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LAST week proved to be a very successful one for Clare owners with winners at no fewer than four tracks, namely Galway, Limerick, Thurles and Kilcogan in Waterford.
Noel Coote and Fiachra Hennessy of En- nis set the ball rolling in Thurles on Tues- day night when Drimeen Rumble was on the mark, winning the fourth race of the card.
Clare supporters came away from Limerick in a very happy state of mind on Thursday night after no fewer than three greyhounds obliged.
First up was Rabbit’s Droopy, owned by Tony Cusack of Cooraclare. He had a narrow
win in race two in a winning time of 29.56. This was followed by another West Clare winner with Joan Taylor of Kilmihil visiting the winner’s enclosure with Priddy Boy in race three with a winning time of 29.63.
Baby Rumble made it a hat-trick of wins when owner Pat McInerney of Clarecastle collected after winning race five in a time of pA Fere
On Friday night’s card Clare’s only win- ner was Inislosky Buddy in race seven. This dog is owned by William Casey from O’Briensbridge.
At the Galway track on Thursday night there were wins for Clare owners in the Castle-
gar Hurling Club AA Stake. John Reidy and Robert Dillon of Cooraclare saw their charge Keywest advance to the next round after win- ning race five.
This was immediately followed in race six when Moloskey Classic got the verdict for owner John Donnellan of Mullagh.
Five Clare dogs went to traps in race eight at the College Road venue on Friday. This was a first round heat in the Kudos Catering A3 550 Stake that is worth €3,000 to the winner.
White Tip Dream took the honours here for Robert Longe of Ballyea. Housed in trap two, the winning time here was 30.76.
Kilrush owner TJ McMahon also collected
on Friday night when Bodyshop Supra was the winner of race five in a time of 29.85.
The second race on Friday night’s card went to Quilty Nocando, owned by Doreen Burke of Ennis. This was the dog’s first outing and recorded a winning time of 29.57.
Inagh Hero owned by Michael McGuane of Inagh also did the business at the first time of asking. He was Clare’s only winner in Galway on Saturday night. A recent winner at Limerick, Dance Mindy, owned by Janette Downes of Killaloe made the long journey to Kilcogan on Friday night worthwhile when winning race I1 in a good time of 28.99.