Tango completes Roche double

THERE WAS a great crowd in attendance at Enniscorthy Greyhound Track on Easter Sunday for a cracking night’s racing featuring the quarter-final of the Red Mills Unraced Stake.

And with some runners changing hands for very good money, the trend continued after the action.

Fawn Tango continued to show his improvement with a fine run in heat one as he locked horns with hot favourite Ninja Burgess.

As they went neck and neck down the back, onlookers may well have expected Ninja to get the better of things, but Tango was not for beating this time and he ran home the stronger to score by two and a half lengths in a good 29.07.

This completed a nice double for Barntown owner George Roche as his Swan Diver had just won the race before by a wide margin.

Genuine Blake continued his good run in the competition when he made his move to the lead at the third bend and came home a clearcut winner by six and a half lengths to take heat two in a good 29.08.

Heat three saw Coolside Walker get out well from traps and lead, but he was all out to the slightly unlucky Ballinaboola Mia who suffered a bump early on and only failed by a short head to catch Coolside in a time of 29.19.

Heat four, the last of the quarters, saw hot favourite Boylesport Boom having to work hard enough before coming out two and a half lengths to the good in a time of 29.16.

Fawn Tango will be a non-runner in this week’s semi, but there will be a lot of running yet before a winner of this prize of €4,000.

April 1 results - race one, The Show Grounds on Easter Sunday 525: 1, Metric Con (owner, Pauline Byrne, Marshalstown), 29.63; 2, Dark Stone, 29.68.

Race two, The Welcome to Enniscorthy Track 575 Stakes: 1, Swan Diver (owner, George Roche, Barntown), 31.62; 2, Pint Of Sausages, 32.07.

Race three, The Red Mills Easter Unraced Sweepstake, round three, heat one: 1, Fawn Tango (owner, George Roche, Barntown), 29.07; 2, Ninja Burgess, 29.24.

Race four, heat two: 1, Genuine Blake (owner, Tina Finn, Portlaw; trainer, William Finn), 29.08; 2, Liberty Hawk, 29.60.

Race five, The Model County 525 Stakes: 1, Kingsmill Dior (owner, John Roche, Barntown), 28.93; 2, Jojo On Air, 29.14.

Race six, heat three: 1, Coolside Walker (owner, Seamus O’Neill, Co. Kilkenny; trainer, Peter Cronin, Co. Kilkenny), 29.19; 2, Ballinaboola Mia, 29.20.

Race seven, heat four: 1, Boylesports Boom (owner, John Boyle; trainer, Paul Hennessy, Co. Kilkenny), 29.16; 2, Milltown Ridge, 29.37.

Race eight, The Loch Garman Abu 575 Stakes: 1, Cosy Messi (owner, Helen Toft, Killinick), 31.60; 2, Mikey Blue, 31.98.

Race nine, The Easter Sunday 525 Stakes: 1, Karlow Leader (owner, Henry Kelly, Co. Carlow),

28.97; 2, Stripe Pal, 29.11.

April 5 results - race one, The Welcome To The Show Grounds Novice 525: 1, Bad Baba (owner, Timothy Looby, Co. Wexford), 29.58; 2, Brandy Bolt, 29.65.

Race two, The Trackside Diner Sprint Stakes: 1, Raise A Glass (owners, the N25 syndicate, c/o Brendan Murphy, New Ross), 19.28; 2, Slaneyside Keyes, 19.49.

Race three, The Market Square 525 Stakes: 1, Ravens Prince (owner, Laura O’Brien, Enniscorthy), 29.76; 2, Crowsgrove Jet, 29.77.

Race four, The Trackside Bar 525 Stakes: 1, Piercestown Luke (owner, Seamus Whelan, Piercestown), 29.21; 2, Yogis Hamstring, 29.35.

Race five, The New Ross Town 575 Stakes: 1, Sniffer Dog (owner, Richard Stafford Jnr., Co. Wexford), 32.14; 2, Contessa, 32.21.

Race six, The Model County 525 Stakes: 1, Follow On Blaze (owner, John Kehoe, Clonroche), 29.23; 2, Fox Cub, 29.54.

Race seven, The Loch Garman 525 Stakes: 1, Huarache Bale (owner, P.A. Oliver, West Midlands, Great Britain; trainer, Michael Meade, Waterford), 29.23; 2, Missions Luck, 29.58.

Race eight, The Ask Your Local Club or School Benefit Night 525: 1, Devils Red Grey (owner, Stephen Ferrissey, Co. Carlow; trainer, Brian Ellard), 29.11; 2, Tomahurra Dash, 29.35.

Race nine, The Show Grounds 525 Stakes: 1, Bugatti Petite (owner, Philip Tierney, Kilmore), 29.23; 2, Bubba Maggie, 29.47.