Two Kerry greyhounds, De Lahdedah and Cheap Sandwiches, through to English Derby semi-finals
Just about everybody at Tralee 's greyhound stadium on Saturday night was glued to the televised coverage of the English Derby quarter-finals at Towcester, at which Abbeydorney's Dan Brassil was interviewed after the greyhound he formerly trained, and which he now partly owns, Cheap Sandwiches, won his quarter-final.
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The Irish Sun
02-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
It's hotting up in the Greyhound Derby
IT'S a huge week for the Derby - the English Greyhound Derby! We are down to the last twelve in Towcester's spectacular knockout competition, won by legends of the sport in Mick the Miller, Rapid Ranger and Westmead Hawk. 1 There have been some upsets in this year's Greyhound Derby Credit: PA:Empics Sport The latter will remain the most extraordinary greyhound I'm sure I will ever see. Intelligence of Einstein! He blew me away. I've been lucky enough to present at many Greyhound Derbys in the old days of Sky Sports Greyhounds. Really miss that show produced by Lee Irvine and his team. It was always such fun. Times move on, though, and the 2025 semi-finals take place this Saturday, with the final on June 14. Towcester have done all they can to promote the Starsports-sponsored event, with discounted tickets, entertainment and competitions abounding from Round 1. You can always check out all the details and deals on Actually, while I remember, if you go to Quite simply it feels as though the buzz is back with the Greyhound Derby. As with all knockout competitions, there have been upsets along the way. That included in the quarter finals last Saturday. Most read in Sport Let's have a quick look back at what happened over the weekend. In the first Quarter Final Cheap Sandwiches, one of the big ante-post fancies, made all from Trap 5. He rallied well in the home straight when slightly challenged by Droopys Bookem. The latter had a solo round the first bend on the inside and had every chance. To be fair, Cheap Sandwiches is more prawn and mayo than cheese and pickle. The second Quarter Final went to defending champion De Lahdedah, who from Trap 3 got away in second behind the blistering early pace of Churchfield Syd and picked up the eventual runner up close home. It was a determined effort but far from scintillating. The time of that Quarter was 28.82s, compared to 28.67 from Cheap Sandwiches which backed up the view of the naked eye. Dynamic Force was electric making all in the 3rd Quarter Final always proving to pacey for strong fancy Bombay Pat. The latter had no excuses and looked a bit tired to me. A time of 28.66s was excellent. Then the big shock. Ante-post favourite Bockos Diamond missed the break before showing blinding pace to take it up down the back straight. The effort was all too much. He got tired in the closing stages and was picked up by Slick Sentinel and Droopys Plunge. Slick Sentinel did well, as he pinged, got headed and then rallied. But the time was only average in 28.87 suggesting it was all a bit of a mess. Bockos Diamond, however, did survive! For the semi-finals the draw is everything. My opinion is that Churchfield Syd is absolutely plotted up in Trap 6 for the first Semi-Final. I can't see how he doesn't go clear and he was brilliant from the front in the second round. De Lahdedah (Trap 2) will pick him up if getting clear of Sole Mio and and Droopys Bookem but that is a big if when you consider his worst start in the competition so far has been from the Blue box. The second Semi-Final looks much more complicated to me. But Cheap Sandwiches could easily make all from Trap 5. The lead is up for grabs here unless, of course, Dynamic Force gets out like he did in the quarters. It's hard to know how he will react to Trap 4. The issue is also trying to guess how Bockos Diamond goes from Trap 6. A fast start makes him dangerous. Very dangerous. But he's not always electric from the boxes. All in all, for me Churchfield Syd and De Lahdedah are the best positioned greyhounds to get to the final. But they come from a slow quarter-final. It's such a great conundrum to get to grips with and tackle. Read more on the Irish Sun But that's the beauty of the Greyhound Derby. And it's perfectly positioned with 6 UK based greyhounds and 6 Irish greyhounds in the mix. Now, hopefully, you will understand that the 2025 Greyhound Derby promises much.
Irish Independent
01-06-2025
- Irish Independent
Two Kerry greyhounds, De Lahdedah and Cheap Sandwiches, through to English Derby semi-finals
Just about everybody at Tralee 's greyhound stadium on Saturday night was glued to the televised coverage of the English Derby quarter-finals at Towcester, at which Abbeydorney's Dan Brassil was interviewed after the greyhound he formerly trained, and which he now partly owns, Cheap Sandwiches, won his quarter-final.
Irish Independent
22-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Liam Dowling's De Lahdedah still a leading contender as English Derby reaches third round
The Graham Holland-trained Bockos Diamond continues to be the long-odds favourite at 3/1 and the Tralee/ Abbeydorney syndicate dog, Cheap Sandwiches, which is also trained by Holland, has shortened to 11/2 (all odds from Paddy Power). *********************** Lisselton trainer Jack Kennelly pulled off a marvellous victory with Sogna Ancora in the final of the €5,000-to-the-winner Islandbridge Open 350 Sweepstake at Shelbourne Park last Friday night. Housed in trap 3 and a very generous 3/1 shot in the betting, it was the pluckiest of victories by the September '23 son of Grangeview Ten and Terezas Mendoza, which is owned by the Swedish House Party Syndicate headed up by Jackie Hegarty. Sogna Ancora won by a length and a half from the Limerick-owned Stonepark Browne in 18.55 (.10 fast) and particularly impressive was the fact that he was making it six wins from six career starts. Some sprint machine this fellow. *********************** It was back in August 2021 that Millridge Willow won the Rose Of Tralee Sweepstake at Tralee Track for Caoimhe Maria O'Mahony, of Millstreet, and, running her 116th race, it was quite something by her to open proceedings at last week's Tuesday SIS meeting at the Oakview venue by winning an A3 525 in 29.15. In doing so, she was bringing her career earnings to a very impressive €11,575. Fastest winner, on 28.98 in an A2 525, was Toremore Fortune, jointly owned by Ann O'Neill and Timothy McCarthy, of Ballyhar, while the other winners were: Fire Height Diaz, 29.58; Manhattan Sally, 30.00; Tokenfire Glory, 29.97; Missy Lady, 29.65; Muingwee Kid, 29.70; Rathorpe Ash, 29.39; Outer Banks, 29.35; Hawthorn News, 29.30; Riverfield Best, 29.20; Loher Mabey, 29.25. *********************** Tralee Track readily facilitates benefit meetings, with a gain for everybody on those nights, and those involved at the organisational end will be ensuring the financial success of a benefit meeting for Kilfynn National School this Friday night.
