Laurels (Irish greyhounds)




This page is about the Irish Greyhound Race. For the British race, see Laurels (greyhounds).



























Irish Laurels
Location Curraheen Park
Inaugurated 1944
Sponsor Irish Independent
Race information
Distance 525 yards
Surface Sand

The Laurels is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.[1]


It was hosted by the old Cork Greyhound Stadium from 1944–1999[2] but inevitably continued to be held at the new track after it opened.


It is a prestigious event targeted by many of Ireland's leading greyhounds and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar.[3]


Clonbrien Hero owned by Ms. Kay Murphy of Athlacca, Co. Limerick set a new record for the final of The Laurels when he won by three lengths in a time of 28.10 on 22 July 2017.



Past winners


[4]
Year
 Winner
 Breeding
 Time
 Trainer
 SP
 Notes

1944
 Robeen Printer Printer – Deoc Deireannach 28.98

1945
 Munster Hotel Highland Rum – Ballinspittle 29.20

1946
 Ballinrea Express Rebel Express – Champion Queen 28.80

1947
 Careless Border Ruby Border – Volcut 28.80

1948
 Double Shadow Dark Shadow – Grosvenors Lady 28.33

1949
 Spanish Chestnut Rebel Abbey – Cordal Moonlight 28.55

1950
 Spanish Chestnut Rebel Abbey – Cordal Moonlight 28.70

1951
 Knockrour Favourite Bellas Prince – Favourite Tip 28.85

1952
 Tragumna Dasher Dark Shadow – Bran Cream 28.70

1953
 Templenoe Rebel Ballymac Ball – Templenoe Medora 28.55

1954
 Come on Bella Lucky Tanist – Knockrour Bella 28.90

1955
 Spanish Battleship Spanish Chestnut – Ballyseedy Memory 28.35

1956
 Rather Grand [5]
 The Grand Champion – Ashbrook Gift 29.00

1957
 Kilcasey Streak 28.80

1958
 Brook Prancer Glittering Look – Shaggy Dancer 28.43

1959
 Celbridge Chance Eridanus – Avril 28.50

1960
 Last Lap The Grand Champion – Dooniskey Lass 28.15

1961
 Round Tower Rose Champion Prince – Knockdrina Rose 29.80

1962
 Dark Baby Knockrour Again – Ronnoc Miss 29.40 Track record

1963
 Powerstown Proper Hi There – Faoide 29.75

1964
 Tanyard Heather Oregon Prince – Clonbanin Chariot 29.20 P Cashman

1965
 Boro Parachute Crazy Parachute – Anjone 29.60

1966
 Westpark Ash Hi There – Westpark Ballet 29.40

1967
 Philotimo Booked Out – Pride of Corrin 29.65 C Kelleher

1968
 Flaming King Market Green – Maglin Lady 29.25 S Moran

1969
 Skipping Tim Myross Again – Right On Time 29.50 Dave Cashman

1970
 Gabriel Boy Yanka Boy – Gabriel Star 29.25 Ger McKenna

1971
 Ivy Hall Flash Proud Lincoln – Ivy Hall Rose 29.15 Paddy Keane

1972
 Dublin Eily Maryville Hi – Right Champion 29.70 J Buckley

1973
 Kilbracken Style Kilbelin Style – Maggie Ann 29.10 Paddy Keane

1974
 Silent Thought Ivy Hall Flash – Oulartwick Jane 29.50 Paddy Keane

1975
 Moonshine Bandit Yanka Boy – Westpark Roma 29.30 Christy O'Callaghan

1976
 Nameless Star Ritas Choice – Itsastar 29.30 Ger McKenna

1977
 Ashleigh Honour Kudas Honour – Miss Ashleigh 29.15 Dave Cashman

1978
 Knockrour Girl Bright Lad – Knockrour Last 29.40 D Lynch

1979
 Knockrour Slave Sole Aim – Knockrour Exile 29.45 Ger McKenna

1980
 Knockrour Slave Sole Aim – Knockrour Exile 29.00 Ger McKenna Track record

1981
 Knockeen Master Laurdella Fun – Knockeen Guest 29.50 Christy O'Callaghan

1982
 The Stranger Dark Mercury – Lovely Blend 28.95 Christy O'Callaghan

1983
 Back Garden Knockrour Slave – Sweeping Billy 29.66 Ger McKenna

1984
 Rugged Mick Ceili Band – Blueberry Pet 29.09 Ger McKenna

1985
 Follow A Star Under Par – Float A Loan 29.42 Ger McKenna

1986
 Big Oran Oran Jack – Big Deposit 29.78 Mrs A Wade

1987
 Yellow Bud Yellow Ese – Budweiser 29.28 D O'Regan

1988
 Odell King Sail On II – Odell Tansy 28.98 M McCarthy

1989
 Airmount Grand Daleys Gold – Airmount Jewel 28.82 Gerald Kiely Track record

1990
 Adraville Bridge Im Slippy – Milltown Gem 28.78 Mossy O'Connor Tack record

1991
 Terrydrum Tico Tico – Gentle Sarah 28.86

1992
 Market Rascal Coral Town – Twins Petra 29.58

1993
 Lisglass Lass Quare Rocket – Machern 28.97 Francie Murray

1994
 Clounmellane Oak Ravage Again – Rosehip Joy 29.44

1995
 Standard Image Murlens Slippy – Simply Elite 29.04

1996
 Deerfield Bypass Daleys Gold – Black Adraville 29.12 Ger McKenna

1997
 Mr Pickwick Trade Union – Terrys Whisper 29.16 Paul Hennessy 1-2f

1998
 Mr Pickwick Trade Union – Terrys Whisper 29.29 Paul Hennessy 4-5f

1999
 Lumber Boss Batties Rocket – The Other Joy 29.42 Frances O'Donnell 5–1 dead-heat

1999
 Tigers Eye Coalbrook Tiger – Swift Comment 29.42 Nicky Turner 10–1 dead-heat

2000
 Barefoot Ridge Some Picture – Cailin Dilis 28.69 Paul Hennessy 6–1

2001
 Sonic Flight [6]
 Frightful Flash – Westmead Flight 28.41 Dolores Ruth 4–1

2002
 Annual Award Smooth Rumble – Heres Steppie 28.33 Eddie Wade 7–1

2003
 Nikita Billie Split the Bill – Nikita Doll 28.34 Jack Walsh 9–2

2004
 Boherduff Light He Knows – Travelling Light 28.14 Owen McKenna 2-1jf

2005
 Tyrur Ted Top Honcho – Watch the Market 28.33 PJ Fahy 4-6f

2006
 Ardkill Jamie Top Savings – Fast Issue 28.35 Paul Hennessy 5–2

2007
 Catunda Harry Elite State – Your So Vain 28.18 Owen McKenna 5-4f

2008
 Cashen Legend Balintore Brave – Fergus Gold 28.74 Chris Houilhan 14–1

2009
 Sevenheads Bay Ballymac Maeve – Travara Daisy 28.50 Graham Holland 4–1

2010
 Tyrur Enda Razldazl Billy – Regards To Alice 28.42 PJ Fahy 4-6f

2011
 Razldazl Rioga Brett Lee – Razldazl Pearl 28.32 Dolores Ruth 7–2

2012
 Knockglass Billy Ballymac Maeve – Knockglass Lady 28.30 Graham Holland 2-1f

2013
 Lassa Expedition Crash –Lassa Experience 28.39 Rachel Wheeler 3–1

2014
 Vimmerby Winetavern Oscar – Wee Rose Garden 28.56 John Kavanagh 3–1

2015
 Midtown Raffa [7]
 Kinloch Brae – Raffa Baby 28.31 Maurice O'Connor 2-1f

2016
 Skywalker Manner [8]
 Leeview Jet – Jibberish 28.29 Graham Holland 5–1

2017
 Clonbrien Hero [9]
 Razldazl Jayfkay – Trout or Salmon 28.00 Graham Holland 5–2 Final record

2018
 Rockybay Foley [10]
 Sparta Maestro – Ironically 28.37 Kieran Lynch 4-5f


Venues & Distances



  • 1944–1999 (Cork, Western Road)

  • 2000–present (Cork, Curraheen Park)



References





  1. ^ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 285. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 322. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.


  3. ^ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board.


  4. ^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 170. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.


  5. ^ "Greyhound Star (Remember When November 1956)". Greyhound Star.


  6. ^ "Remember When – October". Greyhound Star.


  7. ^ "2015 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.


  8. ^ "2016 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.


  9. ^ "2017 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.


  10. ^ "Laurels final meeting". Irish Greyhound Board.










-

Popular posts from this blog

Understanding the information contained in the Deep Space Network XML data?

Image
up vote 1 down vote favorite NASA's Deep Space Network activity can be viewed conveniently at https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html but if you would like data in a more raw XML form, it can be accessed as described in this answer Below is a small Python script that reads the XML into a list of dictionaries, and saves it to disk as a JSON. The dictionaries are organized at the higher level by dish, then by spacecraft per dish. Question: What are the most-likely meanings of all the data field contained in the Deep Space Network XML data? This is the example url from the other answer, used in the script below: https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/data/1365107113.xml def dictify(r,root=True): # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2148119/how-to-convert-an-xml-string-to-a-dictionary-in-python/30923963#30923963 if root: ret
Read more

Ross-on-Wye

Image
Ross-on-Wye Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy Town centre, looking north from Market House Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye shown within Herefordshire Population 10,700 (2011) [1] OS grid reference SO597241 Unitary authority Herefordshire Ceremonial county Herefordshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town ROSS-ON-WYE Postcode district HR9 Dialling code 01989 Police West Mercia Fire Hereford and Worcester Ambulance West Midlands EU Parliament West Midlands UK Parliament Hereford and South Herefordshire List of places UK England Herefordshire 51°54′50″N 2°35′13″W  /  51.914°N 2.587°W  / 51.914; -2.587 Coordinates: 51°54′50″N 2°35′13″W  /  51.914°N 2.587°W  / 51.914; -2.587 Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy [2] ) is a small market town with a population of 10,700 (according to the 2011 census), in south eastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on
Read more

Eastern Orthodox Church

Image
Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Christianity, or Eastern Catholic Churches. "Eastern Orthodoxy", "Orthodox Church", "Orthodox Catholic Church", and "Orthodox Christian Church" redirect here. For other uses, see Orthodox (disambiguation). This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably . The readable prose size is 132 kilobytes. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding or removing subheadings. ( January 2018 ) Part of a series on the Eastern Orthodox Church Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, Hagia Sophia Overview Structure Theology (History of theology) Liturgy Church history Holy Mysteries View of salvation View of Mary View of icons Background Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension of Jesus Christianity Christian Church Apostolic succession Four Marks of the Church Orthodoxy Organization Autocephaly Patriarchate
Read more