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...

THE final Greyhound Trader sale of 2024 takes place at Oxford on Wednesday 20th November when 51 lots are due to trial before being offered for auction. There is an earlier start time for trials of 9.30am, gates opening an hour beforehand, and Greyhound Trader's James Corden...

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...

NATHAN HUNT and Michelle Brown shared training honours in the heats of the BGBF Sprint at Harlow on Wednesday with both handlers landing doubles. Hunt's Teaboy Brownie was marginally fastest with a 15.12sec (+15) effort, five spots quicker than kennelmate Bang On Polly's 15.17sec...

GREYHOUND Racing Ireland has published the major competition schedule for 2025 with the main take being a return to a more traditional slot for the BoyleSports Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park. This year's renewal is currently on-going and reaches the semi-final stage this weekend with the much later...

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,...