Greyhounds due to return on February 7

IT WAS a relatively quiet greyhound racing week, but with Enniscorthy due to be back racing again on Thursday night, February 7, local race-goers will be pleased to have a night out after the Christmas break.

Enniscorthy trainer Donal Kehoe had a couple of nice wins at Kilkenny in the early morning session on Wednesday.

His Tomahurra Daisy got him off to a flying start when taking race, an A7/8, by six and a half lengths in a useful 29.49.

Race five, an A5, saw his Tomahurra Hawk score a good two lengths win after a fast start in a time of 29.50.

Waterford on Thursday morning saw some more local success as, in race two, the Nick Turner (Barntown)-trained Coco Jet scored his eighth career win in the A5 race by a clear four and a half length from fellow Wexford runner Kingsmill Rio. The time was 29.43.

Race seven was an A3, and the Janice Jordan (Wexford)-owned Archaton Harry foiled Nick Turner’s runner, Shakespeare, who had led but was unable to fend off the strong finishing run of the winner, with a length and a half separating them at the line in 29.25.

Saturday night at Waterford saw a few more successes. In race one, an A4, the Brendan Murphy (Ferns)-trained Pitstop Jet, owned by Conor Carton, follow up his recent win at the track when coming through at the third bend to go on to score from fellow Co. Wexford runner Cactus Gold, with a neck separating them on the line in 29.41.

Kilmore owner Ian Tierney had to settle for second in the above race, but his Cactus Seacrest made no mistake in race seven, an A5, as his charge raced to a clearcut seven lengths victory in a time of 29.42.

Race nine, an A2, saw another Wexford battle as Express Tiberus and Indian Trump had a right old joust, with the former getting the better of it for owner George Roche (Barntown) by three-quarters of a length in a time of 29.22.