Irish Sprint Cup

The Irish Sprint Cup formerly known as the Irish National Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Dundalk Stadium in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.^[1]

It was held at the Dunmore Park Greyhound Stadium from 1943 until 2000^[2] until the track closed in 1996 and then it returned in 1999 at Ballyskeagh before switching to Dundalk in 2004.^[3] It is a prestigious invitation event held for Ireland's leading sprinters and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar after being inaugurated in 1968.^[4]

Past winners


Year	Winning Greyhound	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP	Notes
1943	Fair Mistress	Saccadee – Edith Bronte	24.03			Track record
1944	Mad Tanist	Tanist – Mad Darkie	23.89			Track record
1945	Oranmore Bandit	Rebel Light – Duffy’s Tea Again	24.08
1946	Count Lally	Inler Irish – Lady of the Gale	24.56
1947	Fair Moving	Well Squared – Fair Light	24.32			dead-heat
1947	Rockfield Light	Well Squared – Fair Light	24.32			dead-heat
1948	Leamas Sport	Sporting Tanist – Misers Curse	24.66
1949	Burndennet Brook	Great Climber – Cherokee Girl	23.99
1950	Sandown Champion	Mad Tanist – Good Record	23.86
1951	Mad Companion	Bellas Prince – Maddest Yet	23.88
1952	Kilrid Blackbird	Dante the Great – Kilrid Colleen	23.90
1953	Mushera Shaggy	Shaggy Lad – Mushera Farloe	23.99
1954	Hi There	Slaney Record – Dublin Red	24.51
1955	Claremont John	Derrycrussan – Claremont Girl	23.77
1956	Keep Moving	Imperial Dancer – California	23.65			Track record
1957	Coalfield Here		24.04
1958	Obedias Son		23.89
1959	Clougharevan Boy	Glittering Look – Manhattan Heiress	23.84
1960	Skips Choice	Romolas Dante – Phil Skip	23.92
1961	Highland Fame		24.22
1962	Tanyard Chef	Tanyard Champion – Flexions Glow	23.96
1963	Melody Wonder	Pigalle Wonder – Racing Millie	24.17
1964	Dorado	Champions Son – Last July	24.08
1965	Bauhus	Solar Prince – Lovely Sister Ger McKenna	23.73
1966	Hair Dresser	The Glen Abbey - Billum	23.89
1967	Mullaghroe Hiker	Knockrour Again – Carless Fire	23.72
1968	Dry Flash	Prairie Flash – Newhill Snowdrop	24.10	Ger McKenna		dead-heat
1968	Newhill Printer	Prairie Flash – Newhill Snowdrop	24.10			dead-heat
1969	Move Gas	Dandy Man – Move Sally	23.60			Track record
1970	Gaultier Swank		24.00
1971	Benbradagh Luck	Lucky Wonder – Gentle Star	23.74
1972	Clashing	Yanka Boy – Bresheen Peg	23.72
1973	Get The Point	Shauns Ticket – Itsamint	23.87
1974	Empty Pride	Own Pride – Chick Chick	24.05
1975	Rapid Roger	Kerry Wonder – Rapid Smokey	23.58
1976	Thurles Yard	Bright Lad – Backyard Girl	24.04
1977	Land Power	Power to Spare – Rayhill Meg	23.97
1978	Noble Brigg	Faction Fighter – Noble Lynn	23.76
1979	La Cosa Nostra	Rockfield Era – Mafia Poppy	23.82
1980	Blue Train	Never So Gay – Ballagan View	23.77
1981	Noble Legion	Faction Fighter – Noble Lynn	23.78
1982	Otago	Fair Boot – Gulleen Primrose	23.56
1983	Im Slippy	Laurdella Fun – Glenroe Boss	23.50
1984	Market Major	Tender Hothead – Market Telex	23.78
1985	Arties Rover	Knockash Rover – Noble Queen	23.79
1986	Autumn Magic	Tender Hothead – Long Bar	23.53
1987	Oran Flash	Oran Jack – Warm Wind	23.72
1988	Lisnakill Carmel	Hay Maker Mac – Lisnakill Mist	23.44
1989	Macs Lock	Quare Rocket – Killetra Queen	23.86
1990	Leaders Best	For Real – Leaders Exile	23.40
1991	Hawaiian Knight	Flag Star – Dancing Dream	23.35
1993	Ballyfolion Shy	Meeniyan Prince – Ballyfolian Jig	23.16
1995	Analysis	Mid Clare Champ – Glenmoira	23.39
1996	Old Kingdom	Mid Clare Champ – Sunstory	23.42
1999	Quarter to Five	Boyne Walk – Gig of Gold	20.24	Paul Hennessy	6-4
2000	Knockeevan Star	Slaneyside Hare – Rubys Bridge	20.14	Tom Flaherty	7-2
2001	Fact File	Thorgil Tex – Lady Be Silent	20.06	Jerry Melia	9-4
2002	Fast Gladiator	Roanokee – Stocks The Rocks	20.28	Seamus Hagan	2-1
2004	Lowtown Supreme	Arrigle Phantom – Silver Side	21.94	Ray Kavanagh	7-2
2005	Mabels Dilemma	Roanokee – Adriennes Beauty	21.11	Gerry Holian	4-6f	Track record
2006	Smart Teddy	Go Wild Teddy – Quick Sweep	21.31	Joe Blair	4-1
2007	Johnny Gatillo	Top Honcho – Corries Kate	21.26	Martin Lanney	7-1
2008	Allmightyjack	Tucks Mein – Lethal Claudia	21.08	James Roche	2-1
2009	Inny Blue	Honcho Classic – Sydney Swan	21.15	John McGee Sr.	9-2
2010	Sheepwalk Mac	Ballymac Maeve – Crazy Jane	21.08	Michael Taggart	4-5f
2011	Shoemakers Lad	Brett Lee – Ms Pepinstep	21.10	Thomas Harte	6-1
2012	Cambushmore	Head Bound – Maryanns Venture	21.01	Graham Holland	7-2
2013	Razldazl Rioga	Brett Lee – Razldazl Pearl	21.27	Dolores Ruth	13-2
2014	Crokers Champ	Kinloch Brae – Honey Shine	21.18	Peter Cronin	2-1
2015	Slipalong Hero	Gold Slipalong – Thorns And Roses	21.31	Gerry Holian	8-1
2016	Ballymac BigMike ^[5]	Tyrur Big Mike – Ballymac Scarlet	21.01	Robert Gleeson	6-4f

Venues & distances

1943-1996 (Dunmore Park 435y)
1999-2002 (Ballyskeagh/Drumbo Park 325y)
2004-2004 (Dundalk 410y)
2005-present (Dundalk 400y)

References

↑ Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing, page 246. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
↑ Barnes, Julia (1991). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 326. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
↑ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 173. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
↑ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2016 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.

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