Puppy Derby (Irish greyhounds)

This page is about the Irish Greyhound Race. For the British race, see The Puppy Derby.

Irish Juvenile/Puppy Derby

Feature race
Location	Shelbourne Park
Inaugurated	1943
Race information
Distance	525 yards
Surface	Sand
Qualification	Puppies only (15-24 months old)
Purse	€20,000 (winner)

The Puppy Derby is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Shelbourne Park in Dublin, Ireland. The event switched to Shelbourne following the closure of Harold's Cross Stadium in the city district of Harold's Cross.[1]

It is a major competition inaugurated in 1943 and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar. [2] The event is the Irish equivalent of the Puppy Derby held in the UK at Wimbledon Stadium. The competition restricted to puppies has a tradition for providing many stars of the future. [3] Following the closure of Harolds Cross the event was switched to Shelbourne Park.[4] [5]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP
1943	Fawn Cherry	Manhattan Midnight – Merry Cherry	28.36
1944	Astra	Tanist – Mad Darkie	28.52		7-4
1945	Shaggy Lad[6]	Castledown Lad – Shaggy Shore	27.98		1-10f
1946	Ten Derrys	Tanist – Derryten	28.54
1947	Fearless Invader	Cameron – Absent Girl	28.70
1948	Buzz on Train	Train – Buzz On Peg	28.91		7-2
1949	For Sure	Bellas Prince – Fly Dancer	28.60
1950	Sealed Castle	Manhattan Seale – Cottage Lake	28.51
1951	Odile's Latch	Glenview Shaggy – Odilles Fancy	29.97
1952	Ollys Pal	Bellas Prince – Quare Fire	29.89
1953	Baytown Colt	Bahs Choice – Baytown Angel	30.30
1954	The Grand Streak	The Grand Champion – Take Murex	30.12
1955	Master of Me[7]	Dare Devil - Beware of Me	30.00	Bernie Moran	25-1
1956	Leg It Lucy	Slaney Record – Settara	29.93
1957	Prince Olly	Champion Prince – Ollys Blackie	30.11
1958	Balrath Flute		30.18	P McLoughlin
1959	Choc Ice	Cheerful Chariot – For Certain Sure	29.80
1960	King Niall		30.68
1961	Wild Spark		29.75
1962	Kudas Tiger	Sword Dance – Pretty Kuda	29.55
1963	Fleadh Music	Clopook – Sight Unseen	29.40
1964	Wonder Guest[8]	Chieftains Guest – Some Gold	29.96	Wilhelmina Lennon
1965	Prince of Roses	Oregon Prince – Cockleshell Rose	29.40	John Lacy
1966	Little Kate	Hi Con – Primrose Girlie	30.17
1967	Quarrymount Prim	Wonder Valley – Peace Time	29.70	J Mackey
1968	Always Keen	Always Proud – Liberlatinus	29.75	Ger McKenna
1969	Ballad	Deuce Of Tigers – Dublin Star	29.64	A Duffy
1970	Hey Dizzy [9]	Russian Gun – Keel Head	29.74	Tom Lynch	25-1
1971	Luminous Lady	Always Proud – Land Mist	29.70	D Lennon
1972	Clane Royal	Menelaus – Clane Shamrock	30.20	Tom Lynch
1973	Blessington Boy [10]	Monalee Champion – The Powder Plot	29.68	D Horgan
1974	Shamrock Point [11]	Monalee Champion – Gruelling Point	29.48	Ger McKenna
1975	Elsinore Silver	The Grand Silver – Faneys Walk	29.40	Paddy Keane
1976	Glen Rock [12]	Monalee Champion – Fit Me In	29.08	Paddy Nugent
1977	Hammond	Tranquility Sea – Run For Cover	29.46	Ger McKenna
1978	Greenhill Paddy	Supreme Fun – Greenhill Fairy	29.40	Tommy Kane
1979	Tivoli Cant	Can’t Decide – Swanky Debbie	29.88	Ger McKenna
1980	Killahora Cha	Itsachampion – Killahora Lady	29.42	Mary McGrath
1981	Greenwood Robic [13]	Ritas Choice – Egmont Cindy	29.82	Tom Lynch
1982	Aulton Villa	Killaclug Jet – Lady Maiden	29.30	Junior Reddan
1983	Lauragh Six	Garradrimna – Emmerdale Pride	29.04	Ger McKenna
1984	Summerhill Jet	Liberty Lad – Ceili Critic	29.24	Michael Enright
1985	Burnpark Black [14]	Sinbad – Burnpark Lass	29.32	Michael Browne
1986	Dreams Of Kerry	Yellow Band – Wilton Cross	29.88	Junior Reddan
1987	Make History	Game Ball – Raymonds Pride	29.38	Johnny Quigley
1988	Airmount Grand	Daleys Gold- Airmount Jewel	29.26	Gerald Kiely
1989	Crossford Dana	Meeniyan Prince- Crossford Daisy	29.32	Martin Boran
1990	Summerhill Super	Daleys Gold- Tiny Tolcas	29.19	Michael Enright
1991	Polnoon Chief	Daleys Gold- Drumbeg Bracken	29.98	Fraser Black
1992	Barefoot Racer	Hit The Lid- Barefoot Miss	29.06	Matt O'Donnell
1993	Supplement	Adraville Bridge –Under The Clock	29.28	Eddie Wade
1994	Glaskenny Echo[15]	Lodge Prince - Rons Echo	28.80	Tony Byrne	2-1f
1995	Airmount Rogue	Glen Park Dancer – Airmount Kelly	28.94	Gerald Kiely	5-1
1996	Rantogue Pride	Alpine Minister - Rantogue Queen	29.04	George Royal
1997	Treasury Tag	Phantom Flash – Browside Pat	29.05	Francie Murray	5-1
1998	Prince Of Tinrah [16]	Frightful Flash - Queen Of Tinrah	28.50	Dolores Ruth	5-2f
1999	Cool Performance	Mustang Jack - Pony Nikita	28.50	Robert Gleeson	2-1f
2000	Droopys Vieri	Top Honcho – Droopys Fergie	28.36	Paul Young (England)	4-6f
2001	Rutland Budgie	Come On Ranger – Yasmin Jade	28.34	Paul Hennessy	5-2jf
2002	Fortune Mike	Top Honcho – Dons Pride	28.40	Mike Keane	9-4
2003	Droopys Cahill	Top Honcho – Droopys Kristin	28.56	Ian Reilly	6-4f
2004	Droopys Brooklyn	Brookside Bear – Droopys Aisling	29.17	Ian Reilly	6-1
2005	Greenwell Storm	Spiral Nikita – Greenwell Star	28.46	Fraser Black	6-1
2006	Oran Majestic	Daves Mentor – Droopys Lauren	28.71	John McGee Sr.	7-2
2007	Royal Treason [17]	Top Honcho – Three Star Girl	29.12	Ollie Bray	3-1
2008	Droopys Noel [18]	Westmead Hawk – Drive On Buzz	28.49	John Linehan	11-2
2009	Tullymurry Act [19]	Top Honcho – Europa Spitfire	28.57	Pat Buckley	7-4
2010	Melodys Royal [20]	Royal Impact – Talita Beauty	28.78	Pa Fitzgerald	8-1
2011	Sparta Maestro [21]	Crash – Tinrah Kewell	28.59	Philip Gough	5-4f
2012	Razldazl Luke [22]	Razldazl Billy – Local Mol	28.52	Dolores Ruth	5-2
2013	Vanrooney [23]	Ace Hi Rumble – Lady Deise	28.66	Owen McKenna	7-2
2014	Quietly [24]	Tullymurry Act – Ballymac Bra	28.74	Ian Reilly	7-1
2015	Anopheles [25]	Droopys Scolari – Ballymac Razl	28.84	Liam Dowling	10-1
2016	Droopys Wilbury [26]	Romeo Recruit – Droopys Keisha	28.21	Pat Buckley	3-1
2017	Skywalker Rafa [27]	Laughil Blake – Coolavanny Royce	28.40	Michael J O'Donovan	10-1
2018	Balline Kyle [28]	Skywalker Puma – Galway Fancy	28.40	John Byrne	4-1
2019	Broadstrand Bono [29]	Droopys Sydney - Droopys Blossom	28.15	John Linehan	6-4f
2020	Skywalker Barry[30]	Droopys Jet - Calzaghe Jan	28.13	Mark O'Donovan	N/A

Venues & Distances

• 1943-1998 (Harolds Cross 525 yards)
• 1999-1999 (Shelbourne Park 525 yards)
• 2000-2016 (Harolds Cross 525 yards)
• 2017-present (Shelbourne 525 yards)

Sponsors

• 1994-1994 Red Mills
• 2007-2012 Harolds Cross Bookmakers
• 2013-2019 Dublin Coach

References

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