Horse Racing: Irish St. Leger

Wi Can Dream, winner of the first quarter final of the Matchbook Irish St. Leger at Limerick Greyhound Stadium pictured with Tom O'Keefe and sponsor rep, Enda Kendrick THE quarter finals of the Matchbook Betting Exchange Irish St Leger dominated last Saturday night's card at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, and no one could have predicted how events…

Ray Quinn, head of entertainment, Willwego.com, presents the winner's trophy to Muirean Murphy after'Clonbrien Treaty' won the final of the 2023 Willwego.Com Irish St Leger at Limerick A huge crowd turned up in Limerick on Saturday for the final of the Willwego.com Irish St. Leger where over €70k was on offer to winning connections. It was a night…

Paul Geasley, sponsorship manager, Eric Hegarty, CMO, Matchbook Betting Exhange pictured with James Murray Racing Manager Limerick Greyhound Stadium at the Matchbook Betting Exchange announcement GREYHOUND Racing Ireland have confirmed that Matchbook Betting Exchange will once again undertake sponsorship of the Irish St Leger at Limerick Greyhound…

A hug for Ballyelan Rolly from his number 1 fan Kacie, grandaughter of Donie and Kathy Scanlon SIXTEEN round one heats in the Matchbook Betting Exchange Irish St Leger dominated the local greyhound racing schedule this past week. The action continues this Saturday night in Limerick with the second round heats of the Matchbook Betting Exchange Irish…

The 2022 Matchbook Betting Exchange Irish St. Leger may have been deferred by one week at the Limerick Track due to weather but it was certainly worth waiting for as the €30000 decider was landed in exceptional fashion by the favourite, Bobsleigh Dream. By Michael Maher After five weeks of the most incredible action at Limerick Greyhound Stadium,…

Emma Buckley with her winning dog Bobsleigh Dream after his success in the Matchbook Betting Exchange St Leger 550 Final at Limerick | PICTURE: Brendan Gleeson THE 2022 Matchbook Betting Exchange Irish St. Leger may have been deferred by one week due to weather, but it was certainly worth waiting for Sunday night's €30000 decider was landed in…

Sadly another week where racing was heavily curtailed by the weather, we lost meetings in the early part of the week in Cork, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Thurles, Enniscorthy and Waterfront. However, it still turned out to be a brilliant week of racing culminating with the final of Ireland's second richest classic, on Sunday evening, the Irish St. Leger in…

Racing this week was heavily curtailed by the weather, with many meetings and trialling sessions being postponed. The biggest loss to the weeks racing was the cancellation of the final of the Leger in Limerick but hopefully it will take place this coming Saturday by when this cold spell has hopefully lifted. There was however a limited programme of…

After the weeks racing, the Irish St. Leger is down to the final six dogs all vying to get their names on the trophy second only in stature to the Derby. It should be a super final on Saturday with all six in with a chance to win. Some great racing around the provincial tracks too with plenty of prize money being dished out.We had to wait till…

The Leger in Limerick got down to the business end last weekend, with twelve still in line to win and still all to play for moving into this weekend semifinals.There were some top class finals this week both in Shelbourne and around the provincial tracks with some quality Offaly winners to boot. It turned out to be a cracking week for the Faithful…