GLIN FINALS

Matthews defied the odds today by getting Both of his runners to the Final...........so the points are on there way to Newry

Desmond Cup
Wallace Green v Bexhill Brian

Bitch All Age

Dixie Darling  v  Abby Glen Judy

Dog TS

Gallys Bridge  v Shannonvale Matt

Bitch TS

Rosie Josie v Columbian Kate

Local Oaks

Floating Spirit (WD) v Fairy Dubh (winner)

Local Derby
Bexhill Noel v Monroe Peartree

Glin Semi Finals

All Age Bitch

Dixie Darling
Shannonvale Inn

Abbey Glen Judy
Kilbreedy Sonia

Oaks TS

Rosie Josie
White Ellen (WD injured)

Ballybrack Heidi
Columbian Kate

Derby TS

Gallys Bridge
Captain Dru

Shannonvale Matt
Faithlegg Matt

Glin Oaks (local)

Floating Spirit
Gretchen

Wont Happen Bot
Fairy Dubh

Glin Derby (local)

Bravo Oscar
Bexhill Noel

Monroe Peartree
Something Old

Its Back to Slips

The Desmond Cup has been thrown wide open when  Wallace Green / Atlantic Style.....and Bexhill Brian / Floating Rain were both sent back to slips....unsighted............The results remained the same.........but now both Matthews runners are on a handicap.

Whitestone Rock is now  even money Favourite
Wallace Green 5/4
King Eoin 2/1
Bexhill Brian 3/1



Semi Finals

Whitestone Rock
Wallace Green

Bexhill Brian
King Eoin

Glin 2nd Day

Apart from the gales and rain it was a super days coursing at Glin.....

What a cracking Cup so early in the season.  I make no excuse for being a big fan of Wallace Green................he gives 100% and never takes his eye off the hare...........love him!!

Wallace Green

First thing in the morning he meets Atlantic Style in what should be a great buckle.

Atlantic Style

Ballydorgan Hero meets Whitestone Rock...........two super reliable dogs who always give their best.
At the bottom of the card Sporting Rio is going well, doing his best work at the top of the field ...and a longer test will see him a big contender

Sporting Rio and Moat Mattie

If you looking for a "dark horse"..........local dog Floating Rain has some good clocks , with Litter Sister, Floating Spirit  going well in the Local Stake

While we need the rain...........please can it fall in the evenings.....

Judge Paul Horan did a super job....

Id say theres a few nice dog pups in the Derby............one I like the look of ....Gallys Bridge ran unsighted first course,  so a "back to slips" puts him at a disadvantage.......and its a 64 dog stake so all energy will be needed.

 

                                                              Gallys Bridge


Another impressive pup.....imho is Stiff Test............showed huge pace in 3rd round, to then get a bit of work. At 100lb this fella could do without the turns .....and came out looking like a tired dog in the next round.  None the less hes one for the note book!

Stiff test and Savemybacon ......working in the rain!

at the bottom of the card Shannonvale Matt meets Faithlegg Matt, both pups have won impressive so the buckle should be fair.

The weather improved for the later runs and the attendence was good.

Coursing starts a 12.00 in the morning...........All age bitch stake then complete card.

For those going for first time.....From Limerick take the N69.........At Glin turn left into the main villiage road....................At the fork take the Left turn..............the coursing ground is along that road on the right.

Glin next round survivors

DESMOND CUP

Ballydorgan Hero
WhitestoneDe Rock

Wallace Green
Atlantic Style

Bexhill Brian
Floating Rain

King Eoin
Sporting Rio

DERBY TRIAL STAKE

Gallys Bridge
Captain Dru

Shannonvale Matt
Faithlegg Matt

Glin

Its a wet and windy morning at Glin..........what a difference a week make.........we have real coursing weather!!

DESMOND CUP SURVIVORS


Carls Bush Leo.....
Ballydorgan Hero

Bexhill Bolt
Whitestone Rock

Wallace Green
Da Fugative

Carrigmore Heart
Atlantic Style

Bexhill Brian
Killacolla Blue

Mayor Durkan
Floating Rain

Noble Man
King Eoin

Moat Mattie
Sporting Rio

DERBY TS
Gallys Bridge
Bolger

Captain Dru
Stiff Test

March is on
Shannonvale Matt

Rathmore Pines
Faithlegg Matt

I must say Stiff Test looks the real deal!!

OAKS TS

Triona Delight (injured)
Rosie Joise

Shaunavullen Flag
Knocknaboa Fog

Runaway Doll
Bally brack Heidi

Nicholas Babe
Columbian Kate

Those are results after first round...........i hope they are all correct...........the weather is terrible but the rains blown over and left a windy gale

GLIN DERBY TS 1st Day Survivors

Ballys Bridge
Brazing Serpent

Bolger
Blackboy Jack

Captain Dru
Wallace Star

Savemybacon
Stiff Test

March is On
Melodys Best

Mucky Eamonn
Shannonvale Mett

Wise Todd
Rathmore Pines

Faithlegg Matt
I Saw Something

COURSING CALENDAR

I can supply a 5 month Coursing Calendar..........a month a page.(or as many pages as you wish).........with the meetings of your choice printed under dates and Photos of your choice in heading.  This can be of your own dog or any photos ive taken.  I can of course take photos of yourself with your dog at the meetings.
Each page is A4 in size and the price per page is 3 euros

 If you interested please ring/ text or see me at a meeting............this will make a great momento if you win a TS.........with a mixture of Action photos of your dog and presentation photos

More Action from Kilflynn

Heres a few more actions shots from Kilflynn

Wallace Flyer and Duragile Allstar getting some work in the final.

Kingsmill Bliss and Spur Majestic seeing the hare away.

Uptown Dilemma up,   from Marshals Pearl........

Kingsmill Bliss again in earlier round with Glouner Sandy

Duragile Allstar and Blackchalk

Oaks TS winner  Delottie v Avenue Gipsy........look out for this bitch on a longer field......one for notebook!

Roll on the Weekend

  While waiting for the weekend perhaps a look back to last seasons Irish Cup..........those two semi finals will stay in the minds of all those who attended for years to come.  Four great dogs going head to head.  It was a wonderful meeting and full credit to the team who ran a first class meeting.

Fitzgerald experiences the joy of six
by Tom Higgins

LEGENDARY Kerry trainer Pa Fitzgerald recorded his second J.P. McManus Irish Cup win in-a-row, and his sixth in all, when last season’s Boylesport Derby runner-up, Sandy Sea, landed the €80,000 winning prize for well- known owner Patsy Byrne (Duagh and London) at a well attended and highly successful Patrickswell meeting yesterday.

Fitzgerald, now based in Crogh, Co. Limerick, was quick to praise his gallant charge, declaring: "You need to have the ammunition and this is a super dog who never gets tired."

It was an exceptional training feat by Fitzgerald because the dog was slightly lame after the Champion Stakes in Clonmel last month. However, Fitzgerald stressed the dog was beaten fair and square in that decider by Catunda Ashmore but decided to let him take his chance in the Irish Cup when the classic was put back a week.

The Fitzgerald-Byrne combination were successful last season with Castlemartyr, which Byrne owned jointly with Helen Murphy of Castleisland, Co. Kerry.

Fitzgerald other winners were: Ballyard Yank, 1979/80; Ballyduff Bobby 1982/83; Black Rock in 1984/85, and yesterday was his third success for Byrne as he also turned out Castle Pines in 2004/05

In the final Sandy Sea defeated the gambled on Johnny Casanovaw - backed from 8-1 to 5-1 before coursing - by three lengths.

Before the quarter-finals, Johnny Casanova was down to 6-4 to take the classic with Sienna Steel on offer and 2-1 and Sandy Sea quoted at 4-1.

In the first quarter-final Johnny Casanova led Ballydorgan Hero four lengths with Sienna Steel coming from slight arrears to get the better of Freniti Options by three lengths.

Sandy Sea raced away from Shining Town to take the turn by a wide margin. In the final quarter-final Wallace Green won the battle of the puppies when beating Squatters Rights by eight lengths.

Both semi-finals were probably the greatest ever run at this level and proved the highlights of a meeting that gave coursing a massive late season fillip.

Johnny Casanova, who was now down to evens, just held on to beat the unlucky Sienna Steel, who changed sides before closing from half way. Then Sandy Sea, a 5-2 chance, then came from behind in a thriller to put out the Brendan Matthews trained Wallace Green by a neck.

In the final Sandy Sea was best away and raced clear for a three lengths win over the Michael O’Donovan trained Johnny Casanova.

Sandy Sea

The one thing that hit you about Sandy Sea is he never seems to tire......he looked ready to run again at the end of the day

GLIN CARD

Friday start 11.30
Start with the Derby Trial Stake - After interval - Derby Trial Stake and Glin Derby

Saturday: 11.30am
Start with Derby Trial Stake, Reserve Oaks Trial Stake and Desmond Cup,                                                       After the Interval - Derby Trial Stake, Desmond Cup and Glin Oak
Sunday: 12 noon.
Start with All Age Bitch Stake and complete card

Slipper....Tom Murphy                 Judge.....Paul Horan


DESMOND CUP
CARLSBUSH LEO V ANOTHER SESSION
BALLYDORGAN HERO V GOODDAY MICK
BRED IN MAYO V BEXHILL BOLT
LEITH LEGEND V WHITESTONE ROCK
WALLACE GREEN V SCOTCH ACTION
BRISTOL TEVEZ V DA FUGITIVE
SHANDRUM BAR V CARRIGMORE HEART
STOP PUSHING V ATLANTIC STYLE
GLANMORE GAR V BEXHILL BRIAN
KILLACOLLA BLUE V TOO MANY INDIANS
MAYOR DURKAN V SHADOW MIKES
FLOATING RAIN V MUSIC BAR
GURRAUN SMOKEY V A NOBLE MAN
KING EOIN V HARADSUN
MOAT MATTY V SHINES GANG
KICK ME DALY V SPORTING RIO
Res BEST MASTER: PAQUIRO: HOMESTEAD KERRY:                                                                       STAR FROM DOWN


ALL AGE BITCH STAKE
KILLINANE SMOKEY V DIXIE DARLIN
JUMBOS HANNAH V STARTFROMSCRATCH
SHES FLOWN V CARRIGMORE PRIDE
BALLYBRACK VIEW V SHANNONVALE INN
ABBEYGLEN JUDY V COMOGUE SKY
ANGELICAL GIRL V CUCHULLAIN DOTE
KILBREEDY SONIA V MAUGHERA TIMES
PARTY BLONDE V SANDY EABHA
Res MAKE THE TURN: GEORGE BUNRATTY


DERBY TRIAL STAKE
GALLYS BRIDGE T V HANKS BIG JIM
GLANMORE MURTY V MOUNTAIN MOVER
BRISTOL STEVE V BRAZING SERPENT
ROADSTONE FLYER V LALLYS FRIEND
SCOTCH ALSTAR V QUERRIN TOORA
BOLGER V KIERANS CASTLE
BLACKBOY JACK V WIZARD HERO
DOONARD HECTOR V SHADOW BASIL
POTENTIAL FLYER V TEDDY KAY
CAPTAIN DRU V FORMCRIOR WALL
WALLACE STAR V SONOWUKNOW
HENDON WAY V YOUGOIGO
AVEMYBACON V CRAFTY TOGO
ALL THE DITCHES V CASTLEMARTYR LAD
I SAY SO V STIFF TEST
CHAPTER FIVE V BARRISTER
MARCH IS ON V BEAUTYS GERRY
SOUTHERN HOPE V KINGCORMAC LAD
CARLSBUSH MATT V PORTINARD
MATTS JET V MELODYS BEST
MUCKY EAMONN V SILENT TURBO
ALRIGHT BEX V CHELSEA HARBOUR
SHANNONVALE MATT V SULLANE HYLAND
BARRACK DAN V ANTIQUE PINE
WISE TOD V TOMMYS TEQUILA
MILLABBEY EOIN V AUDIENCE PLANT
BLOODANDBANDAGE V TARMONS HYLAND
RATHMORE PINES V CHAPTERANDVERSE
PLUS ONE V KILPEACON A
A NOBLE ONE V FAITHLEGG MATT
DERHEEN RUN V TULLIG GUETORY
MELODY MIST V I SAW SOMETHING
Res DALEROAD LEGEND: GOFORITPOLKA:                                                                                             CLUNE HYLAND: CITIZEN SOFTIE: SIXTYFIVELAND: REENROUR POINT


RESERVE OAKS TRIAL STAKE
FIONNTRA HOLLY V TRIONAS DELIGHT
COOGA JESS V ROSIEJOSIE
WHITE ELLEN V SHANAVULIN FLAG
KNOCKNABOHA FOG V FLOW ON PENNY
RUNAWAY DOLL V TINY THORN
BALLYBRACK HEIDI V DINGLE BAY
NICOLAS BABE V ROOSKA VIE
ZINEB V COLUMBIAN KATE
Res JUMBOS DELIGHT: KEEPER LADY


Directions............From the N69 go straight through the village.  Take the LEFT hand turning opposite the Mace. The field is about 2 miles on this road

GLIN

Well...........Glins draw is up and we are being treated to a 3 day feast..........cracking Cup and a 64 dog Derby Trial Stake.
                                           Wallace Green set to return

Could it be a double of Cups for Brood of the Year Carrick Sam............Angelical Girl is out in the bitches.......Wallace Green in the Cup ........and In the Derby Trial Stake the first of her Mulitbet pups makes a apearence........they wont be getting things all their own way as theres some well bred pups on show!

Angelical Girl......bitch Cup hope

Not Forgetting the Duffers

Mystery Black leads Fortfield Hyland in the OFlaherty Memorial

And Coolagowan Light  taking the flag from Fawn Mystery

Just a Reminder

Just to let you know..........if your dog was running at Liscannor Saturday or  Kilflynn Sunday theres a good chance ive a picture of it.

 You can ring me on ....0872712156....or email on  yvonneharrington@topmail.ie

for a copy

Pictures also from last season

Kilfynn Trial Stakes

Oaks Trial Stake

I must admit to be very impressed with the winner..........not very big by coursing standards she showed great heart. Looks like its a smart litter from Bexhill Eoin,  as her sister ran well to oand will be one to watch out for. 

Delotti is out of Dancing Dilemma a sister to Uptown Smurf

Well done to connection of  Delotti

Reserve Derby Trial Stake

Bridewell Fawn ....trained by Lester Power took the Res TS..........putting in good performances all day.

Another nice pup by Matt Hyland.....he sired 3 TS winners this weekend! Hes out of Tequilla Lady.........whos from the ever reliable Safty Leader line.

Bridewell Fawn and Oilean Fantasy in the Final

 

Keira Horgan, Megan Horgan , Kevin Gleeson and Antonia Gleeson with Brideswell Fawn

Kilfynn Cups

A good days coursing at Kilfynn, finnshed the weekend.........The Cups were first class.......sadly Uptown Dilemma was withdrawn from the semi finals while going well......nether the less we were treated to some good Buckles.

Kingsmill Bliss excelled herself all day and the result was never in doubt......"little miss foot perfect!"

Kingsmill Bliss (Judicial Best x Eoin Bui)takes her first Cup of the season.....seen here with John Roche

It was a quality Cup and we`ll be seening  more of the runners up........Spur Majestic

        Spur Majestic (Mounteden Guest x Vacume Runaway)  in full flight

 and Uptown Dillemma........(Bexhill Eoin x Uptown Smurf)

Withdrawn from the semis......looked impressive  up till then

Wallace Flyer took the Fuller Memorial in good style..............another good winner for brood of the year Carrick Sam.............this lady is a class act in the breeding paddocks and well all watch her Multibet pups with interest

Wallace Fyer (BexhillEoin x Carrick Sam)taking the Cup from Duragile Allstar (janey Mac Aroo x Gooreen Jessie)

Thomas Shields and Michael Keenan with Flyer

 

 

Michael Fitzgerald and John Roche with Kingsmill Bliss

Liscannor Winners

Liscannor

All Age Cup
Winner: Flow On Ted RU: Whitestone Rover

Flow on Ted  (Bexhill Eoin x Caoimhes Cindy)....leading Inny Perfection in the first round

All Age Bitch Stake:
Winner: Bejo Blonde RU: Pumpkin Lucky

Derby TS:
Winner: Upsetter RU: No Fool

Upsetter..(Matt Hyland  x Croca Or)

Oaks TS:
Winner: Scattery Express RU: Fishermans Jade

KILFYNN WINNERS

All Age Bitch

 KINGSMILL BLISS

All Age Dog

 WALLACE FLYER

Bitch TS

DELOTTI

Res Dog TS

BRIDEWELL FAWN

1 Course Duffer
Mystery Black

2Course Duffer
Coolagowan Light

Kilfynn Finals

Bitch Cup

Kingsmill Bliss v Spur Majestic

Dog Cup

Duragile Allstar  v Wallace Flyer

Oaks Trial Stakes

Uptown Hope v Delotti

Reserve Dog TS

Bridewell Fawn  v Oilean Fantasy

One Course Duffer

Fortfield Hyland v Mystery Black

Two Course Duffer

Coolagowan Light v Fawn Mystery

Kilfynn Survivors

ALL AGE CUP
Duarigle Allstar
Trial Balance
Shanavullen Rio
Black Chalk
Squatters Rights
Quarrymount Man
Wallace Flyer
Dakota Highway
RESERVE DERBY TRIAL STAKE
Kilpeacon Cadet
Eagles Point
Bridewell Fawn
Lotus Viper
Carrigoir Pat
Oilean Fantasy
Small Impression
Marshals Safari
OAKS TRIAL STAKE
Joans Diva
Uptown Hope
Big Maggie
Aoifes Dilemma
Delotti
Beck Row Hyland
Avenue Gypsy
Wallace Lady

GOOD HARE DAY

 It was a great relief to see the hares at Liscannor so well trained and strong.   A game of Ducks and Drakes played by Mr Gormley  left little time for catching and training hares..............it is to there credit that Liscannor were up to the task.

Before the off

 Hares had enough tricks to fool the dogs!

 

and they all made good their escapes!

Saoirse Donnelley  talking to Judge Tony Reddan

And Finally a big thankyou to these lads...........just some of the days workers

Sorry I had n pen to take your names...........if you would like to you can click on "comment " below and add them yourself!

Opening Day

The weather kept fine for a super first day at Liscannor.  The crowd was hugh and many of these were holiday makers impressed with their first look at Coursing.  Many had only seen the terrible propagander  put out by the antis and were pleased they made the effort to see it for themselves.

Hares were excllent all day and a great credit to Liscannor club,  who excelled in difficult circumstances.

Scattery Express  (Matt Hyland x Scattery Mac) impressed in the Bitch TS

Many pups were running green on this first day..........there were a few  scrathced runners in the second round as conditions were firm. Drying winds at this time of the year soon change the going........rain is needed soon!

Gurraun Flash goes well in the Dog TS

It was a close affair in the Cup.......................the morning see a hot contest between Soundmanpaddy and Whitestone Rover.............both stood out in the first round

Soundmandpaddy

Whitestone Rover