Laurels (Irish greyhounds)

The Laurels is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. ^[1]

It was hosted by the old Cork (Western Road) Greyhound Stadium from 1944-1999 ^[2] but inevitably continued to be held at the new track after it opened.

It is a prestigious event targeted by many of Ireland's leading greyhounds and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar. ^[3]

Past winners

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Year	Winning Greyhound	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP	Notes
1944	Robeen Printer	Printer – Deoc Deireannach	28.98
1945	Munster Hotel	Highland Rum – Ballinspittle	29.20
1946	Ballinrea Express	Rebel Express – Champion Queen	28.80
1947	Careless Border	Ruby Border – Volcut	28.80
1948	Double Shadow	Dark Shadow – Grosvenors Lady	28.33
1949	Spanish Chestnut	Rebel Abbey – Cordal Moonlight	28.55
1950	Spanish Chestnut	Rebel Abbey – Cordal Moonlight	28.70
1951	Knockrour Favourite	Bellas Prince – Favourite Tip	28.85
1952	Tragumna Dasher	Dark Shadow – Bran Cream	28.70
1953	Templenoe Rebel	Ballymac Ball – Templenoe Medora	28.55
1954	Come on Bella	Lucky Tanist – Knockrour Bella	28.90
1955	Spanish Battleship	Spanish Chestnut – Ballyseedy Memory	28.35
1956	Rather Grand	The Grand Champion – Ashbrook Gift	29.00
1957	Kilcasey Streak		28.80
1958	Brook Prancer	Glittering Look – Shaggy Dancer	28.43
1959	Celbridge Chance	Eridanus - Avril	28.50
1960	Last Lap	The Grand Champion – Dooniskey Lass	28.15
1961	Round Tower Rose	Champion Prince – Knockdrina Rose	29.80
1962	Dark Baby	Knockrour Again – Ronnoc Miss	29.40			Track record
1963	Powerstown Proper	Hi There – Faoide	29.75
1964	Tanyard Heather	Oregon Prince – Clonbanin Chariot	29.20	P Cashman
1965	Boro Parachute	Crazy Parachute – Anjone	29.60
1966	Westpark Ash	Hi There – Westpark Ballet	29.40
1967	Philotimo	Booked Out – Pride of Corrin	29.65	C Kelleher
1968	Flaming King	Market Green – Maglin Lady	29.25	S Moran
1969	Skipping Tim	Myross Again – Right On Time	29.50	Dave Cashman
1970	Gabriel Boy	Yanka Boy – Gabriel Star	29.25	Ger McKenna
1971	Ivy Hall Flash	Proud Lincoln – Ivy Hall Rose	29.15	Paddy Keane
1972	Dublin Eily	Maryville Hi – Right Champion	29.70	J Buckley
1973	Kilbracken Style	Kilbelin Style – Maggie Ann	29.10	Paddy Keane
1974	Silent Thought	Ivy Hall Flash – Oulartwick Jane	29.50	Paddy Keane
1975	Moonshine Bandit	Yanka Boy – Westpark Roma	29.30	Christy O’Callaghan
1976	Nameless Star	Ritas Choice – Itsastar	29.30	Ger McKenna
1977	Ashleigh Honour	Kudas Honour – Miss Ashleigh	29.15	Dave Cashman
1978	Knockrour Girl	Bright Lad – Knockrour Last	29.40	D Lynch
1979	Knockrour Slave	Sole Aim – Knockrour Exile	29.45	Ger McKenna
1980	Knockrour Slave	Sole Aim – Knockrour Exile	29.00	Ger McKenna		Track record
1981	Knockeen Master	Laurdella Fun – Knockeen Guest	29.50	Christy O’Callaghan
1982	The Stranger	Dark Mercury – Lovely Blend	28.95	Christy O’Callaghan
1983	Back Garden	Knockrour Slave – Sweeping Billy	29.66	Ger McKenna
1984	Rugged Mick	Ceili Band – Blueberry Pet	29.09	Ger McKenna
1985	Follow A Star	Under Par – Float A Loan	29.42	Ger McKenna
1986	Big Oran	Oran Jack – Big Deposit	29.78	Mrs A Wade
1987	Yellow Bud	Yellow Ese - Budweiser	29.28	D O’Regan
1988	Odell King	Sail On II – Odell Tansy	28.98	M McCarthy
1989	Airmount Grand	Daleys Gold – Airmount Jewel	28.82	Gerald Kiely		Track record
1990	Adraville Bridge	Im Slippy – Milltown Gem	28.78	Mossy O’Connor		Tack record
1991	Terrydrum Tico	Tico – Gentle Sarah	28.86
1992	Market Rascal	Coral Town – Twins Petra	29.58
1993	Lisglass Lass	Quare Rocket - Machern	28.97
1994	Clounmellane Oak	Ravage Again – Rosehip Joy	29.44
1995	Standard Image	Murlens Slippy – Simply Elite	29.04
1996	Deerfield Bypass	Daleys Gold – Black Adraville	29.12	Ger McKenna
1997	Mr Pickwick	Trade Union – Terrys Whisper	29.16	Paul Hennessy	1-2f
1998	Mr Pickwick	Trade Union – Terrys Whisper	29.29	Paul Hennessy	4-5f
1999	Lumber Boss	Batties Rocket – The Other Joy	29.42	Frances O’Donnell	5-1	dead-heat
1999	Tigers Eye	Coalbrook Tiger – Swift Comment	29.42	Nicky Turner	10-1	dead-heat
2000	Barefoot Ridge	Some Picture – Cailin Dilis	28.69	Paul Hennessy	6-1
2001	Sonic Flight	Frightful Flash – Westmead Flight	28.41	Dolores Ruth	4-1
2002	Annual Award	Smooth Rumble – Heres Steppie	28.33	Eddie Wade	7-1
2003	Nikita Billie	Split the Bill – Nikita Doll	28.34	Jack Walsh	9-2
2004	Boherduff Light	He Knows – Travelling Light	28.14	Owen McKenna	2-1jf
2005	Tyrur Ted	Top Honcho – Watch the Market	28.33	PJ Fahy	4-6f
2006	Ardkill Jamie	Top Savings – Fast Issue	28.35	Paul Hennessy	5-2
2007	Catunda Harry	Elite State – Your So Vain	28.18	Owen McKenna	5-4f
2008	Cashen Legend	Balintore Brave – Fergus Gold	28.74	Chris Houilhan	14-1
2009	Sevenheads Bay	Ballymac Maeve – Travara Daisy	28.50	Graham Holland	4-1
2010	Tyrur Enda	Razldazl Billy – Regards To Alice	28.42	PJ Fahy	4-6f
2011	Razldazl Rioga	Brett Lee – Razldazl Pearl	28.32	Dolores Ruth	7-2
2012	Knockglass Billy	Ballymac Maeve – Knockglass Lady	28.30	Graham Holland	2-1f
2013	Lassa Expedition	Crash –Lassa Experience	28.39	Rachel Wheeler	3-1
2014	Vimmerby	Winetavern Oscar – Wee Rose Garden	28.56	John Kavanagh	3-1
2015	Midtown Raffa ^[5]	Kinloch Brae – Raffa Baby	28.31	Maurice O’Connor	2-1f
2016	Skywalker Manner ^[6]	Leeview Jet – Jibberish	28.29	Graham Holland	5-1

Venues & Distances

1944-1999 (Cork, Western Road)
2000-present (Cork, Curraheen Park)

References

↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 285. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 322. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
↑ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 170. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
↑ "2015 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.
↑ "2016 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.

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