2015 Irish Greyhound Derby *MEGA THREAD*

califano

The launch of the 2015 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby has taken place, with 2014 winner Laughil Blake taking centre stage, as details of the 2015 edition of the race were announced.

The Irish Greyhound Derby has been running since 1928, receiving Classic status in 1932, with current big race sponsors BoyleSports coming on board in 2014, to partner one of the longest running races on the Irish Greyhound racing calendar.

This will be BoyleSports second year sponsoring the race after signing up in 2014, continuing a successful relationship with Shelbourne Park over a number of years, that has witnessed the company support the Champion Stakes and the Race of Champions in Tralee.
This year’s event will carry a massive prize fund of €240,000, and will take place in Shelbourne Park, Dublin on Saturday September 19th. The winner will pocket €125,000 and the Irish Derby trophy, with the runner up receiving €22,500, third €12,500, while the three unplaced finishers will each receive €7,500.

There will be eighteen qualifying Trials taking place nationwide, sixteen in the Republic of Ireland, and two in Northern Ireland. The first round heats will kick off on Thursday August 13th and Saturday August 15th, followed by second round heats on August 20th and August 22nd. The third round heats will take place on August 29th, with the quarter-final and semi-final stages happening on September 5th and September 12th respectively.

The 2015 Irish Greyhound Derby Final will take place on September 19th, and will be broadcast live on RTE Television from 8.00pm on the evening of the race.

Speaking at the launch, Phil Meaney, Chairman of the IGB said,
“The continued support of BoyleSports for our blue riband event is a marvellous vote of confidence in the sport of greyhound racing. We are looking forward to another thrilling competition culminating in what can only be described as the best night on the racing calendar – Saturday September 19th in Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium – The Final of the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby.” link


Leon Blanche, Mrs Purcell and Ciaran Whelan.

califano

BALLYANA Foxtrot is now destined for a shot at the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby after winning his 2015 Derby Trial Stakes at Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Saturday July 25th. The BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby is the most prestigious race in the Irish Greyhound Calendar and boasts a prize-fund of €240,000.

Limerick Greyhound Stadium’s representative will now progress to the first round heats of the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby, which begin on Thursday 13th August in Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium in Dublin. The Final of this highly anticipated event will take place on Saturday 19th September 2015 and is broadcast live on RTE 2. For the most up-to-date information on the progress through the rounds daily updates can be read on igb.

The total prize fund for the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby 2015 is €240,000. Of the €240,000 the winner will receive €125,000 and a commemorative trophy. Under the Irish Greyhound Board’s innovative prize money scheme, the breeder of the winner will receive €12,500 (10% of the winner’s prize) and if the winner is trained by a licensed public trainer he or she will also receive €12,500 (10% of the winner’s prize). The Retired Greyhound Trust will benefit to the tune of €2,500.

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I said

Is Laughil Blake lining up

califano

12/1 Fav Boyles
16/1 Fav PPower

I said

califano wrote: »

12/1 Fav Boyles
16/1 Fav PPower

Bit of doubt with hock injury?

I said

I said wrote: »

Is Laughil Blake lining up

Still a cloud over him running. http://www.igb.ie/talking-dogs/blakes-race-for-full-derby-fitness/

Nowso

what is the darkhorse this year -

as some here put up blake at huge prices last year

Michael Fortunes Derby Diary is here http://www.igb.ie/talking-dogs/michael-fortunes-derby-report/

Haven't started to pick any yet, but I like Ballymac Matt.

Nowso

It is now hoped that 144 names will go into the drum this morning for the first round draw in the BoyleSports Irish Derby.

The draw is due to be made in the Oaks Suite at Shelbourne at 11am.
There was a flood of entries over the weekend with the anticipated 120 entry rising up to the 144 mark.
There will be a few veterinary checks to make prior to the draw and it is hoped that the figure will settle at 144 which would allow for 24 heats with twelve to be run on Thursday and the remaining twelve on Saturday. Four would then qualify from all heats to make for 96 runners in the second round.
Defending champion Laughil Blake is in the list and so is likely to go off favourite to become the first dog since three-time winner Spanish Battleship to successfully defend his title.
Trainer Graham Holland has the biggest team with fifteen entries while PJ Fahy is the leading owner with eight.

BOYLESPSORTS DERBY ENTRIES
ALIEN TICKER
AMAZING DUDE
AOIFES PRINSKIE
ARDRAHAN ZINDI
BALLYBOUGH MIKE
BALLYBOUGH MONDO
BALLYDOYLE HONEY
BALLYMAC MATT
BALLYMAC RICKY
BAREFOOT ARTIST
BEAMING BUCKO
BLACK HAWKEYE
BLACK TOM
BLASTOFF MACAW
BLONDE NIPPER
BLUE CAFU
BOHERASH OZZIE
BOHERNA MESSIAH
BOHERNA PEDRO
BUDGIE BYPASS
BURGESS TADGH
BUTTERBRIDGE ACE
CABLE BAY
CABRA MILLER
CALZAGHE CLAMPETT
CLARES WONDER
COOLAVANNY JAP
COUNTRY LEGEND
CREAMERY BALE
CUNNING BARNEY
DARK INTENTIONS
DEANRIDGE PENNYS
DOLCINO FLYER
DOUBTFUL VENTURE
DROMSCARRA RUBY
EXTRA SPARK
FAIR TAXES
FARLOE BLITZ
FAYPOINT RUSH
FORDEFLAG
GAYTIME HAWK
GLANMIRE PRINCE
GLENBUCK BILL
GO DEX GO
GOOD NEWS JOHN
GREENWELL HULK
GYP ROSETTI
HANNIBAL RISING
HIGHVIEW APOLLO
HIGHVIEW EVENT
HIGHVIEW PREMIER
HONDO MESSI
HOUSE DOCTOR
HOVEX PRINCE
IVY HILL BART
IVY HILL PRINCE
JACKAL PHANTOM
JAYTEE JET
JAYTEE VALENCIA
JO JO FANTASY
JUSTICE MATTERS
KARLOW MASTER
KINA GIRL
KNIGHT INVADER
LAUGHIL BOLT
LAUGHIL DUKE
LEAVE AT DAWN
LEMON ELGRAND
LEMON MILEY
LENSON WALCOTT
LODGEFIELD TODD
MAGGIES LUCY
MATERIAL MAN
MEADOWVIEW DOVE
MILE HEIGHT MORK
MUCHO MACHO MAN
NATIVE CUSTOM
OFFSHORE BOUND
OVERCHARGE
PADUA SUPREME
PARADISE MAVERIK
PEREGRINE FALCON
PRICELESS LASSIE
QUINTON ABU
RAVENSWOOD EMILY
REDWOOD MICK
RIVERSIDE PAT
ROCKYBAY YANK
RURAL HAWAII
SALACRES FRANCIE
SAMIYA
SCOOBY THE STAR
SECRETO
SHARSHINEDELRIO
SHUTTHE BACKDOOR
SIDARIAN TEEJAY
SIDARIAN VEGA
SKILFUL LEGEND
SKIP GLORY
SKYWALKER FARLOE
SLIPPERY FRED
SLIPPERY SNOWY
STARSHINEAPACHE
SWORDS ACE
TAIN JACK
TIME TO SHINE
TINNOCK FANTASY
TRIANGLE JAMIE
TYNWALD RODNEY
TYRUR HAGLER
TYRUR MAIREAD
TYRUR MATA
TYRUR MCDONALD
TYRUR SUPERMAC
TYRUR TOLAN
TYRUR TOMMY
TYRUR VAN GAAL
UNCLE PAUL
URBAN GOSSIP
VULTURI
WEE BARNEYS SON
WHIZZING ARCHIE


TRIAL STAKE WINNERS
AFFANE SCOLARI
BALLYANA FOXTROT
BALLYHOOLY HENRY
BLUE NAVAJO
BURGESS FOUR
DROOPYS BOMBER
DROOPYS NAVAS
FARLOE RUMBLE
HANOI
HEADMAN CHRIS
KILLAGHAN IMPACT
LAUGHIL BLAKE
LEFANTA SKY
MIMIS ACE
MORNING MUSIC
SAVE THE DON
STAR ACE

califano

The draw can be followed live at 11am this morning

www.igb.ie/derby-draw-feed

Nowso

BOYLESPORTS 2015 DERBY DRAW

THURSDAY
HEAT 1
1 Boherna Pedro
2 Mimis Ace
3 Slippery Fred
4 Ballybough Mike (w)
5 Killaghan Impact (w)
6 Laughil Blake (w)

HEAT 2
1 Sidarian Vega
2 Lemon Elgrand
3 Hannibal Rising
4 Jo Jo Fantasy (m)
5 Budgie Bypass (w)
6 Laughil Bolt (w)

HEAT 3
1 Gaytime Hawk
2 Swords Ace
3 Aoifes Prinskie#
4 Affane Scolari
5 Star Ace
6 Skywalker Farloe (w)

HEAT 4
1 Scooby The Star
2 Tyrur Mata
3 Gyp Rosetti
4 Highview Premier
5 Black Hawkeye
6 Faypoint Rush (m)

HEAT 5
1 Hanoi
2 Karlow Master
3 Mileheight Mork
4 Starshineapache
5 Slippery Snowy (m)
6 Blue Navajo (m)

HEAT 6
1 Glenbuck Bill
2 Jumeirah Star
3 Shutthe Backdoor
4 Creamery Bale
5 Tyrur Van Gaal
6 Rural Hawaii (w)

HEAT 7
1 Kina Girl
2 Burgess Tadgh
3 Tynwald Rodney
4 Dolcino Flyer (m)
5 Skip Glory (m)
6 Blonde Nipper (w)

HEAT 8
1 Lodgefield Todd
2 Peregrine Falcon
3 Droopys Bomber
4 Priceless Lassie
5 Burgess Four
6 Tinnock Fantasy

HEAT 9
1 Greenwell Hulk
2 Dromscarra Ruby
3 Ballymac Matt
4 Go Dex Go
5 Jaytee Jet (w)
6 Tyrur Tolan (w)

HEAT 10
1 Coolavanny Jet
2 Headman Chris
3 Ballyhooly Henry
4 Tain Jack
5 Triangle Jamie
6 Tyrur Hagler (w)

HEAT 11
1 Farloe Blitz
2 Good News John
3 Starshinedelrio
4 Lenson Walcott
5 Country Legend
6 Tyrur Mairead (w)

HEAT 12
1 Jaytee Valencia
2 Skilful Legend
3 Cunning Barney
4 Lemon Miley
5 Knight Bite
6 House Doctor (w)

SATURDAY
HEAT 13
1 Heathlawn Tiger
2 Vulturi
3 Boherash Messiah
4 Secreto
5 Leave At Dawn
6 Maggies Lucy (w)

HEAT 14
1 Knocktoo Garry
2 Urban Gossip
3 Sidarian Teejay
4 Blastoff Macaw
5 Cable Bay
6 Ivy Hill Bart (w)

HEAT 15
1 Ballymac Ricky
2 Ardrahan Zindi
3 Paradise Maverik
4 Blue Cafu
5 Hondo Messi (m)
6 Jackal Frampton (w)

HEAT 16
1 Fair Taxes
2 Overcharge
3 Millridge Crash
4 Highview Event
5 Black Tom
6 Ballyana Foxtrot (m)

HEAT 17
1 Amazing Dude
2 Extra Spark
3 Dark Intentions
4 Allen Wizard
5 Tyrur McDonald (w)
6 Droopys Navas (w)

HEAT 18
1 Padua Supreme
2 Deenside Pennys
3 Ballydoyle Honey
4 Quinton Abu
5 Calzaghe Clampett
6 Hovex Prince

HEAT 19
1 Uncle Paul
2 Morning Music
3 Doubtful Venture
4 Wee Barneys Son
5 Glanmire Prince
6 Clares Wonder (w)

HEAT 20
1 Samiya
2 Tyrur Supermac
3 Native Custom
4 Laughil Duke
5 Ballybough Mondo
6 Save The Don (m)

HEAT 21
1 Mucho Macho Man
2 Ravenswood Emily
3 Rockybay Yank
4 Knight Invader
5 Material Man (w)
6 Redwood Mick (w)

HEAT 22
1 Cabra Miller
2 Time To Share
3 Salacres Francie
4 Tyrur Tommy
5 Barefoot Artist
6 Farloe Rumble

HEAT 23
1 Whizzing Archie
2 Butterbridge Ace
3 Offshore Bound
4 Ivy Hill Prince
5 Fordeflag
6 Highview Apollo

HEAT 24
1 Justice Matters
2 Lefanta Sky
3 Boherash Ozzie
4 Riverside Pat
5 Borna Sounds
6 Alien Ticker (w)

califano

Laughil Blake
16/1
Ballydoyle Honey
16/1
Farloe Blitz
16/1
Ballymac Matt
20/1
Secreto
25/1
Sidarian Vega
25/1
Farloe Rumble
25/1
Amazing Dude
33/1
Paradise Maverik
33/1
Clares Wonder
33/1
Laughil Duke
33/1
Jaytee Jet
33/1
Fair Taxes
33/1
Slippery Snowy
33/1
Tyrur Tommy
33/1
Sidarian Teejay
33/1
Morning Music
33/1
Slippery Fred
40/1
Rural Hawaii
40/1
Tyrur Van Gaal
40/1
Coolavanny Jap
50/1
Cable Bay
50/1
Tyrur Supermac
50/1
Offshore Bound
50/1
Skip Glory
50/1
Ballybough Mike
50/1
Riverside Pat
66/1
Laughil Bolt
66/1
Redwood Mick
66/1
Greenwell Hulk
66/1
Skywalker Farloe
66/1
Save The Don
66/1
Deanridge Pennys
66/1
Material Man
66/1
Mimis Ace
66/1
Ivy Hill Bart
66/1
Peregrine Falcon
66/1
Blonde Nipper
66/1
Black Tom
66/1
Ardrahan Zindi
66/1
Gaytime Hawk
100/1
Leave At Dawn
100/1
Knight Invader
100/1
Hovex Prince
100/1
Tynwald Rodney
100/1
Overcharge
100/1
Scooby The Star
100/1
Tyrur Mata
100/1
Blue Cafu
100/1
Vulturi
100/1
Country Legend
100/1
Calzaghe Clampet
100/1
Barefoot Artist
100/1
Highview Apollo
100/1
Ballybough Mondo
100/1
Gyp Rosetti
100/1
Tyrur Hagler
100/1
Swords Ace
100/1
Budgie Bypass
100/1
Alien Ticker
100/1
House Doctor
100/1
Boherna Pedro
100/1
Jaytee Valencia
100/1
Ivy Hill Prince
100/1
Dromscarra Ruby
100/1
Mileheight Mork
100/1
Padua Supreme
100/1
Good News John
100/1
Ballyhooly Henry
100/1
Lenson Walcott
100/1
Tinnock Fantasy
100/1
Burgess Tadhg
100/1
Rockybay Yank
100/1
Millridge Crash
100/1
Borna Sounds
100/1
Droopys Bomber
150/1
Knocktoo Garry
150/1
Tyrur Mcdonald
150/1
Tyrur Tolan
150/1
Priceless Lassie
150/1
Highview Premier
150/1
Shutthe Backdoor
150/1
Skilful Legend
150/1
Black Hawkeye
150/1
Heathlawn Tiger
150/1
Faypoint Rush
150/1
Mucho Macho Man
150/1
Headman Chris
150/1
Boherash Ozzie
150/1
Go Dex Go
150/1
Uncle Paul
150/1
Ballyana Foxtrot
150/1
Cabra Miller
150/1
Allen Wizard
150/1
Jackal Frampton
200/1
Urban Gossip
200/1
Dolcino Flyer
200/1
Burgess Four
200/1
Lemon Miley
200/1
Tyrur Mairead
200/1
Blastoff Mccaw
200/1
Cunning Barney
200/1
Affane Scolari
200/1
Creamery Bale
200/1
Droopys Navas
200/1
Star Ace
200/1
Boherash Messiah
200/1
Doubtful Venture
200/1
Extra Spark
200/1
Starshinedelrio
200/1
Whizzing Archie
200/1
Salacres Francie
200/1
Glenbuck Bill
200/1
Kina Girl
200/1
Highview Event
200/1
Jo Jo Fantasy
200/1
Dark Intentions
200/1
Lemon Elgrand
200/1
Samiya
200/1
Tain Jack
200/1
Aoifes Prinskie
200/1
Knight Bite
200/1
Quinton Abu
200/1
Ballymac Ricky
200/1
Butterbridge Ace
200/1
Fordeflag
200/1
Hondo Messi
200/1
Karlow Master
200/1
Lodgefield Todd
200/1
Ravenswood Emily
200/1
Justice Matters
200/1
Lefanta Sky
200/1
Jumeirah Star
200/1
Time To Share
200/1
Maggies Lucy
500/1
Kilahagan Impact
500/1
Starshineapache
500/1
Blue Navajo
500/1
Glanmire Prince
500/1
Hanoi
500/1
Hannibal Rising
500/1
Native Custom
500/1
Triangle Jamie
500/1
Wee Barneys Son
500/1
Each way odds » 1/4 Places 1,2,3,4,5,6

Nowso

Blake a NR

Honey due in season anytime

bit of a minefield at the top

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_DTMu9kj1c

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yzLbe9eiSY

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BjnNj0LgI

royal academy

Ist time poster here.......I have SAMIYA backed at 300/1.....5 e/w..........my only derby bet.....thought she was very unlucky in previous races,so chanced her at the price.......early days in the competition but you never know......

Nowso

Very big price . not as many have come from the back end of the market

My 1 bet so far ran well Fair taxes

califano

My 2 bit the dust already. Slippery Fred 20/1 and Riverside Pat 33/1(literally).

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZcriHqq8u8

abarkie

Did the first 3 qualify last night or just 2?

Did Faroe blitz go out or not?

Nowso

1st 3 go through

THE BOYLESPORTS 2015 IRISH DERBY QUARTER FINALS DRAW

HEAT 1
1 FARLOE BLITZ
2 SHUTTHE FRONTDOOR
3 BLUE CAFU
4 SAMIYA
5 DOLCINO FLYER (M)
6 RURAL HAWAII (W)

HEAT 2
1 BALLYMAC MATT
2 HIGHVIEW APOLLO
3 JO JO FANTASY
4 PRICELESS LASSIE
5 SAVE THE DON
6 IVY HILL BART (W)

HEAT 3
1 TYRUR TOMMY
2 OFFSHORE BOUND
3 FARLOE RUMBLE
4 FAIR TAXES
5 GAYTIME HAWK
6 PARADISE MAVERIK

HEAT 4
1 CABLE BAY
2 SECRETO
3 PEREGRINE FALCON
4 LEMON MILEY
5 SIDARIAN VEGA
6 JAYTEE JET (W)

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocT0yEvXW8

califano

IGB results needs more bandwidth as its down. I guess there are more than 300 people on at the same time enough to bust it.

abarkie

califano wrote: »

IGB results needs more bandwidth as its down. I guess there are more than 300 people on at the same time enough to bust it.

The results are on 24dogs.com if that is any use to you.

Nowso

deposits and withdrawls down on igb lol

Nowso

Nowso wrote: »

deposits and withdrawls down on igb lol

http://www.igb.ie/talking-dogs/barking-buzz-difficulty/

A friend reckons it's a ploy on IGBs part to get people to go to the tracks, especially Shelbourne!

It is usually possible to get results, (the 1,2,& 3 but not times) on the TOTE page on IGB. You can't bet, but you can see the results!

Nowso

is that why the stream is always terrible quality aswell

califano

I like watching and listening to these two lads. They're not over polished and reading from an Autocue but looking down at their racecards. They come across as two likeable lads who know and love their greyhounds.

I'm down to just Ballymac Matt antepost.

califano

I agree always enjoy listening to those reviews/previews.
I actually think Kevin Hennessey is a droid and not a human. Look at any interview and see they way he never EVER interrupts or cuts in over a question before its fully finished being asked. And Ian Fortune has his style and part of that is almost ruminating during a question. So he does take his time delivering an often long preamble which would usually only invite someone to cut in if anything. But no Kevin seems to always have the restraint to only deliver the answer when the question is fully finished!. Sometimes you get the impression Ian Fortune realises he is rambling and almost blushes towards the end as if wanting to be cut in on but no Kevin dutifully waits mannerly until Ian finishes!.
Being the son of Paul Hennessey the trainer you would expect him to be knowledgeable but you get the impression there isnt anything he doesnt know about the game. An old head on young shoulders for sure. He delivers his responses in an efficient manner, never in a self righteous way and doesnt labour a point. Very impressive. A good team they certainly work well together.

califano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnVXGhZk3-c

Charlie George

Farloe at 5/4,with ballymac at 7/2,cable and hawk at 4s,8s bar,what do people think.

abarkie

Charlie George wrote: »

Farloe at 5/4,with ballymac at 7/2,cable and hawk at 4s,8s bar,what do people think.

I have backed Farloe Blitz @ 8/1, looking to lay out as worried about a repeat
of the English Derby.

Nowso

there wont be a short hare on saturday night lol

abarkie

abarkie wrote: »

I have backed Farloe Blitz @ 8/1, looking to lay out as worried about a repeat
of the English Derby.

I'm on Ballymac Matt, but fancy your chances more!

Charlie George

Farloe has some early,but very short at 5/4,cable is also very short at 4/1,must have got the prices from the Limerick bookies.

Charlie George

Charlie George wrote: »

Farloe has some early,but very short at 5/4,cable is also very short at 4/1,must have got the prices from the Limerick bookies.

Thought I saw one in the stands a couple of nights!

Nowso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJdmjT3XKfk

roy rodgers

Fair play to liam dowling he has had some nice dogs over the years and tonight he landed the top prize.
Now see can I get my bitch covered by vic

Great win and what a reception they got on the way back to the winners podium!

Any idea what went wrong with the last race? According to the Official site it was a 600, but on the card was only 575.

abarkie

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm on Ballymac Matt, but fancy your chances more!

Congratulations - Well done

Cannot work Farloe Blitz out, got to 2 major finals, clear form and doesn't go through with it in the final