yards track record with another brilliant display in the opening semi-final of the BoyleSports Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park. Graham Holland's star was in command from the outset courtesy of a 3.27sec sectional and maintained his unbeaten record in the event...

THE Star Sports team is moving into newly-renamed Star Pelaw following the fir's completion of the takeover of the north-east venue and went for a 'sneak peak' on Monday. STAR PELAW GREYHOUNDS: Sneak PeakOn the day that the new signage was being delivered to Pelaw Grange...

The GBGB has announced the launch of a new greyhound homing campaign, complete with dedicated website, designed to showcase the benefits of owning an ex-racer. The campaign is titled ‘Share Your Life With a Greyhound’ and has been designed to spread the word about what excellent pets greyhounds make and...

THE GBGB has published its 2025 major open-race schedule comprising the Category One and Category Two competitions for the racing year ahead. GBGB racing operations executive Scott Harvey said: “The action on the track this year has been nothing short of sensational, and we are all still drawing breath from...

A monthly video record of the major SIS UK and Irish races run during 2024 with accompanying reporting. 05/10 - Curraheen Park: Bar One Racing Irish Laurels - Crafty Shivoo CRAFTY SHIVOO battled the weather conditions which had only just relented sufficiently to allow racing to go ahead and...

THE purchase of the now officially-named Star Pelaw by Star Sports is complete with the meeting on Sunday 3rd November the first to be staged under the firm's control although there have already been two fixtures shown on the SIS service. Jonathan Kay caught up with Kim Sanzone,...

THE BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby starts this weekend with 26 first round heats spread over Friday and Saturday nights at the 'new' Shelbourne Park which recently reopened to much acclaim after a huge revamp. Jonathan Kay spoke to Greyhound Racing Ireland's PR & Brand Executive Sarah...