Ian Fortune
20 August 2019
It would be no surprise to find out that Wolfe was one of the two fastest greyhounds to the new third bend sectional in the opening round of the Boylesports Derby, but there was one greyhound that went faster than him.
Ian Fortune
20 August 2019
Three greyhounds were yesterday withdrawn from the second round of the Boylesports Derby.
Barry Drake
20 August 2019
A meeting was recently held at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee.
20 August 2019
The death has taken place of Michael Hanrahan, Glanworth, County Cork.
20 August 2019
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Ian Fortune
19 August 2019
Wolfe is the new ante-post favourite for the Boylesports Derby after a stunning best of the round 29.22 on Saturday night.
19 August 2019
RM at Curraheen Park Brian Collins informs us that entries for the Greyhound & Petworld A1 stake will close on Tuesday morning.
Peter Farrell
19 August 2019
It was fitting that there were a series of impressive performances at Liffords final meeting last night and Patsy Whyte enjoyed a one-two in the feature event of the night, the ‘Track Lotto ON3 Unraced 350’ final.
Peter Farrell
18 August 2019
Thurles racing manager, Jody Thompson has stated that yesterday's sales auction at Thurles Park was another big success with the top lot going to Scala Abbey who sold for €3500.
Barry Drake
18 August 2019
Outnumbered (Droopys Nidge-Coolavanny Royce) brought his winning tally to three wins from just three career outings with another very impressive winning display in Waterford on Saturday night as the exciting February youngster landed the final of the €1,050 Greyhound Make Great Pets unraced stake.
Ian Fortune
18 August 2019
Prior to Saturday’s second round draw, there were a number of seeding changes in the Boylesports Derby. Four greyhounds have been changed to carry a wide seed.
Ian Fortune
18 August 2019
There were some brilliant performances at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night as the opening round of the Boylesports Derby came to a conclusion.
Ian Fortune
17 August 2019
A quick glance through the results last night would confirm there were some superb winners including Allaghaun River, who set the standard when making all to win the opening heat in 29.56.
Ian Fortune
17 August 2019
The Boylesports Derby kicked off with a marathon session of opening round heats at a busy Shelbourne Park on Friday night and as expected there were plenty of shocks, a number of fine performances and one or two surprise names to emerge from the field.
Ian Fortune
16 August 2019
The Texacloth Juvenile Derby has been the starting point for many future stars and the 2019 renewal will get underway next Friday, August 23rd.
Ian Fortune
16 August 2019
Costa Plenti was the undoubted star of proceedings at Shelbourne Park on Thursday as he ran out a brilliant winner of the 2019 DGOBA Dublin Cup.
IGB
15 August 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) has today indicated to the owners and management of Lifford Greyhound Stadium that race cards of a maximum of 12 races can be maintained at the track until the completion of the Indecon report.
IGB
13 August 2019
Video - 2019 Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby 1st Round Draw Highlights
IGB
13 August 2019
The opening round of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby 2019 will get underway this weekend as the trap draw for the first round of the competition has taken place at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium.
IGB
13 August 2019
Legendary Cork GAA figure Jimmy Barry Murphy is to front a newly formed Committee seeking sponsorship for the Irish Laurels, ran annually at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium.
IGB
9 August 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) notes today’s announcement that Longford Greyhound Stadium is to cease operations.
IGB
8 August 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) notes the decision of Lifford Greyhound Stadium to cease operations.
Ian Fortune
6 August 2019
With the Curragh hosting “Summer Sounds” for the next four Friday evenings, Newbridge will be starting racing a little later to accommodate those that want to take in both.
IGB
6 August 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) today announced the establishment of a separate Care Fund dedicated to funding a variety of initiatives for the care and welfare of the greyhound including re-homing initiatives, greyhound support scheme, care centres, traceability system and other actions all designed to support the care and welfare of the racing greyhound.
IGB
6 August 2019
Following engagement with representatives of the greyhound community, the Board has approved a variation of the standardised race prize money structure applicable to SIS meetings.
IGB
6 August 2019
The IGB today announced a scheme to provide funding for the treatment of greyhounds which have been injured when racing at IGB licenced stadia.
IGB
6 August 2019
The Board has announced that with effect from 19th August 2019 the listed incentive schemes will cease to have effect.
IGB
24 July 2019
Recent weeks have presented significant challenges for the greyhound racing community and the wider industry. The following is an Irish Greyhound Board update in relation to current items.
IGB
15 July 2019
IGB CEO Gerard Dollard this week wrote an opinion piece for the weekend's edition of the Sunday Independent, which was published on July 14th, 2019.
IGB
12 July 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) today announced the launch of a confidential phone line which will be available to members of the public to report greyhound welfare concerns.
IGB
11 July 2019
The Irish Retired Greyhound Trust (IRGT), established and operated by the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB), has today pledged to maintain and enhance its support to a number of private rehoming agencies across the country.
9 July 2019
Opening address delivered by the Bord na gCon (Irish Greyhound Board) Chairman, Frank Nyhan, to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Tuesday 9th July 2019.
IGB
3 July 2019
The Irish Greyhound Board has confirmed an increase in financial support to private rehoming agencies for the rehoming of retired racing greyhounds in Ireland, as well as the extension of the IGB Scheme for Foster Care of Retired Racing Greyhounds, with the schemes coming into effect immediately.
IGB
25 June 2019
With warm temperatures expected over the next number of days, the IGB is reminding greyhound owners and trainers on how to ensure your greyhound receives the best care during the warm weather.