St Leger (Irish greyhounds)

The St Leger is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Limerick Greyhound Stadium at Greenpark, Dock Road, Limerick, Ireland. ^[1] The competition is an original classic race and was inaugurated in 1932 at Celtic Park in Belfast following the decision by the Irish Coursing Club to issue a new list of classic races.^[2]

As was the practice at the time the Bord na gCon switched the event each year to a different track. Clonmel, Shelbourne Park and Harolds Cross all played host ^[3] before it found a permanent home at the old Limerick Markets Field Greyhound Stadium. ^[4]

Past winners


Year	Winning Greyhound	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP	Notes
1932	Castle Eve	Fourth of July – Sally’s Gossip	32.08
1933	Brilliant Bob	Other Days – Birchfield Bessie	31.53
1934	Chicken Sandwich	Heros Heart – Moor Girl	31.59			Track record
1935	Carras Son	Rubio – Cara	31.82
1936	Moresby	Roving Bunty – False Colleen	31.68
1937	Cheers For Ballyduff	Hes Next – Normans Fancy	31.42
1938	Abbeylara	Prudent Turn – Thats The Why	31.61
1939	Negros Crown	Prudent Turn – Negros Pet	31.77
1940	Cherrygrove Cross	Rejected Light – Dohora Lass	31.82
1942	Monarch of the Glen	Carolina Prince – Turn of the Glen	31.28
1943	Monarch of the Glen	Carolina Prince – Turn of the Glen	31.48
1944	No Relation	Sweeping Cut – Halycon Heart	31.48
1945	Dark Shadow	Ruby Border – Coming Now	31.37			Track record
1946	Star Point	Bawnmore Lad – Bright Duckling	31.55
1947	Pouleen Boy	Another White Sandhills – Broken Weir	31.92
1948	Beau Lion	Another Dancing Willie - Brevity	31.52
1949	Ballybeg Surprise	Mad Tanist – My Little Diamond	31.55
1950	Maddest Daughter	Clounehard Border – Maddest Yet	31.55
1951	Ellas Ivy	Ivy Reef – Mara Lass	31.08
1952	Silver Earl	King Silver – Ardmachree Eliza	31.25
1953	Gortaleen	Shaggy Lad – Magic Maid	31.26
1954	Mount Nagle Surprise	Ballybeg Surprise – Mount Nagle Girl	31.10
1955	Doonmore Dreamer	Wee Chap – Again Ballyglass	30.98
1956	Prince of Bermuda	Champion Prince – Sunora	30.66	Ger McKenna		Track record
1957	Kilcaskin Kern	Magourna Reject – Pavona	31.05
1958	Firgrove Snowman	The Grand Champion – Firgrove Swallow	31.28
1959	Ocean Swell	Glittering Look – Don’t Ask	31.18
1960	Swanlands Best	Man Of Pleasure – Swanland’s Neighbour	31.60	Ger McKenna
1961	Jerrys Clipper	Jerry’s Special – Glittering Queenie	31.10
1962	Apollo Again	Knockrour Again – Redondo Beach	31.26	Ger McKenna
1963	General Courtnowski	Man Of Pleasure - Yoblstrap	31.12
1964	Brook Jockey	Jockey’s Glen – Endurance	31.66	P Boyce
1965	Lovely Chieftain	Knockhill Chieftain – Lovely Sister	30.92	Ger McKenna
1966	Movealong Santa	Champion Tipp – Movelong Sally	30.92
1967	Yanka Boy	Clonalvy Pride – Millie Hawthorn	30.77	Ger McKenna
1968	Pools Punter	Oregon Prince – Wild Countess	30.88		9-2
1969	Own Pride	Always Proud – Kitty True	30.95	Ger McKenna
1970	Mark Anthony	Prairie Flash - Shandaroba	31.02
1971	Time Up Please	Newdown Heather – Dogstown Fame	30.56	Ger McKenna
1972	Time Up Please	Newdown Heather – Dogstown Fame	31.05	Ger McKenna
1973	Romping To Work	Swanky Pa – Go To Work	31.04
1974	Lively Band	Silver Hope – Kells Queen	31.20	Jack Murphy
1975	Ballybeg Prim	Rockfield Era – Ballybeg Pride	30.44	Ger McKenna		Track record
1976	Nameless Star	Rita’s Choice - Itsastar	30.62	Ger McKenna
1977	Red Rasper	Own Pride – Miss Honeygar	31.15	Ger McKenna
1978	Rhu	Sole Aim – RigsdaleKuda Matt O’Donnell	31.44
1979	Airmount Champ	Hunday Champion – Winnies Call	31.20	Paddy Keane
1980	Rahan Ship	Rail Ship – Rwanyena Johnny Haynes	30.72
1981	Oran Jack	Yellow Band – Spooky Lady	30.62
1982	Supreme Tiger	Knockrour Tiger-Rising Tide	30.44	Matt O’Donnell
1983	The Stranger	Dark Mercury – Lovely Blend Christy O’Callaghan	31.04
1984	Morans Beef	Noble Brigg – Rathkenny Bride Ger McKenna	30.06
1985	Ballintubber One	Killaclug Jet – Ballintubber Peg	30.42	Matt O’Donnell
1986	Storm Villa	Aulton Villa – Storm Island	30.65	Matt O’Donnell
1987	Randy	Aulton Villa – Melanie	30.23	Christy Daly
1988	Local Kate	Wise Band – Local Nell	31.04
1989	Dereen Star	Moral Support – Summer Crab	30.24	Matt O’Donnell
1990	Alans Judy	Im Slippy – Fairy Lawn	30.42
1991	Castleland Dream	PowerstownPax – Sail On Witch	30.22
1992	Barefoot Dash	Willie Joe – Kilmorna Pearl	30.40
1993	Barefoot Marty	Im Slippy – Cheeky Carmaur	30.54
1994	Kilvil Skinner	Mathews Gold – Keeleys Friend	30.84
1995	Batties Spirit	Batties Whisper – Lady Arrancourt	30.42	Matt O’Donnell
1996	Airmount Rogue	Glen Park Dancer – Airmount Kelly	29.89	Gerald Kiely
1997	Fire Fly	Leaders Minstrel – Mark of Relief	30.36	AD Marshall	9-2
1998	Deerfield Sunset	Vintage Prince - Sunset Blonde	30.03	Dolores Ruth	5-4f
1999	Frisby Flashing	Frightful Flash – Centenarys Dream	29.64	Reggie Roberts	1-1f	Track record
2000	Extra Dividend	Sassy Boy – Sunshine Penny	29.79	Dolores Ruth	8-1
2001	Droopys Kewell	Larkhill Jo – Perrys Pusher	30.37	Michael Dunphy	5-2
2002	Larking About	Larkhill Jo – Rockys Whisper	29.73	Paul Hennessy	9-4f
2003	Mountleader Rolf	Smooth Rumble – Mountleader Diva	30.01	Geraldine O’Mahony	5-2
2004	Never Give Up	Spiral Nikita – Dalcash Lament	29.88	Pat Buckley	7-1
2005	Redbarn Panther	Jamella Tiger - Itsabouttimerose	29.72	Liam Egan	4-1
2006	Indesacjack	Pacific Mile – JasonsSmokie	29.66	Jim Morrissey	2-1f
2007	Lughill Jo	Larkhill Jo – Lughill Rose	29.37	Owen McKenna	3-1
2008	Boherash Gaoithe	World Class – Boherash Charity	29.71	Joan Hanrahan	14-1
2009	Bar Blackstone ^[5]	Head Bound – Blackstone Sky	29.62	Sean Dunphy	2-1jf
2010	Farley Turbo ^[6]	Hondo Black – Blue Honey	29.57	Owen McKenna	3-1	Track record
2011	What A Tornado	Crash – Natural Energy	29.58	Paul Hennessy	7-4f
2012	Cashen Mafuma	Cashen Legend – Shakira Live	29.57	Chris Houlihan	8-1
2013	Locnamon Bridie	Royal Impact – Locnamon Nell	29.34	Paul Hennessy	3-1jf
2014	Paradise Silva ^[7]	Hondo Black – Dalcash Diva	29.50	Pat Buckley	6-4f
2015	Skywalker Rory ^[8]	Skywalker Puma – Tarsna Sal	29.47	Patrick Guilfoyle	7-2
2016	Priceless Brandy ^[9]	Mall Brandy – Tullowmac Java	29.30	Paul Hennessy	4-5f

Venues & Distances

Celtic Park (1932, 1943 550y)
Clonmel (1933 550y)
Shelbourne Park (1934, 1936, 1938, 1939 550y)
Harolds Cross (1935, 1937, 1942 550y)
Limerick (1940 & 1944-present 550y)

References

↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 299-300. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
↑ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ Barnes, Julia (1991). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 336. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
↑ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 175-176. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
↑ "2009 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2010 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2014 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2015 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2016 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.

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