2015 Irish Greyhound Derby

2015 BoylesportsIrish Greyhound Derby 13 August 19 September €125,000 (winner) Shelbourne Park 2014 2016 The 2015 Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held on 19 September 2015 at Shelbourne Park. The winner Ballymac Matt picked up the first prize of €125,000 that was on offer.http://www.igb.ie/results/view-results/?track=SPK&date=19-Sep-2015&racenumber=8 2015 Irish Derby final Irish Greyhound Board The competition was sponsored by Boylesports. Final result At Shelbourne Park (over 550 yards):http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=3819107 2015 final Greyhound Data Position Name of Greyhound Breeding Trap Sectional SP Finish Time Trainer1stBallymac Matt Tyrur Big Mike - Ballymac Scarlet 33.463-129.63Liam Dowling2ndFarloe Blitz Premier Fantasy - Final Oyster13.411-1f29.68Owen McKenna3rdFarloe Rumble Ace Hi Rumble - Final Oyster 63.6016-129.73Owen McKenna4thPeregrine Falcon Ace Hi Rumble - Minefield 43.4912-129.79Patrick O’Brien5thCable Bay Foleys Folley - Toms Delight 23.676-129.82Brendan Matthews6thGaytime Hawk Westmead Hawk - Gaytime Grettie 53.507-229.93Graham Holland Distances ¾, ¾, ¾, ½, 1½ (lengths) Competition Race Report Laughil Blake headed the Irish Derby entries after missing the English Greyhound Derby. Farloe Blitz joined him at the top of the ante-post betting after his English Derby campaign. Only one British connection travelled to Ireland to take part. Laughil Blake was taken out coughing before the first round and was retired to stud. When the action started Ballymac Matt went fastest during both the first and second rounds (29.43 & 29.47); Farloe Blitz impressed but Slippery Fred, Laughil Duke and Riverside Pat were all eliminated.http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/matt-stars-in-irish-derby/ Matt stars in Irish Derby 14 August 2015 Greyhound Star The night before the tricky third round a greyhound called Tyrur Van Gaal broke the track record, stopping the clock at 29.10; van Gaal had failed to make it past the first round. Ballymac Matt recorded a third successive fastest round win in round three, setting a time of 29.44.http://www.igb.ie/results/view-results/?track=SPK&date=29-Aug-2015&racenumber=8 Results Irish Greyhound Board Peregrine Falcon remained the only other greyhound unbeaten recording 29.50 and Samiya looked good with a 29.46 success. Big names Farloe Blitz, Paradise Maverick and Sidarian Vega all squeezed through to the quarter-finals after third-place finishes in their respective heats, but Oaks champion Ballydoyle Honey failed to progress. The quarter-finals saw Farloe Blitz bounce back to his best and easily winning the first heat; Rural Hawaii & Samiya made it no further. Heat two was won by Ballymac Matt, but his win time was bettered by other heat winners for the first time in the competition. The final two heats went to Gaytime Hawk and Peregrine Falcon; the former recorded 29.34 and the latter remained unbeaten. Paradise Maverick and Sidarian Vega both disappointed and made it no further.http://www.igb.ie/results/Results/ Results Irish Greyhound Board 2016-08-21 2016-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160808075810/http://www.igb.ie/results/Results dead As the semifinals got underway, it was the four quarter-final heat winners that were the favourites to claim a place in the final on 13 September. Gaytime Hawk picked up the weaker heat from Farloe Rumble and Kirby Memorial Stakes champion Cable Bay. The much stronger second heat resulted in Farloe Blitz from trap 2 defeating Ballymac Matt from 1 with Peregrine Falcon claiming third from Save the Don. In the final Farloe Blitz was hot favourite after drawing the red jacket, but on paper the final looked very competitive. As the traps opened Farloe Blitz controlled the race as he maintained a nice lead from the start, but Ballymac Matt was prominent and pulled back Farloe Blitz on the run-in despite losing ground at the third bend. Ballymac Matt deserved the win, and Farloe Rumble finished strongly to take third place. Ballymac Matt later won the 2015 Irish Greyhound of the Year. Quarter-finals https://www.igb.ie/results/view-results/?track=SPK&date=05-Sep-15#race10 Quarter Final results Irish Greyhound Board 18em start Heat 1 (5 September)PosNameSPTime1st Farloe Blitz 1-1f 29.442nd Blue Cafu 8-1 29.753rd Shutthe Backdoor 16-1 29.964th Rural Hawaii 3-1 29.985th Dolcino Flyer 14-1 29.996th Samiya 5-2 30.10 18em break Heat 2 (5 September)PosNameSPTime1st Ballymac Matt 2-5f 29.642nd Highview Apollo 10-1 29.713rd Save The Don 7-2 29.994th Priceless Lassie 10-1 30.095th Jo Jo Fantasy 33-1 30.206th Ivy Hill Bart 14-1 30.30 18em break Heat 3 (5 September)PosNameSPTime1st Gaytime Hawk 5-1 29.342nd Tyrur Tommy 2-1cf 29.653rd Farloe Rumble 5-1 29.724th Fair Taxes 2-1cf 29.795th Paradise Maverik 2-1cf 29.906th Offshore Bound 7-1 30.11 18em break Heat 4 (5 September)PosNameSPTime1st Peregrine Falcon 3-1cf 29.502nd Cable Bay 7-2 29.553rd Jaytee Jet 3-1cf 29.694th Lemon Miley 16-1 29.735th Secreto 3-1cf 29.876th Sidarian Vega 6-1 30.11 end Semifinals https://www.igb.ie/results/view-results/?track=SPK&date=12-Sep-15#race9 Semi Final results Irish Greyhound Board 22em start First Semifinal (12 September)PosName of GreyhoundSPTime1st Gaytime Hawk 6-4f 29.412nd Farloe Rumble 7-1 29.583rd Cable Bay 4-1 29.654th Tyrur Tommy 7-2 29.725th Jaytee Jet 5-1 29.766th Blue Cafu 7-1 30.14 22em break Second Semifinal (12 September)PosName of GreyhoundSPTime1st Farloe Blitz 1-1f 29.542nd Ballymac Matt 2-1 29.593rd Peregrine Falcon 6-1 29.844th Save The Don 8-1 29.985th Shutthe Backdoor 33-1 30.056th Highview Apollo 16-1 30.06 end See also 2015 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References Greyhound Derby Irish Greyhound Derby Irish Greyhound Derby Irish Greyhound Derby, 2015