ALL nine wide seeds qualifying for the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby semi-finals certainly led to an interesting trap draw with the sponsor's odds-compiler Damien Lonergan admitting to a fair amount of head-scratching. In his regular weekly catch-up with Jonathan Kay, Lonergan also reflects on last Saturday's...

JUST four spots separated three of the four quarter-final winners in the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park. Carrick Aldo (29.15sec) took honours on the clock, Bombay Pat posted 29.19sec as he maintained his unbeaten record in the event with ante-post favourite Bockos Diamond matching it as...

MARCH ON FREDDIE carries UK hopes into the BoyleSports Irish Derby quarter-finals on Saturday after passing every test set him in the Shelbourne Classic to date in very contrasting fashions. Trainer David Mullins spoke with Jonathan Kay about the campaign to date, his thoughts on the quarter-final challenge and a...

ONLY one greyhound to start with when it came to the weekly Irish Derby catch-up with BoyleSports' odds compiler Damien Lonergan, namely record-breaking Bockos Diamond. Now Damo loves a top class performance as much as anyone, but having offered, and been well accommodated by punters at the price, 10-1...

BOCKOS DIAMOND rewrote the history books at Shelbourne Park as round three of the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby got off to a sensational start. Sent off 1/5 favourite for the opening heat, Graham Holland's star immediately made his intentions clear as he took total command, initially passing...

MUCH of the post round two BoyleSports Irish Derby wrap focussed on the brilliant Bockos Diamond with the sponsor's odds compiler Damien Lonergan revealing to Jonathan Kay that some shrewdies are on at 50/1. Damo was also breathing a sigh of relief that a record-breaking 16.68sec...

BALLINABOLA JIM produced the run of Saturday night in round two of the BoyleSports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park. Completing a six-timer, Brendan Murphy‘s dog was soon in control and came home nine and a half lengths clear of Callaway Knegare in a superb 29.07sec....

LITTER-brothers Bockos Diamond and March On Freddie dazzled in sharply contrasting styles to set the bar exceptionally high in Friday's opening session of the BoyleSports Irish Derby second round at Shelbourne Park. Pride of place has to go to Graham Holland's Bockos Diamond, who was just...

THE dust has settled on the opening round of the 2024 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby with attention now firmly focussed on round two, live on sisracing.tv on Friday and Saturday this week. Jonathan Kay caught up once again with BoyleSports' odds compiler Damien Lonergan to get his first...

MARCH ON FREDDIE put down a huge BoyleSports Irish Derby marker with a brilliant best-of-round 29.19sec victory in heat 18 over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park on Saturday. David Mullins' UK raider was sent off 3-10 favourite and made those odds look generous in the extreme as he...

BOCKOS DIAMOND justified his position as outright favourite by setting the first night standard in the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park on Friday. A modest start in heat two proved only a temporary blip as he flew round in 29.23sec with trainer Graham Holland...

THE €125,000 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby starts with 26 first round heats staged across Friday and Saturday evening at Shelbourne Park. Irish expert Ian Fortune has been casting his eyes over the competition and has picked two outright fancies at decent odds. 0:00 /2:43 1×...

DAMIEN LONERGAN is the man tasked with keeping Irish Greyhound Derby sponsor BoyleSports on the right side when it comes to pricing up the €125,000 event and thinks the later timing of this year's event could have an impact on the outcome. After trapping fast to get...

TRACKS the length and breadth of Ireland staged trial stakes ahead of the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby in which victory earned automatic entry into the Shelbourne Classic Unfortunately, the Shelbourne Park trial stakes on 5th October won by Southwood Stan is not available for technical reasons. He runs in heat...

THE names of 156 greyhounds ultimately went into the first round draw for the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby meaning 26 heats will be split equally over Friday and Saturday at Shelbourne Park - all live on sisracing.tv With more than 170 greyhounds nominated, there will be a number of...

*Update: March On Freddie is now due to trial at Shelbourne Park on Saturday 5th October having missed his Hove engagement due to traffic issues. MARCH ON FREDDIE is 16-1 with the sponsor for the BoyleSports Irish Derby following the exciting revelation that the brilliant Nottingham Puppy Classic winner is...