Talking Dogs on Thursday

Barry chats to Andrew Hepburn, sponsor of the DG Foods Ltd A4 Tri-Distance at Kilcohan Park. He chats about the family run business and their sponsorship of this year’s competition, also listening back to last weekend’s Semi-Finals.

Mark J. Fanning chats about Thurles racing at the moment with the Split The Pot ON2 525 Final & The Willie Maher Memorial A3 525 Final both this weekend, they run through the finalists and some other races on the card.

Owen McKenna reached a significant milestone of his 2000th winner last weekend. He chats about the recent success, his other dogs in training and upcoming competitions.

Barry chats about the fantastic upcoming events in Corks racing calendar the next 3 months, and catches up with Jimmy Barry Murphy as he looks forward to a huge fundraiser for St Finbarr’s GAA at Curraheen Park this Saturday night.

Barry chats to two great trainers today, Paul Hennessey & Damien Matthews.

Paul talks about his recent success with Jaytee Etienne at the Towcester Maiden Derby as well as some more events he is looking forward to this year.

Damien chats about the fantastic success of 17-year-old Daniel Rahilly at the 2024 Con & Annie Kirby Memorial with their home-bred Knockeen Dazzler, his own dog Merits Inclusion making it to the final, and they also touch on the English Derby and the ongoing renovations at Shelbourne Park.

Barry chats to two guests this week!

First to chat is Jim Murphy after enjoying recent success at the BresBet Easter Cup with Clonbrien Treaty. He also tells us about his earliest memories of greyhound racing and other upcoming competitions including the English Greyhound Derby.

Barry also chats to Shane Rigney of TIME Greyhound Nutrition, kindly sponsoring the TIME Select Stakes at Kilcohan Park with the Final taking place this Saturday. They run through the 6 finalists and have their say.

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Barry Drake chats with Liam Dowling and Brendan Maunsell ahead of Fridays Ballymac Kingdom at Stud Novice 750 Stake Final at Tralee's Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, kindly sponsored by the Dowling Family. They run through their favourites for Friday and exciting future racing plans to come.

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This week Barry chats to two guests, trainer Graham Holland and Kilcohan Park’s new Racing Manager, Richie Lawlor.

Graham looks back at the 2024 BresBet Easter Cup Final at Shelbourne Park and Clonbrien Treaty’s victory. They also chat about the 2024 Con & Annie Kirby Memorial at Limerick where Graham has two greyhounds still in contention. He finishes with a quick chat about the Greyhound & Petworld Supersprint in Cork.

Barry then chats to Richie about his new role, his background and the Time Select Stakes which starts this Saturday night.

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This week Barry chats to Carl Perry from BresBet, kind sponsors of the 2024 BresBet Easter Cup at Shelbourne Park ahead of Saturday night's Final.

They chat about the competition the past few years, the business of BresBet and give a thorough run through the 6 Easter Cup finalists.

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A busy episode this week as Barry chats to 3 guests!

Trainer Robert Gleeson joins us fresh from his recent win in Newbridge’s Brownstown Tango & NTSC Unraced with Droopys Wriggle. They chat about the competition and some of his other dogs in training at the moment.

Next Ian Magnier, chats about his new role as Racing Manager in Youghal and the fantastic events that have been going on there thanks to the Youghal Track Supporters Club, giving a special mention to the upcoming Easter Family Fun day this Saturday!

Our last guest is Caroline Collins, treasurer of the Curraheen Park Track Supporters Club. They chat about the upcoming Apex Cork Oaks Final and give a run through of the finalists, whilst also looking forward to the Greyhound & Petworld Supersprint.

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A double episode this week as Barry chats to two winning trainers, Liam Dowling and Ian Reilly.

Liam chats about his recent win in the Juvenile Classic with Ballymac Patriot, making him a 4 time winner in the competition. He also chats about the upcoming Con & Annie Kirby and making the trip across the pond to Oxford.

Ian chats about having a finalist in the Tote Gold Cup as well as his recent win in the Book Your Fishing on Swimbooker A2 525 at Shelbourne Park. He also tells us what dogs to keep an eye out for in the coming months.

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A bumper episode this week as Barry chats to three guests; trainer Dolores Ruth, Darren Hogan, from the racing team at Curraheen Park and Shane Rigney of TIME Greyhound Nutrition.

Dolores proudly discusses her recent success with Boylesports Coco in the Tote Gold Cup in Shelbourne Park.

Ahead of this Saturday’s Final, Darren runs through each of the finalists in the Time Greyhound Nutrition Cork Cup, before sponsor Shane Rigney joins Barry to talk about the competition so far and some new releases from Time.

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