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Irish Independent
22-05-2025
- Sport
- 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.
Irish Independent
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Lisselton's Jack Kennelly and his Random Bag syndicate fancied to win A3 550 final with Oreo Ollie
Oreo Ollie gets the vote to claim the €10,000 winner's purse ahead of the other semi-final winner, Killacolla Hill, as well as Headleys Trump and Kennelly's Baby Don't Dally Kerryman The way has been cleared for the final of the Lee Strand A3 550 Sweepstake at Tralee this Saturday night and, on semi-final running and because he landed trap 1 in the draw afterwards, Oreo Ollie is going to be favourite to claim the magnificent winner's purse of €10,000 for Lisselton trainer, Jack Kennelly, and the Random Bag syndicate which he heads up. Kennelly will also have a second finalist in another syndicate dog, Baby Don't Dally, and, with the young man on a high after brilliantly winning the final of the Islandbridge Open 350 Sweepstake (winner, €5,000) at Shelbourne Park with Sogna Ancora, he most definitely has become the man to beat.
