Ninja will be hard to beat GREYHOUNDS

THERE WAS big anticipation in the second round of the Red Mills Easter Unraced Stake at Enniscorthy Greyhound track, and patrons were not disappointed with some excellent runs recorded.

Ninja Burgess, who was noted last week after overcoming some crowding, made no mistake this time as he showed very good early gears to lead in heat three.

He left his field in his wake as he raced home a clear eight and a half lengths to the good in a best of the night 28.68, and this highly thought of novice is going to be hard to beat.

It’s Scientific was the big attraction in heat four as he made a big impression last time after a very bad start.

He was sold to the Paul Hennessy kennel, now running as Boylesport Boom, and he was much better from traps this time and raced to a clearcut twelvelength win in a fast 28.76.

Fawn Tango was another to catch the eye the previous week, and he also benefited from his first outing.

Taking control off the second bend, he raced to a good win by three and a half lengths in an impressive 28.95, completing a double for Barntown owner George Roche who had earlier scored with Reckingball in the first race.

This stake is living up to its reputation of producing top-class trackers, and there will be some cracking races to come in the next few weeks before we have the outright winner of this prestigious €4,000 prize.

March 26 results - race one, The Welcome To Enniscorthy 525 Stakes: 1, Reckingball (owner, George Roche, Barntown), 29.11; 2, Sheilas Machine, 29.25.

Race two, The Red Mills Easter Unraced Sweepstake, round two, heat one: 1, Ballinaboola Mia (owner, Niamh Murphy, Ballinaboola), 29.05; 2, Suzies Mick, 29.12.

Race three, heat two: 1, Genuine Blake (owner, Tina Finn, Waterford; trainer, William Finn, Waterford), 28.96; 2, Karlow Eddie, 29.06.

Race four, heat three: 1, Ninja Burgess (owner, Terry Coveney, England; trainer, Margaret Fortune, Co. Kilkenny), 28.68; 2, Dolls Pram, 29.27.

Race five, The Red Mills Sprint Stakes: 1, Barefoot Banker (owners, Bryan and Kathleen Murphy; trainer, Paul Hennessy, Co. Kilkenny), 18.62; 2, Skyview Flash, 18.97.

Race six, heat four: 1, Boylesports Boom (owner, John Boyle; trainer, Paul Hennessy, Co. Kilkenny), 28.76; 2, Coolside Walker, 29.60.

Race seven, heat five: 1, Fawn Tango (owner, George Roche, Barntown), 28.95; 2, Milltown Ridge, 29.19.

Race eight, heat six: 1, Roaming Hero (owner, Antoniou Bennet-Scofield, London; trainer, Peter Cronin, Co. Kilkenny), 29.30; 2, Duffry Gate Roy, 29.75.

Race nine, The Gala Race Night Easter Sunday: 1, Cow Lane Lad (owners, Show committee, Enniscorthy; trainer, John Kavanagh), 28.87; 2, Jaytee Dutch, 28.90.

March 29 results - race one, The Racing Next Sunday at 7.30pm Stakes: 1, Born To Score (owner, Conor Heffernan, Enniscorthy), 29.53.

Race two, The Enniscorthy Track 525 Stakes: 1, Catch Me Outside (owner, Enda Gethings, Co. Wicklow), 29.70.

Race three, The Trackside Diner Sprint Stakes: 1, Lizs Honey (owner, Patrick Dempsey, Enniscorthy), 19.45.

Race four, The Track Bar Five-2Five Stakes: 1, Alanas Angel (owner, Eddie Carty, Enniscorthy), 29.35.

Race five, The Show Grounds Five-7-Five Stakes: 1, Rathbally Titan (owner, James Flynn, Enniscorthy), 32.29.

Race six, The Enniscorthy Easter Gala Race Night race: 1, Ballinaboola Jet (owner, Niamh Murphy, Ballinaboola), 29.14.

Race seven, The Enniscorthy Easter Gala Race Night Guys Race: 1, Bellinter Winson (owners, Ballylarkin Contractors Ltd.; trainer, Noel Walker), 29.32.

Race eight, The Let’s Gor Racing Easter Sunday Night Stakes: 1, Suzies Daisy (owners, Susan Nolan and Daniel Frayne, Forth Mountain), 29.00.

Race nine, The Model County A2 Five-Two-Five Stakes: 1, Headford Iso (owner, George Roche, Barntown), 29.08.