This article is from page 48 of the 2005-10-11 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 48 JPG
THE Irish Lourels Classic at Curra- heen Park Cork took centre stage for greyhound people over the weekend. The second round heats were held on Saturday night the here the banker of the night Student Pass duly obliged and progressed to the next round.
The dog is trained by Owen MckK- enna for Claremen Cathal O’Doherty and Vincent Meaney and was available at odds of 10/1 to win the classic before the weekends racing. Deerfield Mover, who finished third in heat was bred by Gerry Burke of Miltown Malbay and is now owned by Bryan Dalton of the USA.
Dalcash Sweettea, owned by Patrick Meade of Miltown Malbay, got Clare owners off the mark in Galway on Thursday night. Housed in box three the winner, who was making his first outing, recorded a winning time of PEt
Race 7 on Thursday nights card was heat 3 in the Texaco Retailers A4 over 5S25yds. Here Mary Jones of Scariff had a welcome change of luck with Fossabeg Sparkie winning in a time of 29.42.
Rockmount judge owned by Shane Flanaghan advanced to the next round after filling second spot in heat in heat 4,
The feature race on Friday nights card in Galway was the final of the A5 Tote Stake where Now It’s Nancy owned by Eimear Lillis and Ian Kelly came up trumps. Prize money of €800 went to the Cooraclare winner. Baby LLeyton, owned by Bertie and Mary O’ Doherty of Clarecastle had to settle for minor prize money after finishing third in the Croi Buster Final. Next Friday night’s card is a benefit in Aid of Fianna Fail. There is a big entry of Clare dogs in all the race, heats for which have been held over the past number of weeks.
There is some decent prize money going to stake winners and managers are expecting a huge attendance.