Tyrur kennels have big chance to bag Irish Laurels
The Pat Hennerty Irish Laurels, which gets underway on Friday at Curraheen Park received a huge boost after Ireland's leading owner PJ Fahy decided to enter this year’s Irish Derby runner-up Tyrur Big Mike in the €35,000 classic.
Big Mike, who’s in excellent form at the moment, has become the highest-profile greyhound in Ireland, although he now obviously shares that slot with his Derby winning litter brother Tyrur McGuigan, who Fahy had originally planned to enter instead.
Fahy contacted Curraheen Park on Monday morning to add Big Mike to his list of entries which consist of Tyrur Enda, Tyrur Bucko and Tyrur Lucky.
Fahy said: “We are not entering him with big-time expectations as Tyrur Enda is really our top dog. But at the end of the day you have to let your big dogs run and the sponsors, who are putting up big money, deserve to see the big names contesting their competitions.”
In total there will be 84 hopefuls attempting to triumph in the 525-yard competition which will have its opening round heats split across two days, with the first six heats taking place this Friday and the remaining eight to be run on Saturday.
This year’s Laurels is going to be a very hot one, and no easy task for the Tyrur kennels, who will be up against a high-class field including the likes of Tullymurry Act, Sevenheads Bay, Colorful Champ, Kiowa Myth, Mesedo Blue, Pablo Supreme, Sheepwalk Mac, St Louis Spirit, Tyrur Bucko, Carib King, Romeo Impact, Burn Em Up, Kevins Star, De Ex Factor, Tranquil Time and Da Dancer.
The first three from each heat will qualify and also the six fastest finishing fourth.
Irish Laurels first round heats:
Friday:
Heat one: 1 Headleys Mentor; 2 Lassa Extreme; 3 Ar Kid; 4 Dusky Luck; 5 Cool Model; 6 Guitar Moment (m).
Heat two: 1 Tubbertelly Dubh; 2 Faypoint Dave; 3 Killacolla Pride; 4 Paradise Casino; 5 Boherash Torres; 6 Yes Boss (m).
Heat three: 1 Took The Okee; 2 Kiowa Myth; 3 Farran Crash; 4 Gringos Verlingo; 5 Burn Em Up (m); 6 Soldier Laddie (m).
Heat four: 1 Lystoll Oak; 2 Homers Vision; 3 Pablo Supreme; 4 Da Dancer; 5 Mellery Blue; 6 Cool Mac (m).
Heat five: 1 Ballymac Mitsy; 2 Sion Swift; 3 Kevins Star; 4 Belvedere Champ; 5 Broadstrand Lad; 6 Kid Billzer.
Heat six: 1 Witches Peter; 2 Droopys Sastre; 3 Castlelyons Ralf; 4 Romeo Impact; 5 Marked Urgent; 6 Ambitious Vinny.
Saturday:
Heat seven: 1 Bua Dearg; 2 Killorane Boy; 3 Royal Tornado; 4 Belindas Lee; 5 Cowboys Creek; 6 Jonny Whitesox (m)
Heat eight: 1 Paddy The Joker; 2 Mays Checker; 3 Dalcash Cardosa; 4 Tranquil Time; 5 Sheepwalk Mac (w); 6 Noelles Kido (w).
Heat nine: 1 Skip One; 2 Smooth Lad; 3 Kilmalady Torres; 4 De Ex Factor; 5 Mesedo Blue (m); 6 Ocean Crash (m).
Heat 10: 1 Mileheight Crash; 2 Beaming Dilemma; 3 Tailteann Kewell; 4 Tyrur Bucko; 5 Barefoot Admiral; 6 St Louis Spirit (m).
Heat 11: 1 Barnbrook Again; 2 Butterbridge Sue; 3 Leeview Jet; 4 Yeah Richie; 5 Postman Damian; 6 Tyrur Big Mike (m).
Heat 12: 1 Tullymurry Act; 2 Honchos Key; 3 Tyrur Lucky; 4 Noelles Hero; 5 Croom Star; 6 Polemico (m).
Heat 13: 1 Paid Paddy; 2 Lisacaha Jeanie; 3 Corporate Attack; 4 Sheepwalk Maeve; 5 Sevenheads Bay; 6 Castleyons Patk (w).
Heat 14: 1 Colorful Champ; 2 Carib King; 3 Fleetwood Nick; 4 Shiloh Sublime; 5 Tyrur Enda; 6 Droopys Zorro.
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