Enniscorthy Greyhound Stadium

Enniscorthy Greyhound Stadium
Interactive map of Enniscorthy Greyhound Stadium
LocationShow Grounds, Ross Road, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Coordinates52°30′00.5″N 6°34′36.7″W / 52.500139°N 6.576861°W / 52.500139; -6.576861
Operated byEnniscorthy Greyhound Racing Company Limited
Date opened1933
Race typegreyhound racing
Official website

Enniscorthy Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located on the west side of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.[1]

Racing takes place every Monday and Thursday evening and race distances are 350, 525, 550, 575, and 600 yards. The track is described as a wide galloping track with a sharp rise from the last bend to the winning line.[2] The feature competition at the track is the Red Mills Future Champion Unraced Stake.[3]

History

Although racing officially started on 3 August 1933 there was sporadic racing earlier at this venue. Eight businessmen got together and formed the track. The first directors were Denis O’Brien, James McCrea, William Stamp and Tim Larkin, in addition Doctor Bowen, P.J.O’L James McCrea, William Stamp and Tim Larkin, in addition Doctor Bowen, P.J.O’Loughlin, R McCrea helped found the track. Race nights for many years were on Monday and Thursday evenings and the racing and betting market remains as one of the strongest despite the remote location.[4]

Board membership has been family affair over the years with ties to the original board members such as Paul McCrea, Mary Stamp, Harry Larkin, Billy Stamp, Barbara Teehan and Mary Nolan, the latter two are grand-daughters of Denis O’Brien and Tim Larkin respectively. Another relation the late Kay Prendergast (daughter of O’Brien) was a director and Ireland's first female timekeeper.[5]

The Racing Managers over the years have been Pat White, Peter Agnew, Sean McCrea, John McCrea and Stephen Cullen. The main races run at the track have been the Grand Prize, the Leinster Puppy Cup, Wexford Leger and more recently the Future Champion Unraced Stake. There have been many famous greyhounds to appear here; Mile Bush Pride and Palms Printer both began their careers at Enniscorthy as did the greyhounds with the Monalee prefix.[6]

Track records

Current

[7]

Yards Greyhound Time Date Notes
350Montos Mark[8]18.5027 September 2007
525Cushie Concorde[9]28.3817 April 2022
550Large Mac29.8322 June 2006
550Marked Urgent=29.8322 October 2009
575Kanasef31.1121 October 2010
600Rossa Baby32.2530 July 2009
750Coolemount Glen42.1316 September 2010
830Todays Gold Bars46.7126 October 2014

Former track records

References

  1. ↑ "Enniscorthy Greyhound Stadium". Enniscorthy Tourism.
  2. ↑ "Enniscorthy". Greyhound Data.
  3. ↑ "Feature Events" (PDF). Irish Greyhound Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  5. ↑ Barnes, Julia (1991). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
  6. ↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  7. ↑ "Irish Track Records as of January 2024". Greyhound Star. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Open sprint - track record". Irish Greyhound Board.
  9. ↑ "Concorde sets record". Greyhound Star. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Track records". Greyhound Star. 22 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Enniscorthy Track records". Greyhound Star. 7 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 1965) July edition". Greyhound Star. 2012.
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