EARLIER START AT KILKENNY AS BILLY AND MARY REMEMBERED

This evening’s action at Kilkenny will get underway at the slightly earlier time of 7.02pm. The weigh in is from 6pm to 6.30pm with official trials between 5pm and 5.30pm. Trials need to be pre-booked. The racing itself features the opening round of the Billy &...

LEO TOO SHARP IN CHAMPION UNRACED

The duo have already teamed up to capture the Easter Cup with Hopes Teddy and on Friday night they saw their promising youngster Unanimous Leo landing the €15,000 Champion Open Unraced Stake at Kilkenny. The early paced son of Glengar Bale and Nice Mystery was found...

FIVE AND SHADOW LIGHT UP KILKENNY

Callaway Five and Montana Shadow secured their spot in the final of the Kilkenny Track Champion Open Unraced on Friday night with both showing real promise and ability yet again. Denis Murphy’s Callaway Five went fastest, posting a brilliant 28.62 in the second semi....

CHAMPIONS OF THE FUTURE TO LIGHT UP KILKENNY

Only twelve remain in the Champion Open Unraced at Kilkenny and yet there are numerous potential future classic contenders on show such is the quality of the event. One suspects the hunt for the €15,000 winner’s purse will go right down to the wire but tonight is all...

THINGS HEATING UP IN CHAMPION UNRACED AT KILKENNY

This year’s Kilkenny Champion Open Unraced is bursting with quality and that was certainly evident in Friday’s second round with each of the four heats won in superb fashion. To highlight the competitive nature of the famous competition, just eleven spots separated...

CHAMPION UNRACED LOOKS RED-HOT AGAIN

Once again, as with every year, it seems inevitable that there will be a number of potential future superstars on show at Kilkenny on Friday night with the Champion Open Unraced Stake getting underway. There are six opening round heats in all and the entry is nothing...

KILKENNY NEWS

The famous event which boats a winner’s purse of €15,000 will commence on Friday, May 2nd. There is a special trial session for unraced pups at Kilkenny on Friday, April 25th between 4 and 5pm. Entries also invited for the KGOBA A2 525 which starts on Friday, May 9th....

BRILLIANT LOTTO WINNER OF McCALMONT CUP

Lotto Other News merely laughed off a tricky draw to emerge a most impressive and thoroughly deserving winner of the Deadly Kennels McCalmont Cup at Kilkenny on Friday night. There had been concerns about how he would handle trap five but his many supporters had no...

A FASCINATING MCCALMONT CUP FINALE IN STORE

The Deadly Kennels McCalmont Cup has a long and storied history. First run all the way back in 1947, the roil of honour features some legendary names including that of Spanish Battleship in 1954 and 1955. None of tonight’s finalists will ever achieve anything like the...