John Morrissey with Follow the Euro
It was a great days coursing at Urlingford. The Field has got to be one of the best and Hares were good.The Quality of both Cups was high and we saw some good buckles..............its always nice to see your friends win too!
Fog was gone and in its place was a cold dull day.............but the drizzle cleared...........and the day stayed fine
Betting
PADDY DOYLE MEMORIAL CUP
I really enjoyed this Cup.............It was great to see Mafi Magic take on the older dogs. He put up a good show and just came up against a tough campaigner in Mungos Classic.
Maffi Magics Quarter final with Mungos Brief
Dougal Town with Freniti Options
Mafi and Dougals Town
The Final
Winner Mungos Classic ru Mafi Magic
Mungos Classic
The Winner is home bred and trained by the Lawlor Family..........it was a very popular win but no surprise as the Mungo dogs have been in fine form all season...........owned by June Lawlor
Mungos Classic is fourth generation Mungo breeding and comes from the Safety Leader line..........that lady pops up everywhere!..............This is Classics fourth Stake win, hes a joy to own.............and gives his owners great value............they certainly enjoyed this win. He is by Murtys Gang out of Mungos Ensure...........a good day for her as she also had Mungos Diamond in the Oaks Final
Marcus & Grace Lawlor, Derek Hayden , Caoimhes Cullen
ALL AGE BITCH
This was a good quality bitch Stake..............The winner never put o foot wrong all day and sailed to a comfortable victory. The surprise in the stake was a last years July Pup Look Whos Unique She took control of a difficult top half that contained Long Stretch , Dixie Darling and Intervention.shes trained by Pat Curtin...and clocked some good times in the early rounds.
Look Whos Unique & Intervention
However going just as well was Magical Ava. Another from the from the O`Meara breeding paddocks...........her sister Chubbys Heather won the Bitch Stake at Listowel. By Bexhill Eoin out of Chubbys Princess, a litter sister to Oaks winner Quality and Gold. Owened , reared and Trained by the Guilfoyle family Ava won a OTS last year at Borrisoleigh and RU at Doon. A niggling injury stopped her showing her best form at Clonmel. This year however shes been in good form without getting the luck..............great to see things go her way today as she ranout a cmfortable winner in every rounds
Ava and Bail Her Out
Magical Ava
At thetop of the field with Donie
Winner Magical Ava....ru Look Whos Unique
Dennis Hughes, Sandra Guilfoyle, Nicholas Hughes, Donie & Patrick Guilfoyle
Noel Loughnane
RESERVE DERBY TRIAL STAKE
Winner Adios Rodriguez............ru Nama Man
Nicely bred winner here............out of the dam of Kingsmill Bliss............it was no surprise to see him run the hill so well............owned and trained by Perry Aylward.
Adios to Windfarm Turbo in the semi
Eoin Bui is the dam of Kingsmill Bliss..............so theres a great record in the family for Clonmel form
The Final
His opponent in the final was Nama Man...........a fella ive seen running well before, trained by Pat Lee..............he put some great runs in during the course of the day and cut out the running in the final but just could hold off the strong challenge on the hill
Nama Man is by Court House out of Harbour View , Declan Byrnes brood.............the dam of Intervention and Windgap View
Trainer Perry Aylward, Nicholas Hughes, John O`Sullivan, Keith Lonergan
OAKS TRIAL STAKE
Winner Moonveen Lady ru Mungos Diamond
Moonveen Lady and Tarmac Duchess
There was a few nice bitches took part in this stake................the winner certainly looked the part. But the runner up, Mungos Diamond wasnt far behind.
Moonveen Lady in Saturdays fog
Another nice pup by Judicial Affair...........this lady is out of Moonveen Ellen..............the dam of Urban Style, Ellen was a very handy bitch herself winning the Bitch Cup two years running at Crohane.....and another at Mallow. Lady belongs to Judy Mackey.
The Final
Runner up Mungos Diamond
A half sister to the Cup winner Mungos Classic...........Castle Pines out of Mungos Ensure
Tarmac Duchess
Daragh Phelan, Gavin McCarthy & Christopher Webster
My friends at the top of the field
Thanks to the boys above for keeping me entertained.............it was a chilly day.............you could tell it was cold beause Derek Kehoe was wearing a hat!!
Derek with the Kennedys
WORKING MEMBERS
Winner Brave Hercules....ru Vintage Kylie
Brave Hercules owned by Tom and Shelia Walsh
Brave Hercules and Bradford Frosty
The Final
INCHOROURKE TWO COURSE DUFFER
Winner Follow the Euro...........ru Croga Paddy
It was a great day for John ands Vincent Morrissey and Ann Taylor...........as well as follow the Euro`s win they took the Cup in Doon with that cracking bitch Mary Kates Coin
Follow the Euro
Vincent Morrissey, Jimmy Darcy, John Morrissey
Winning all these cups is all well and good but in this weather the sensible people are in the beer tent!!
